Monday, January 25, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010
Good Evening Developers!
Today is the 75% check point for most of the brand new developments. I will be going into your courses this week and will e-mail you with feedback. If you have any questions on my feedback, please let me know. Please remember you will need to have your 10-week shell conversions completed before the 100% deadline too, so as soon as you feel you are at the 100% point please let me know and I will make a copy of your course so that you can convert it to a 10-week version.
This week I'd like to introduce you to an excellent study technique for your students: Online Flashcards. Online flashcards allow students to interact with the course material in various ways that are most beneficial to them personally. Students can print the cards out for a physical study tool, students can download them to their PDA or MP3 player to study on the go, and students can rely on the technical tools to keep track of their progress.
You could incorporate the use of flashcards into your course developments a few different ways:
Cramberry.net
Study Stack
Quizlet
Knowtes
As always, please let me know if you have any questions on any of your developments. I'm here to help in any way I can. And I'm anxious to take a peek at your courses to see how they are coming along. I'll be in touch individually on your progress.
Have a great week!
Heather
Today is the 75% check point for most of the brand new developments. I will be going into your courses this week and will e-mail you with feedback. If you have any questions on my feedback, please let me know. Please remember you will need to have your 10-week shell conversions completed before the 100% deadline too, so as soon as you feel you are at the 100% point please let me know and I will make a copy of your course so that you can convert it to a 10-week version.
This week I'd like to introduce you to an excellent study technique for your students: Online Flashcards. Online flashcards allow students to interact with the course material in various ways that are most beneficial to them personally. Students can print the cards out for a physical study tool, students can download them to their PDA or MP3 player to study on the go, and students can rely on the technical tools to keep track of their progress.
You could incorporate the use of flashcards into your course developments a few different ways:
- Are you looking for a great way for your students to collaborate and learn from one another? Have your students make a set of online flashcards and then share their flashcards with other students in the course! Each student can take a chapter or concept and make a set of 15 – 20 flashcards. They can then share their flashcards with other students in the course and they suddenly have great studying resources that they can all use!
- Implement flashcards into an actual assignment where students create the cards and submit them to you for review. This promotes studying while studying!
- Or you could create flashcards of the key terms from the unit lecture that are then shared with the students.
Cramberry.net
Study Stack
Quizlet
Knowtes
As always, please let me know if you have any questions on any of your developments. I'm here to help in any way I can. And I'm anxious to take a peek at your courses to see how they are coming along. I'll be in touch individually on your progress.
Have a great week!
Heather
Monday, January 11, 2010
January 11, 2010
Hello Developers!
Next Monday marks the 75% completion date for this development round and I look forward to going into your courses to check the progress. It is also time to begin thinking about the 10-week master shells.
As you all know, you first develop your courses in a 12 unit format and then I will copy the course into a 10 unit shell and you will need to convert the content to be delivered in 10 weeks instead of 12 weeks. Amy Ode put together several trainings that go over how to combine this information. Please view each of the Jing presentations below to learn more about how to convert your course to a 10 unit layout. I hope you find these trainings useful and helpful! And if you have any questions on any of this, please let me know.
You will not need to do this until after your 12 week course is developed, but there are quite a few videos so I wanted to give you some time to look through them.
How to combine the introductions for the Unit Folders in a course conversion
How to combine reading assignments in a 10 week conversion
How to combine discussion boards in a 10 week conversion
How to combine assignments in a 10 week conversion
How to combine external web links in a 10 week conversion
How to change a quiz/test name in a 10 week conversion Part A
How to change a quiz/test name in a 10 week conversion Part B
How to rename items in unit folders during a 10 week conversion Part A
How to rename items in unit folders during a 10 week conversion Part B
Remember you will need to change your course calendar to a 10 unit layout as well – here is a training on how to make sure the total in your course calendar matches the total in the grade center
Have a great week and please let me know if you have any questions!
Heather
Next Monday marks the 75% completion date for this development round and I look forward to going into your courses to check the progress. It is also time to begin thinking about the 10-week master shells.
As you all know, you first develop your courses in a 12 unit format and then I will copy the course into a 10 unit shell and you will need to convert the content to be delivered in 10 weeks instead of 12 weeks. Amy Ode put together several trainings that go over how to combine this information. Please view each of the Jing presentations below to learn more about how to convert your course to a 10 unit layout. I hope you find these trainings useful and helpful! And if you have any questions on any of this, please let me know.
You will not need to do this until after your 12 week course is developed, but there are quite a few videos so I wanted to give you some time to look through them.
How to combine the introductions for the Unit Folders in a course conversion
How to combine reading assignments in a 10 week conversion
How to combine discussion boards in a 10 week conversion
How to combine assignments in a 10 week conversion
How to combine external web links in a 10 week conversion
How to change a quiz/test name in a 10 week conversion Part A
How to change a quiz/test name in a 10 week conversion Part B
How to rename items in unit folders during a 10 week conversion Part A
How to rename items in unit folders during a 10 week conversion Part B
Remember you will need to change your course calendar to a 10 unit layout as well – here is a training on how to make sure the total in your course calendar matches the total in the grade center
Have a great week and please let me know if you have any questions!
Heather