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1 An online utility belt for educators
Using web based tools to enhance instructional delivery.

2 The times they are a changing
Delivery of instructional content is in a period of great change Students and administrators have higher levels of expectations from teachers Resulting in more responsibilities and a bigger workload for teachers Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

3 Students Expect Remote access to class information
Quick feedback to questions and grades A variety of web-based resources to supplement their texts The ability to work collaboratively with their peers A sense of community in the class Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

4 Administrators want Full classes High levels of accountability
Optimal use of facilities Fill in the blank but it usually involves more work for professors Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

5 What can teachers do without a big budget
Provide materials online including: Online check-in Schedule Syllabus Links to supplemental materials Access to grades Virtual communities Forums- posts are part of grade Online galleries- incentive to do best work Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

6 Syllabus & Schedule Provides accountability to members of the learning contract (teacher and student). Keeps students on track Enables easy class starters (review of last class’s work) and closers (review of today’s work and reiteration on HW assignment) Tools Used: Dreamweaver Word Acrobat Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

7 Supplemental materials
1/11/2019 Supplemental materials Review of class notes Links to online tutorials Text-based PDFs Other HTML pages CBTs on your own site Camtasia Studio Macromedia Flash Project files that can be downloaded Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

8 Access to grades Timely feedback
Dispenses with student claiming they did not know how they were doing Provides teacher with documentation when it is time to submit grades Useful to have back-end support but not essential Excel spreadsheet CGI- Perl program (back-end) Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

9 Virtual Communities Forums Galleries
Allow students to ask each other questions Allows teacher to answer a question ONCE for all to see Provides opportunities for dialogue SimpleForum Lite is free Galleries Work becomes public Opportunity for healthy competition Makes grading easier Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

10 Back-end Support Useful
Class check-in Online grades Group Online Testing Online drops Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

11 Other Useful Tools CCCCOnfer Moodle.org Synchronous Coursework
Free Course Management System Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

12 Camtasia Tips Disable hardware acceleration
Capture 800 x 600 either by re-setting screen resolution or using Capture> Input> Region Adjust Audio Setting to 22 KHz, 16 bit mono or use the MP3 setting Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College

13 That’s All Folks Jeffrey Diamond Santa Rosa Junior College


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