Tips and Strategies in Teaching Online

Tips and Strategies for Teaching using D2L:

Tips and Strategies for Teaching using D2L Dr. Joe Zisk Professor of Secondary Education/MAT Coordinator 1

This session is:

This session is For faculty who will be teaching online courses. to give the "big picture" of teaching using the D2L learning management system not a D2L training workshop, it is an online teaching strategy workshop. 2

What needs to be in a good online course? :

What needs to be in a good online course ? Introduction by instructor may be written, audio or video - Course syllabus put into common format - pdf or rtf Due dates an easy to find and read Tips and Expectations Provide tips and expectations that students need to be successful in your course . 3

Managing Students’ questions:

Managing Students’ questions Email use the subject heading online office hours time available via email or phone, use web conferencing tools ( Wimba , Elluminate , Adobe Connect 1 , Skype ) Open Discussion Board create a forum for students use to ask and answer questions about the course ( open forum , student lounge, etc.). Encourage students to help each other. 4

Content Layout:

Content Layout Assignments or projects assignment length may be one or more weeks long Weekly assignments each week there is an assignment due 5

Weekly Assignment Layout :

Weekly Assignment Layout Introduction/overview/motivation may be written and/or audio. Use Jing for narrated screen capture video. Audio example Content lecture notes may be a narrated PowerPoint presentation (use the program Impatica - to compress audio PowerPoint) Assignment activity try to keep all required links and resources on one easy to read page . To view examples go to LMS

Layout continued:

Layout continued Discussion board can be a place for students to post assignments and to receive peer feedback. May be two parts - one due date for original post and the other for responses . If grading the discussion post, provide a grading criteria ( rubric ) for the posts. Checklist provide a checklist (a feature in D2L) to help students check off required work 7

Quizzes/exams/papers :

Quizzes/exams/papers Exam provides additional student accountability may be marked immediately and score posted. Instructor can provide feedback for each question. exam statistics to help instructor to evaluate test questions . If appropriate, use Respondus 1 to upload your exams to D2L From Word to D2L 8

Quizzes/exams/papers continued:

Quizzes/exams/papers continued Paper/project student can submit paper through dropbox. Indicate desired format for the paper (doc, rtf, txt, pdf, etc.) Use a rubric provide a grading rubric as part of the assignment If appropriate, provide a sample paper. 9

Instructor tips :

Instructor tips Make a list of students you respond to in the discussion board. Keep a list ( excel ) and try to respond to every student a few times during the entire semester. When responding to a student's responses, use this opportunity to expand and teach. You may want to make a summary of your responses and place this in the "News" section in D2L. Use Jing to make audio comments 10

Instructor tips:

Instructor tips When grading papers from the dropbox , it may be easier to download all the files. Using a rubric, grade each paper and add your comments as feedback in the grade book. Advance tip: Adobe Acrobat Pro permits audio comments Create URL to each course When teaching more than one online course, it is easy to create, a URL for each course and a URL to the discussion board. 11

Tips on making your course exciting and motivating :

Tips on making your course exciting and motivating Use a clear font, color, bold, and italics when appropriate. However, be careful not to overuse these features. Add images when appropriate. Maintain a reasonable color scheme Use video and audio Make sure that your content is clear, concise and accurate 12

Tips continued:

Tips continued Use programs that will add audio feedback . For example: Adobe Acrobat is a good way to add audio comments to a paper and then return to the student in PDF Use Web 2.0 tools ( Wikis , Blogs , Voicetread 1 , 2 , Google Docs , etc.) Develop projects that will be completed in student groups. Using Web 2.0 tools (or other tools) have students work in small groups on a project. Give the groups opportunities to present 1 their project to the rest of the class. Tone - online students can go almost anywhere but they decided to be in your class/program. Treat them has clients/customers. 13

Software at CalU PA:

Software at CalU PA CalU currently has a site license for Respondus and Impatica. Contact the helpdesk for download information. 14 End

Self Exploring:

Self Exploring Login community site to view videos (Sparks) https://community.desire2learn.com/index.asp Look over Univ D2L tutorial site AZ , Minn . , DSU , Look over Jing features http://www.jingproject.com/ Look over Impatica features http://www.impatica.com/products/imp4ppt/index.html 15

More self-exploring:

More self-exploring Open up voicethead account http://voicethread.com/ Look over Skype http://www.skype.com Make a checklist in D2L Begin organizing topics in your course When possible reduce the number of attachments to outside programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint. This slows down the viewing processing 16

Group Presentations (see presentation video for examples):

Group Presentations (see presentation video for examples) 17 Group Date and time Topic Archive link* (posted by April 19) 1 Wed., April 14 at 9:00 pm The accountability of schools and teachers and how it effects student achievement in school 2 Tues., April 13 at 8:30 pm Teacher Accountability and Professional Development 3 Thurs., April 15 at 8:00 pm C lassroom management and how it relates to teacher leadership 4 Thursday, April 15 at 8:30 pm Reaching Out to the Community 5 Monday, April 12 at 7:00 pm How coaching relates to teacher leadership 6 Sat., April 10, 2010 at  10:30 am Enhancing Professional Development 7 Tues., April 13 at 7:00 pm Classroom Management 8 Sun.,  April 11 at 7:30 pm Technology in the classroom and the REACH Model. Live presentations will be conducted anytime during April 10 – 17 back

Respondus:

Respondus 18 back

Course Intro:

Course Intro 19 Next – written intro

Slide 20:

20 Back

Summary of discussion posts:

Summary of discussion posts 21 http://workforce.cup.edu/zisk/jing/2009-04-11_1907.swf Back http://workforce.cup.edu/zisk/jing/2009-04-11_2105.swf