Best Practices Workshop

Winter 2009 Technology Serving Learning Institute

Is Your Class Web Site Ready?

Wednesday, January 14 (8.30am - 10.30am)

Description: Maximize your OIS-supported teaching experience. Make sure your class rosters are loaded and your existing classes are ready for Spring. This workshop is geared toward faculty teaching in the spring session online or with an OIS-supported class web site but is applicable to all interested faculty.

Helpful Hints
- Check your class schedule on portal.semo.edu .
- Decide on your own organizational style for your web and each of your classes/courses.
- Name semesters and classes.
  - This spring is 200920 according to Banner
  - Include section numbers if you teach more than one section
- Add yourself as a student in each of your classes.
- Don't forget to put a copy of your syllabus in each class folder.
Tammy's Style
- Create a new folder in SharePoint Designer (FrontPage) for each class (i.e. 091MA23001).
- Open OIS Manager and add classes to folders already created in SharePoint Designer.
- Add pages to class folders in SharePoint Designer.
Definitions
- Class vs Course
- Web-enhanced ("supported") vs Web-based ("online") classes
- Hybrid Class (F2F & Online combined)
Seven Principles for Effective Teaching (a.k.a. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education)