important Policies and Expectations, including accessibility statement, orienting behavior, netiquette, and plagiarism document to Course Requirements, such as time and materials needed students. It should Grading Criteria including the instructor’s methods of collecting be clearly posted and returning work are clearly explained and include the Response time instructor will take for communications and following: assignment feedback A clearly organized schedule/calendar A downloadable/printable version of syllabus is provided. B. Welcome & Professor contact information is posted in a highly visible location in the course main page. Professor has a profile picture. Course Welcome Announcement – A detailed introduction and Orientation instructions on how to start the course is provided in an These opening announcement. course items should be Orientation activity is provided in the course. It is clearly labeled with instructions on what students need to do to be counted as included and easy to find: “present” in the course. Home page – the course has a well-defined and well organized C. Presentation home page that identifies the course and its main elements. & Organization Image or banner at the top of the home page identifies the of Content course and semester. “Online” or “hybrid” is included in the This topic pertains course label. to the overall A tutorial on using the course management system (CMS- aka structure and Moodlerooms) is provided in print, video, or both. navigation of the Content is “chunked” into manageable segments that are distinct course. The learning units or modules with clear headings. content within Content is presented in the appropriate/ efficient tool or items will be mechanism within the CMS. E.g., links use the URL tool, content discussed in other uses a content-appropriate tool, etc.) checks. Learning Objectives are clearly labeled and included in each module. Navigation is intuitive and content flows in a logical progression External URL sites and files are set to display to a new browser window to prevent students from accidentally exiting the course. See resources that support Check 1: NOTES: KEY E exemplary in good shape room for improvement ?? question !! action required CHECK 2: REGULAR INTERACTION & COLLABORATION A. Regular & Professor regularly initiates communication with students Effective Contact through announcements, activities, and personalized messaging.
important orienting document to students. It should be clearly posted and include the following: Policies and Expectations, including accessibility statement, behavior, netiquette, and plagiarism Course Requirements, such as time and materials needed Grading Criteria including the instructor’s methods of collecting and returning work are clearly explained Response time instructor will take for communications and assignment feedback A clearly organized schedule/calendar A downloadable/printable version of syllabus is provided. B. Welcome & Course Orientation These opening course items should be included and easy to find: Professor contact information is posted in a highly visible location in the course main page. Professor has a profile picture. Welcome Announcement – A detailed introduction and instructions on how to start the course is provided in an announcement. Orientation activity is provided in the course. It is clearly labeled with instructions on what students need to do to be counted as “present” in the course. C. Presentation & Organization of Content This topic pertains to the overall structure and navigation of the course. The content within items will be discussed in other checks. Home page – the course has a well-defined and well organized home page that identifies the course and its main elements. Image or banner at the top of the home page identifies the course and semester. “Online” or “hybrid” is included in the course label. A tutorial on using the course management system (CMS- aka Moodlerooms) is provided in print, video, or both. Content is “chunked” into manageable segments that are distinct learning units or modules with clear headings. Content is presented in the appropriate/ efficient tool or mechanism within the CMS. E.g., links use the URL tool, content uses a content-appropriate tool, etc.) Learning Objectives are clearly labeled and included in each module. Navigation is intuitive and content flows in a logical progression External URL sites and files are set to display to a new browser window to prevent students from accidentally exiting the course. See resources that support Check 1: NOTES: KEY E exemplary in good shape room for improvement ?? question !! action required CHECK 2: REGULAR INTERACTION & COLLABORATION A. Regular & Effective Contact Professor regularly initiates communication with students through announcements, activities, and personalized messaging.
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