[ActualTeacher]

This does not work in practice because the majority of students will postpone watching all recordings until the last possible moment and then be overwhelmed with too much work at once. With physical or virtual attendance, the students are forced to schedule their time properly, although it is less convenient for the small minority of students who have the discipline to make their own schedule.

[selfhifive]

Hence the weekly assessment. Tests or assignments every week will keep them on a sort of schedule. The most you can postpone is 7 days. It's not a perfect approach but I'd say it's a lot better than live virtual classes.