Using InSite Studio for the Mississippi Virtual Community Colleges

InSite Studio …is “Instructional Computer-Aided Design” – –Design creation through simple Diagram interface

InSite Studio …is “Instructional Computer-Aided Design” –Design creation through simple Diagram interface Simple Outline interface plus

Design Objects in InSite Topic Page Assessment Rule

Adding to your InSite Design Use the Insert menu Use the right-click menu Use the toolbar

Bringing in Existing Content Choose to Insert either PowerPoint slides, Web pages on your computer, or Internet pages Drag and drop imported pages into your design!

Arranging Objects in your Design Drag and drop in Outline View Drag and drop in Diagram View Make placement- relative insertions

Creating Hierarchy in your Design Use topics to group other objects Use topics to organize instruction Creates “levels” in design

InSite Studio …adds “Adaptivity” to your modules –Describe course behaviors through use of Assessments

InSite Studio …adds “Adaptivity” to your modules –Describe course behaviors through use of Assessments Simple Sequencing with

Creating an Assessment From an Assessment object’s edit mode, choose “Add” to create questions Choose “Options” to set up quiz feedback

Importing an Assessment Choose Insert  “Assessments from a Blackboard Course Package”, and then drag and drop quizzes into your design!

Using Objectives Define your objectives in the Objective Manager Assign objectives to each question in your assessments

Adding Behaviors Define a sequencing rule in its edit mode Reference your objective scores in the sequence rules

Basic Sequencing Rules

Combining Rules

Example “Goto” for Remediation

Example of Pre-testing

Leveled Pre-testing

…has “No Hassle” delivery preparation –“Skinned” look and tools automatically created with visual Presentation Synthesis InSite Studio

…has “No Hassle” delivery preparation –“Skinned” look and tools automatically created with visual Presentation Synthesis Export Options and

InSite’s Learning Skins Select a learning skin for your module in the Skin Chooser

InSite’s Preview Mode Simply choose “Preview” Then “play” with your module!

InSite’s Export Options Compressed (zipped) folder –Self-contained web module –Can be imported as “Assignment” in Blackboard –Can be distributed on CD-ROM –Can be posted on a web server Multiple ADL SCORM formats

Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process.

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

Overview of Using InSite Studio Think “high level” …InSite facilitates the instructional design process. Design structure Develop objects Import objects Create assessments Add behaviors Preview & Test Export

InSite Features Still to Come… In-line content creation Simulation/activity synthesis Design sharing More imports Enhanced assessments Enhanced InSite  LMS communications InSite Studio Beta (v0.7.3) now available

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