Melete 3.0 CA Community Colleges Consortium ETUDES Project Vivie Sinou Dean, Learning Technology & Innovations Foothill College 08/04/06 Created: Vivie Sinou, Dean of Learning Technology & Innovations, ETUDES Project, Foothill College

Overview Integration with Content Hosting Sub-section support Melete uploads stored in private area of content. Structure remains as in current MeleteDocs (by site). Sub-section support Ability to link to tasks (new section type) Manage functions (recycle bin, upload helper) Add Melete preferences Ability to set public or site access for sections Email notification for content updates Prerequisites to sections or modules Created: Vivie Sinou, Dean of Learning Technology & Innovations, ETUDES Project, Foothill College

ContentHosting Integration Workflow Adding Content Sections Melete 3.0

‘Add Content’ Section

Adding New Section (compose) (removed navigation to modules and sections – both rows; applies to edit modules and edit sections, in addition to modules)

Adding New Section (compose) Add copyright choice for section’s content. Add ability to select ‘access’ for section. Add Email notification (optional)

Adding New Section (Uploads)

Selecting Uploads (local or Melete Docs) Ability to browse local, look into user’s current site to link to existing uploads or browse in other sites and attach a copy.

Adding New Section (URL’s)

Adding New Section (URL’s)

Sub-Section Support Melete 3.0

“Add Content” new button Ability to “Add Content” sections from Author View Page. Select a module to add a section to, and it’ll be inserted below it. (see following screen for visual example)

Section is added under module

Sub-Sections Support Like with modules, you can check the section that you want to add a sub-section to, and it will be inserted below it. No limit in sub-sections.

Sub-section added below section

Adding Links to Tasks New Section Type Melete 3.0

Add ‘Link to Task’ Section Type Ability to add sections that link to tasks: Assignments JForum flagged discussion topics, and Active assessments … to guide learners through a desired sequence of learning activities and content. Organize a learning path.

Add Link 2 Task (add a new section that is a task as opposed to content)

Choose Task to Add (Linking to assignments, JForum flagged topics, and active assessments)

Select Assignment to Link User is shown list of site assignments to associate ‘task section’ with.

Assignment task added Guide learners through the learning process by organizing the sequence of the materials and tasks that they should go through for each learning unit (module).

Student View – Link to Assignment (This may have to open in a new browser window or take students to the tool)

Add ‘discuss’ task section

Select Discussion to Link Topics tagged as ‘task’ type in JForum are viewable and selectable in Melete.

“Task” Type of Topics (The JForum discussion topics that are listed in Melete for selection include only those topics which have been flagged as “Task” during posting.)

Discuss Task Added Links to JForum discussion topic that students should contribute to.

Student View – Link to Discuss (This may have to open in a new browser window or take students to the tool)

Add “assessment” task section

Select Assessment to Link User is shown list of site active assessments to associate ‘task section’ with.

Assessment Task Added Links to assessment that students must take in the suggested sequence.

Student View – Link to Assessment (This may have to open in a new browser window or take students to the tool)

Edit tasks Task sections can be edited, much like content sections. Check a task and click on Edit to update. Similarly, you can check and delete tasks from the list.

Prerequisites Melete 3.0

Prerequisites Instructors can flag sections as a prerequisite prior to students accessing further items. Allows instructors to guide students through the sequence of sections and learning modules based on their meeting required prerequisites: Confirm that learners have viewed content sections prior to granting access further modules or sections. Confirm that learners have completed required tasks: assignment, discussion topic, or assessment.

Set Prerequisites In this case, students have to go through each section in order – view content and complete required tasks prior to gaining access to the next.

Or, allow free movement across sections, with exceptions, as needed When a section is flagged as a prerequisite, nothing below it can be accessed, regardless of start/stop dates, until the section is completed (viewed or submitted).

Business Rules… Authors can edit or delete a task at any time. Instructors can check/uncheck a prerequisite flag for a section (content/task) at any time. If user is done with a task (has submitted topic, assignment, or test) or has viewed a content section, item is flagged as ‘done,’ and user is allowed to access next section. Note: Access to sections based on performance (score or points), as opposed to completion of tasks, is a requirement that we’ll explore implementing in the future.

Navigation Changes Melete 3.0

Student View - Navigation If users must complete one or more tasks/sections in a module prior to proceeding, a checkmark is shown in the student view – alerting students to the prerequisite.

Student View - Expanded (From the table of contents expanded view, students can see at a glance all modules and their sections and sub-sections, including any prerequisites)

Student View - Expanded If a module is set as a prerequisite, users must complete all of its sections and sub-sections, but they can do them in any order (highlighted in soft yellow)

Student View – Module The default module view is expanded, so that students can see immediately the sections and sub-sections of a module.

Student View – Section Students can see their current location (section or subsection) and can navigate to previous and next, or return to the table of contents and view another module.

New “Manage” & Settings Functionality Melete 3.0

Manage >> Recycle Bin Allows instructors to delete modules (and their associated resources, if not linked with other sections/modules) permanently from their site.

Select items to remove permanently from one’s site. Recycle Bin Select items to remove permanently from one’s site.

Upload Files Helper Enables authors to upload ten files at a time into their site’s uploads storage (Melete Docs) area to be available during authoring (in sections or in editor).

Preferences (new menu) These are ‘global’ preferences and affect Melete in all sites of a user.

Notification (MyWorkspace Preference) Users can set email notifications in Preferences of MyWorkspace. When updating Melete content, authors can choose no notification, low-level notification, or high-priority if the changes are critical to site members.

“Import from Site” Support

Other Remove “next steps” (handled by tasks) Revise navigation in add/edit section screens to match new navigation scheme. IMS CP Import/Export needs to be redone, as Melete will now use content hosting. Remove current sort functions. Implement ability to ‘move’ sections and modules.

Questions? Contact Vivie Sinou sinou@foothill.edu