A new semester!
It’s that time in the academic year again — time when online instructors are crazy-busy getting their courses ready for opening week. Just a few things to remember as you put the finishing touches on your courses:
- Welcome students to your class in the homepage news area. Specifically tell them what they should do first upon entering your class. Include in your message how they can contact you.
- Remind students to read the syllabus and other important course information carefully.
- Consider putting a photo of the required textbook (or other materials) in the news area.
- Encourage (or require) students to introduce themselves to one another in the discussion area. Introduce yourself, too!
- Remember to include the course outcomes, word-for-word, from the official course outline on your syllabus. Peggy Gustofson has all official course outlines available online and will email them to faculty, upon request.
Have a great semester!
Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Peer Review.
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Comment from Tina
Time: January 10, 2009, 10:41 pm
This was such a good reminder, Susan, and just in time–as I just finished (I thought) my spring prep, I had forgotten to include my email address right on the homepage news. I know they can get it from the syllabus, classlist, and countless other places, but we need to always remember where they are on their first day, possibly knowing nothing about where to look for this information!
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