| Goal |
Task |
Resources |
| A. Create an OIS class with a
secure course Website |
1. Download OIS software |
Online Instructor Suite:
OIS provides you with the software you need to manage a course
Website.
 OIS
- Online Instructor Suite. An
integrated collection of online course management tools: a gradebook,
test facility, calendar, drop box, and discussion forum. Instructors
control access to the tools through the Manager.
Why
are all those blue-gray icons on my desktop?
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OIS Manager:
The module
everyone needs! |
GradeA |
DropBox |
Forum |
UTest |
Calendar |
Chat |
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2. Install OIS |
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3.
Create a class from Template |
Use OIS Manager to Create a Class
http://cstl.semo.edu/cstl/resources/CourseWebDev/index.asp
C ourse Website using
Manager's Template: follow the Wizard to put course information on
the Web pages that OIS builds for you.
How can you view your new Website? |
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Check our
progress - Do we need a break? |
| B. Understand how to manage a
course with Manager |
4. Explore class
properties (right click or menu) |
 For
newcomers, the course information will be most important: which course and
section(s), and whether the roster is synchronized. |
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5. Look at synchronization |
 "Synchronized"
means that the roster is updated by the mainframe. As students add or drop
the course, their status in the OIS class changes accordingly. |
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6.
Add student(s) (import and export
students) |
You can import your own roster. Be careful, though: if the class is
synchronized, the mainframe may duplicate students that you imported. |
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7.
Choose columns |
Synchronized rosters include numerous fields, not all of which may be
of interest to you. You can clean up the display by choosing columns. |
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8. Quick launch buttons |
A convenient way to work in the other OIS modules. |
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9.
Tools: E-mail from manager (Options) |
You can e-mail anyone in your roster directly from Manager. You can
even compose e-mail that merges name and other information, so that each
student gets an individualized e-mail. |
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10.
Print attendance record |
Basically the same as the export students option. |
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11.
Lock class |
By locking the class, you prevent anyone on the roster from logging in. |
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12.
Options (shared computer) |
If you share a computer, you can tell OIS to request your password each
time you log in to Manager. A security feature. |
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13. Survey only:
- Archive class
- Copy and move files
- Protect files and folders
- Check and fix
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 These
features will be more useful after you have used OIS for a while. |
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14. Request class evaluations |
By selecting this option, you activate a system for sending an
invitation to students to participate in an online IDEA evaluation of your
course. |
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15. Browser (tab; not much content in the
Website) |
 This
tab allows you to access the OIS-enabled course Website directly from
Manager. |
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- Break - |
| C. Use Microsoft FrontPage to
add content to the course Website. |
16. Open FrontPage; get oriented |
How can we add course content
(including the OIS links) to our
Website?
OIS knows no content!
Microsoft FrontPage
 will help
you add content to pages in your site:
FrontPage (FP) is a
Web-page authoring tool that is installed on
computers available in faculty offices and campus computer labs.
It's more than a word
processor! FP helps you
organize your entire class Website, so that students will be able to
readily access your course materials from anywhere the Internet
reaches.
CSTL provides a "How To" site to help you with some FrontPage
features.
The FrontPage Web
- Starting FP: 1st time, every
time
- Find FP on
your computer and start it.
FP views
- Explore the
various views, ending up with folder list
and page view as your
“standard” working view:
"When a Web is open, this view lets you organize its files and
folders."
What is a Web?
- Log on to your
personal CSTL Web.
- Explore the
basics of Web folder structure.
- Look for an "index.htm" page.
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17. Add content to an existing page
- Text (raw, and from Word document)
- Images (clipart, file, properties)
- Files
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Think About it First
Add and format text
Text is still the workhorse of
higher education. FP offers a wide array of formatting, some of
which we will investigate here.
Images
If you believe that a picture is worth 1000 words, here is
your chance to speak volumes! FP makes it easy to import images to
your Web and to add those images to your Web pages. |
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18.
Add a new page (create, link) |
Hyperlinks
Use hyperlinks to allow your students to browse to other Web
pages, send e-mail, or download other content files. |
| D. Include OIS functionality
on a Web page |
19. Explore template-generated links |
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20. Add a link to an existing page |
Use the addresses listed below to
place links on course pages
within the "protected" folder of the Website.
GradeA: /ois-bin/gradeasrv/gradeasrv.dll
DropBox:
/ois-bin/dropboxsrv/dropboxsrv.dll
Forum:
/ois-bin/forumsrv/forumsrv.dll
UTest:
/ois-bin/utestsrv/utestsrv.dll
Calendar:
/ois-bin/calendarsrv/calendarsrv.dll
Chat:
/ois-bin/chatsrv/chatsrv.dll
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- Stretch Break - |
| E. Project |
21. Practice using the features in tasks
#16-20 |
The practice
assignment |
| F. Wrap up |
22. Address final questions |
What can we do next?
Convert Documents to Web Format
Manage Web files
Add rich content to your site: data
collection, multimedia, etc. (Examples:
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23. Submit session evaluation |
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