WebCT Web Course Tools

1. WebCTWeb Course Tools Online Teaching

2. How Much Online? • Traditional Teaching (in the classroom) with supporting material on the Web • Syllabus • Orientation information • Assignments • Discussions Thread • Selected content modules • Etc. • Fully on Line • The whole course is taught on-line – there is no face-to-face contact between students and teacher

3. Supporting Materialhttp://www.openlearning.intercol.edu/Andreas/FacultyPageAndreas.htm

4. Fully Online – WebCThttp://www.learning-online.intercol.edu:8900/

5. What can we put online? • Material provided by publisher, instructor enhanced. • Links to existing resources • Internet Sites • Publisher Files • On-line Journals • Instructor’s self-developed material • PowerPoint presentations (converted to HTML) • HTML text • Lecture notes • Expanded explanations of more difficult content • Discussion threads • Assignments • Quizzes and Examinations • etc

6. Course Design • Who is the Target Audience • Subject level and type • Level of students knowledge • Technical skills they must take from the course • Academic maturity • Geographic Location • Demographics (Working adults, fulltime students?) • ? • ? • e.g. • If a first year Mathematics course then give a lot of Exercises with step-by-step solutions • If an advance Psychology course give emphasis toDiscussions

7. Teaching Style • What is your style? • How can you carry your style forward into the online environment that will engage and facilitate learning? • Make sure you access your teaching goals and objectives

8. 7 Principles of Effective Teaching • Promote Teacher to Student Interaction • Promote Student to Student Interaction • Encourage High Expectations • Provide rich, rapid feedback • Promote active learning • Facilitate time on task • Address different learning styles

9. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Promote Teacher to Student Interaction • Email • Discussion Thread • Whiteboard • Chat Room • Syllabus • Faculty Homepage

10. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Promote Student to Student Interaction • Email • Chat Room • Discussion Board • Projects • Student Homepage • Whiteboard • Calendar (if you allow student ‘public’ posts)

11. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Encourage High Expectations • Progress tools • Bookmarks • Evaluation tools with statistics released to students • Assessment inventories • Syllabus • Quizzes and assignments

12. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Provide rich, rapid feedback • Discussion thread • Computer-graded tests • Graded assignments • Self-Tests

13. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Promote active learning • Provide hyperlinks to related sites • Glossary tools • Branching • Self-Directed Material • Interaction (e.g., Flash) • Internet Search Tools • Flash Cards • Practice and Self Tests • Help files • Projects

14. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Facilitate time on task • Calendar Tool • Syllabus • Controlled release of materials • Branching • Self-directed material • Progress tools • Site maps • Timed Quizzes

15. Matching WebCT Tools to Teaching Principles • Address different learning styles • Animations • Audio/Visual presentations • Graphics • PowerPoint • Case studies, simulations, ‘real world’ scenarios • Group activities • Whiteboard • Chat

16. Design Learning Structure • Facilitate Navigation – User friendly environment • Provide consistency of structure across learning modules

17. Lesson Design • Determine lesson objectives • Determine assessment criteria • Determine learning hierarchies • Select the activities and experiences students needs to achieve the objectives • Determine appropriate teaching strategies • Construct or select appropriate student involvement activities • Select the appropriate instructional media • Select or construct appropriate assessment material

18. Goto Web side http://www.openlearning.intercol.edu/Andreas/FacultyPageAndreas.htm

19. WebCThttp://www.learning-online.intercol.edu:8900 user1

21. Navigate in VB course

22. Discussions

23. Compose a discussion

24. Refresh your screen Show only NEW messages

26. Your Course – You are the designer

28. Use to Navigate in WebCT

29. Designer Options

30. Designer Options

31. General

32. HTML <b>Text</b> b = Bold I = Italics U = Underline This is the initial <b>release of your <u>WebCT Course</u></b>, giving you some of the tools needed to get started in your course. <font color=“red” size=13>Your instructor</font> will be enhancing and making modifications to the course. This is the initial release of your WebCT Course, giving you some of the tools needed to get started in your course. Your instructor will be enhancing and making modifications to the course.

33. HTML <font color="red" size=6>Welcome!<font><br><font color="blue" size=5>COMP-153 Visual Basic<font></br><font size=4 color="red">Andreas Savva</font> - <font size=4 color="black"><a href="mailto:savva.a@intercollege.ac.cy">savva.a@intercollege.ac.cy</a></font><br> Welcome!COMP-153 Visual BasicAndreas Savva - savva.a@intercollege.ac.cy

34. Uploading Files • Create your file in WebCT • Create your file on your computer (Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, etc) • Save it as an HTML file • Zip it on your computer (e.g. Winzip) • Upload the zip file • Unzip it in WebCT

35. Create your own course