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Goal |
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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 |
Course
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?
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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. Classes in the online server
(http://online.semo.edu/YearSemester/ClassCode)
and the courses server (http://courses.semo.edu/YearSemester/ClassCode)
ALWAYS synchronize, and thus will have the checkbox
grayed out, but courses in the "cstl-AAA
server" will allow the user to select synchronization. |
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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 - |
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C. Use Microsoft SharePoint
Designer
to add content to the course Website. |
16. Open SharePoint Designer; get
oriented |
How can we add course
content (including the OIS links) to our Website?
OIS
knows no content! Microsoft
SharePoint Designer
will help you add content to pages in your site:
SharePoint Designer
(SPD)
is a Web-page
authoring tool that may be installed on computers available
in faculty offices.
It's more than a
word processor!
SPD 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
SharePoint Designer features. The CSTL site is not
yet very large, but look for it to grow.
The
SharePoint Designer Site
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Starting SPD:
1st time, every time
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Find SPD on your computer and start it.
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Explore the view, ending up with
Folder List and Web Site
as your “standard” working view. Clicking on a
file in the Web Site opens the file for editing
in the work area.
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What is a Site?
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Log on to your personal CSTL Web.
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Explore the basics of Web folder structure.
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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. SPD 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! SPD 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. |
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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 - |
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E. Project |
21. Practice using the
features in tasks #16-20 |
The
practice assignment |
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F. Wrap up |
22. Address final questions |
What can we do next?
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23. Submit session
evaluation |
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