Winter Institute 2007 Facilitators: Brian Cafarella and Eric Kraus Building 5, Room 134

Workshop Session Schedule Part 1 Intro/Overview of the Curriculum Model 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM –Refreshment break! 10:30 – 10:45 in our room Part 2 DEV 085 MML status / DEV 108 Distance status 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Lunch Break – Tartan Terrace, downtown, or in your office if you are anti-social like Brian Part 3 Changes for Winter / Creating Your Own Assignments with TestGen and MathXL Exercise Builder 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM –Refreshment Break ‘til 2:45 Part 4 Other Publisher supplied resources/Wrap-up/Workshop forms 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

An Overview of Assessment and Evaluation in DEV Math that Works! The handout: Syllabus Guidelines outlines what several instructors have followed as a set of parameters to help guide the breakdown of points students earn in a courseSyllabus Guidelines The document: Winter Syllabus is located under the Course Documents section of your adopted courseWinter Syllabus

Getting Started with MML The following document is included in the MyMathLab Winter Institute Coordinator Course: How to Register for MyMathLab (see handout)How to Register for MyMathLab As an instructor, you need an Instructor Access Code –Register as an instructor and then you may create/copy courses –In this workshop, you will adopt the MyMathLab Winter Coordinator Course –This copy of the Coordinator Course will serve as a model of the course you will adopt for the winter and subsequent academic terms that you are assigned a MML-enhanced class

Finding Your Way Around the CourseCompass and MyMathLab Environments Once you are a registered instructor under the Pearson/Prentice Hall online system, you access any textbook enhancement by logging on to the CourseCompass site (students also access their CourseCompass-powered courses by a similar logon procedure)CourseCompass The main features that Sinclair has used in its MML-enhanced courses and Distance Learning courses are seen on the homepage of the Training Course (on the CourseCompass site) –Announcements –Course Documents –Homework –Quizzes (and Tests in DL courses) –Gradebook

Announcements Do you need to make announcements? –“Say few words online; they will come to class more often.” Ancient Eric Saying How to create an announcement in CourseCompass

Course Documents How students use this link –Course Syllabus –Notes Pages –Practice Tests/Study Guides Try Downloading the Syllabus Template/Uploading Your Syllabus Posting your own documents

Online Homework What’s in the homework assignments that come with my course adoption? Exploring an online homework assignment through the Homework/Test Manager (Control Panel -> Homework/Test Manager -> Actions -> Preview -> GO!) NOTE: an archive of the old online homework assignments is located at the bottom of the list of assignments in the Homework/Test Manager

Online Quizzes Students do an online quiz after they have completed the Notes Pages and the written AND online homework assignments –The default prerequisite for accessing an online quiz is 90% on the corresponding online homework. (students may correct missed homework problems until they obtain the 90% score). Exploring an online quiz through the Homework/Test Manager (Control Panel -> Homework/Test Manager -> Actions -> Preview -> GO!) NOTE: an archive of the old online quiz assignments is located at the bottom of the list of assignments in the Homework/Test Manager

What’s My Grade? Understanding the MyMathLab Gradebook features –How the Syllabus Guidelines are reflected in the assignment of weightsSyllabus Guidelines (Control Panel -> Gradebook -> Change Weights)

How to Assign Grades in MyMathLab Assign Fall quarter student a grade for written homework –(Go to MyMathLab Gradebook -> select a student’s name from Roster -> Actions -> Submit Score -> GO!) Changing a previously submitted grade.

DEV 085 Status MML for DEV 085 and plans for a revised Dev 085 DL modality for next fall

DEV 108 MML-Distance Course stats for fall 2007 –108-TC n= 29 (2 Z's) Pass = % (adjust for Z's : 70.3%) –108-TE n = 23 (1 Z) Pass = % (adjust for Z's : 85.7%) –108-TF n = 10 Pass = 60% –108-TG* n = 16 Pass = 75% *New DL faculty (beginner’s luck )

Changes for Winter Some changes to the online MML homework and quizzes –See seven-page handout Homework 8, 9, 10 changed Quizzes 8, 9, 10 changed What were the changes? –Certain problems were either deleted and/or replaced with custom or publisher-supplied exercises to fit with the Outline of Topics (see 4 th page of 7-pg. handout)Outline of Topics

TestGen Plug-in (?) You can edit publisher-supplied content You can create custom exercises and import these into existing or new online assignments, quizzes, and tests –See Fall 2007 Distance Exit Assessment Try Creating a Homework Assignment and then, if you feel brave, a Custom Exercise (see handout)

Workshop Wrap-Up Are you interested in teaching a MML- enhanced class for winter or spring? Next Steps: –You are prepared to adopt the official Winter Quarter class enhancement from Course Coordinator (Eric) –Faculty support/mentoring throughout the academic term –Future training sessions