[Plsfaculty] Online Course Workshop

Tue Oct 1 14:37:04 MST 2013

Hi all,

An important point that I forgot to mention:

Online technologies are useful even in traditional face-to-face courses. For example, I record all of my lectures so that students can see them if they miss class and can use them to study for exams. Similarly, I use weekly online quizzes as an easy way to ensure that students keep up to date with the material without wasting precious class time. Even if you don't want to each 100% online, these workshops could be for you! Again, the link to the Doodle<http://www.doodle.com/38tvc2vtu5xbb9vn>.

Thanks,
Becky
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On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Harris, Rebecca Ann Mosher - (rmosher) wrote:

Hi all,

As I mentioned in our faculty meeting, several SPLS members will be developing online sections of their courses. We hope that by working together the process will be easier for everyone so I am arranging a series of workshops on the subject.

There are myriad tools available and hundreds of ways to run an online course, but I think it will be most helpful to start simple<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_it_simple_stupid> and focus on using the tools. So far I am imagining the following workshops, where "Nuts and bolts" sessions will be opportunities to practice with the online tool(s). Sessions 3 and 4 will cover topics like avoiding plagiarism, automatic grading, and assessment.

1.     Nuts and bolts #1 – how to record lectures with Panopto
2.     Nuts and bolts #2 – how to make quizzes/exams in D2L
3.     Beyond the basics – making your course interesting
4.     What makes a good online course – best practices
5.     Nuts and bolts #3 – how to engage students online (D2L forums and Blackboard live chats)
6.     Nuts and bolts #4 – how to personalize/”brand” your D2L site

If there are other questions or topics that you would like covered, please let me know and we will incorporate them.
All faculty are welcome to come to any or all of these sessions. If you are interested in the first session, please navigate to this Doodle<http://www.doodle.com/38tvc2vtu5xbb9vn> and register your availability.

Thanks,
Becky

Session 1:
We will be joined by Malcolm Elliot from UITS/OIA will walk us through using Panopto to record and distribute lectures. This will be an interactive session, so if you’d like to try it out yourself, please come with a laptop.

Some notes:
* Panopto requires Microsoft Silverlight plugin. This will be automatically downloaded, but from my experience (on a Mac), it doesn’t work in Chrome. Safari is fine.

* If you’d like to try setting up Panopto recordings in D2L, you’ll need a D2L page to work in. I believe you can still work in old sites (from Spring 2013, for example). You can also request a D2L site for Spring 2014 here: https://d2l.arizona.edu/csr/

*To read up on Panopto, see:
OIA’s Panopto Basics page<http://www.oia.arizona.edu/resource/panopto>
How to get started with Panopto<http://ua.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=aaa7ebe6-632d-4911-bc06-a2861d1de322>
How to link to Panopto in D2L<http://ua.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=24d57351-df76-4cd9-8561-ab48b13b56a1>

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