Post on 29-Mar-2015
Courses@dordt
Online learning that compliments face-to-face teaching
Provides 24/7 accessibility to course materials and grades
More efficient use of student’s time
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Benefits
Flexibility for students to pursue education
anywhere, anytime
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Benefits
Gives professors the opportunity:
To rethink and redesign a course
To fit the blended teaching format
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Benefits
Accessible to special needs students
Accessible to adult learners with small children
Respects diverse talents and ways of learning
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Benefits
Provides a uniform format for students and faculty
Easy for students to access grades and assignments
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Benefits
Students can view and review course material and grades without contacting the TA or instructor
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Benefits
Visual learners
Day learners
Night learners
Students who need more reinforcement
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Who should use courses@dordt
Post assigned documents
Post assignments
Post syllabus
Insert material from a textbook CD
Post e-reserves
Insert an announcement
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Types of Information to Post
Add a Choice (a mini poll)
Add a Discussion Board
Add an online Quiz
Add a online Survey
Add a Chat room
Create a Wiki
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Types of Activities
Add Grades
Add PowerPoint
Add Art images
Add audio files for music and language
Add video files
Add URLs
Archive your course 11
Types of Resources
Equal opportunity for everyone-not just the quick, articulate students who dominate a classroom
Some students are more reflective and are more comfortable expressing themselves online
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Discussion Board
Use as a tutorial
Provide instructor feedback to students
Link discussion to course goals
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Discussion Board
Students can share drafts of written work with the instructor or peers for review and suggestions
Students can discuss concepts together
Students who live off campus can be included in projects
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Discussion Board
Build Groups (8 is the recommended size)
Develop a sense of group that will sustain them through a course
Extend class time by assigning students additional topics to consider
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Discussion Board
Assessments (Survey)
Allows instructors to build and compile course information
Frequent assessment provides concept reinforcement
Increases motivation
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Surveys
Helps identify student misconceptions or difficulty with course material
Frees up class time
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Surveys
Display grades to students
Display grades by points
Display letter grades
Display percent
Display in categories
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Gradebook
Grades can be hidden
Instructors can manually edit grades
A hard copy of the grades can be
printed
Grades can be downloaded by the
Professor
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Gradebook
Instructors can track the usage of content
Logs can track the participation of your students
All forum posts can be tracked for each student
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Activity Logs
Advanced Uploading of files (an interactive exchange of files between a professor and his students)
Online Text (provides the student with a text box in which to type their response)
Upload a single file (file is submitted electronically)
Offline (assignment is submitted in class)
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Assignments
Instructors can mark a course unavailable for a semester
Instructors can archive tests and quizzes
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Instructors
A tool to enhance classroom teaching
http://courses.dordt.edu
Login using your Groupwise password and user name
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courses@dordt
Sandy Reitsma sreitsma@dordt.edu
Telephone:712.722.6044
Help DeskTelephone: 712.722.6299
Computer Services
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Support