Research shows that students are more motivated to work on assignments - particularly those that may be perceived as boring by students - if the instructor shares why they believe this work is important. Good things to share here are how you have observed this work affect students' learning processes, or alternate reasons why it's valuable to the course - including helping their peers, building a course community, or helping to improve the course experience overall.
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