Beginners Workshop in 5 Minutes

An interpretive film of our Beginners Workshop (also known as “Where the Hell Do I Start?”), an all-day event on 20 January 2011. Here we present our method for starting out with pedagogy and taking control of the technology to teach the way you want.

Beginners Workshop from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

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Sample student self-assessment #2

Laura Paciorek’s first self-assessment for students from Child Development [pdf]

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http://hub.miracosta.edu/teaching-academy/online/handouts/LauraSelfAsses1.pdf

by Laura Paciorek

Sample student self-assessment

Laura Paciorek’s first self-assessment for students from Child Development [pdf]

If you can’t see the document embedded here, it may be because your browser is set not to accept cookies.

http://hub.miracosta.edu/teaching-academy/online/handouts/LauraSelfAsses1.pdf

by Laura Paciorek

Interactive Checklists for Students in Blackboard

by Laura Paciorek (June 2011)

This video shows the viewer how to create “mark reviewed” buttons on their course website items, in Blackboard, so students have a way to check off each item as it is completed. This helps students insure that they do not miss any items as they go through their tasks in . . . → Read More: Interactive Checklists for Students in Blackboard

Designing Your Menu in Blackboard

by Laura Paciorek (June 2011)

This video demonstrates for the viewer how to make the items in the left menu appear in larger text, in bold, and in italics. This technique may be used to bring students’ attention to different items in the left menu. This might be helpful for instructors who want to insure . . . → Read More: Designing Your Menu in Blackboard

Course Website Tour Workaround

by Laura Paciorek (June 2011)

This video gives the viewer an idea for how a course website tour can be created using the tools available in Blackboard instead of through video programs that must be downloaded/installed and may require payment. Course website tours can be helpful at the start of each semester when students are . . . → Read More: Course Website Tour Workaround