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Goal |
Task |
Resources |
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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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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. Export
student(s) (import and export students) |
You can export any of
the fields presented in OIS Manager to a spreadsheet program such as
Excel. This may be helpful if you need spreadsheet features that
are not available in GradeA. Details for this will be covered in
other workshops. |
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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 |
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
- 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?
- 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)
- Tables
- 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.
Tables Many times
information can be presented better in a table format than as
text-only. |
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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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- Do We Need a 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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