8 Virtual Training Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making

Find the virtual training mistakes that need attention

A virtual class can struggle even when the subject matter is right. Learners may have trouble connecting, spend too long watching, receive too much information at once, or leave without a way to practice and follow up.

This free, 12-page eBook examines eight common virtual training mistakes. Each section describes the problem, explains its consequences, and suggests practical changes for instructors and training teams.

The eight mistakes covered in the eBook

1. Skipping preparation: not testing the training environment, connection, and equipment before class.
2. Leaving learners passive: offering too few opportunities to participate.
3. Overloading the session: presenting more content than learners can reasonably work through.
4. Missing collaboration: leaving out discussion, teamwork, and peer learning.
5. Underestimating technical support: assuming everyone can resolve access and platform problems alone.
6. Ignoring learning data: missing opportunities to review progress and identify support needs.
7. Overlooking accessibility: failing to consider different access and participation needs.
8. Stopping at the end of class: neglecting reinforcement and post-training follow-up.

Use it to review your next class

This guide is for virtual instructors, training managers, and learning and development teams reviewing an existing program. Pick the areas that match your learners' feedback, then use the suggested changes to plan a focused improvement for the next session.

Explore virtual classroom tools and ReadyTech training support. To decide how you will measure changes, read seven metrics every training manager should track.