Engaging & exciting your students with custom content in Mastering! Scott Hildreth Astronomy & Physics – Chabot College – Hayward, CA Simple Tips to Enhance Student Interest, Build Relevance, & Improve Success

2 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Goals for Our Session Why? What are the Benefits? Why? What are the Benefits? Ways to Customize Your Course Ways to Customize Your Course Getting Started – Announcements, Messages Getting Started – Announcements, Messages Simple Editor – Links, Hints, Images Simple Editor – Links, Hints, Images Advanced Editor – Complete Control Advanced Editor – Complete Control Importing - Adding Your Own Questions Quickly Importing - Adding Your Own Questions Quickly Your feedback & questions are welcome throughout!

3 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Let’s See an Example - 1 Live example of my physics class from last spring, showing one problem enhanced with a YouTube videoclip

4 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Why Customize At All? Mastering already offers a great range of Problems, Tutorials, Quizzes, & Media with Mastering already offers a great range of Problems, Tutorials, Quizzes, & Media with Dynamic, context-specific hints Dynamic, context-specific hints Wrong & Right answer feedback Wrong & Right answer feedback You can be successful without any extra work! You can be successful without any extra work! But with some easy additions…. You & your students can have even more success – and fun! You & your students can have even more success – and fun!

5 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Why Customize At All? Remind students about… Remind students about… Expected Units they might miss (Radians vs. Degrees) Expected Units they might miss (Radians vs. Degrees) Key Examples from Lecture or Text that will help Key Examples from Lecture or Text that will help Attention to Tolerances & Sig Figs Attention to Tolerances & Sig Figs Adjust problems… Adjust problems… Drop parts you want to skip Drop parts you want to skip Add Hints to good End-of-Chapter Q’s Add Hints to good End-of-Chapter Q’s Import your own Questions & Problems Import your own Questions & Problems

6 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Use Mastering Data

7 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Why Customize At All? Review Most Missed Problems Review Most Missed Problems Change Hints, Problem Statements Change Hints, Problem Statements Add resource links, images, feedback Add resource links, images, feedback Experiment Next Term Experiment Next Term Consider making questions/assignments as designated learning outcomes Consider making questions/assignments as designated learning outcomes

8 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Announcement Examples Add contact information & helpful start of class Add contact information & helpful start of class Reinforce HOW students can use the system Reinforce HOW students can use the system Provide links for help Provide links for help

9 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Message Examples Add Messages to Assignments with instructions, caveats, gotcha’s, and encouragement Add Messages to Assignments with instructions, caveats, gotcha’s, and encouragement

10 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Message Examples

11 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Link Examples Add Hyperlinks to Assignments Add Hyperlinks to Assignments Share videoclips, lecture links, and more Share videoclips, lecture links, and more

12 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Let’s Try It - 1 Messages & Links Live demonstration in my physics class, adding messages and links

13 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Problem Examples Add Hyperlinks to Problems quickly with the Simple Editor Add Hyperlinks to Problems quickly with the Simple Editor

14 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Let’s Try It - 2 Simple Editor Links Live demonstration in my physics class, adding a link to a problem

15 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Hint Examples Add Hints to Problems w/ Simple Editor Add Hints to Problems w/ Simple Editor Declarative Hints nudge students

16 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Hint Examples Socratic Hints ask for students to answer

17 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Let’s Try It - 3 Simple Editor Hints/Parts Live demonstration in my physics class, adding a hint to a problem

18 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Image Example Add your own diagrams & parts to problems Add your own diagrams & parts to problems

19 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Editing is NOT hard! Simple Editor always available anywhere you log in Simple Editor always available anywhere you log in

20 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Advanced Editor Complete control of everything, including Complete control of everything, including Variable values & Tolerances Variable values & Tolerances Feedback for all questions Feedback for all questions Adding images Adding images Menu-based XML interface Menu-based XML interface More specific system req’s to use More specific system req’s to usespecific system req’s to usespecific system req’s to use Windows or Windows emulator Windows or Windows emulator Visit online help for information Visit online help for information Visit online help for information Visit online help for information

21 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Advanced Editor Easy to extend variable domains and steps Easy to extend variable domains and steps

22 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Advanced Editor Easy to enhance wrong answer feedback Easy to enhance wrong answer feedback

23 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Importing Questions Easy to import multiple choice/essay questions into Mastering Easy to import multiple choice/essay questions into Mastering Follow standard format Follow standard format Create/Save As “RTF” Create/Save As “RTF” Import into Item Library Import into Item Library Instantly start to collect statistics! Instantly start to collect statistics! See the “How-to” video clip on HOME page See the “How-to” video clip on HOME page

24 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Sample Import File

25 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Let’s Try It – 4 Importing Questions Illustrating how to import a simple set of questions into Mastering.

26 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Getting Started!

27 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Additional Ideas Be patient, explore, & experiment! Be patient, explore, & experiment! Have students suggest YouTube clips they like specific to an assignment or problem Have students suggest YouTube clips they like specific to an assignment or problem Give Extra Credit for the one(s) students found most helpful Give Extra Credit for the one(s) students found most helpful

28 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Questions? Discussion? Check out a resource list & research Check out a resource list & research Login to my classes to look around Login to my classes to look around me with questions! me with

29 Scott Hildreth - Chabot College - October 2011 Cartoons…. Images reprinted in the online presentation and available online were borrowed with permission from "e- mail.this.book", The Cartoon Bank, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1996.