What’s it like to take an online AP Art Course?
Taking a course online is a great opportunity to have a flexible schedule. It also gives you access to courses that you may not be able to attend otherwise, but it can also be lonely. In my AP ( advanced placement) Art and Art History courses I work hard to help you ( as the student) feel connected to both your classmates and to me, your instructor. One of the ways that we interact is through weekly class calls. Attendance for the calls is optional, and all calls are recorded, so even if you can’t attend live, you still have access to the content.
During the calls, we do a variety of things. We might do any of the following:
- Critique artwork
- brainstorm new project ideas
- look at work by other artists and talk about how you can apply those ideas to your work
- discuss details of class assignments
- troubleshoot any issues that you may be having
- just talk to each other
I wanted to let you get a glimpse of what a class call might look like. This is an Art History chat where we reviewed a long term project and started brainstorming together. This allows you, as the student to get instant feedback and support from me. During our class calls, there is a chatbox, which most students love to use, you aren’t able to see the chat box in the recording, but you will hear me reviewing what students are saying. All of our class meet on a platform called zoom.us . It’s super easy to use.