This document provides tips for humanizing online classes by making them more inviting, personal, and interactive spaces. Some of the key recommendations include:
1) Get to know your students and let them get to know you by using pictures, videos, and familiar language in the class.
2) Make the class feel more like a community space or "third place" by giving students choices, allowing them to contribute content, and making the discussions interesting.
3) Employ a variety of interactive tools like polls, surveys, guest speakers, and Web 2.0 technologies to engage students and keep the class lively and fun.