DL Course Management Support

• Discussions - extend on-campus class discussions, collaborate on group projects anywhere, anytime
• Gradebook - student like to know how they are doing in class, but their privacy is an issue. Using WebCT grades function publish grades that are password protected and only viable by the student are important in some courses.
• Calendar - helps students stay organized and focused
• Quizzes - can provide students with instant feedback and relieves the instructor of grading some assessments. This is not a complete list but it gives you the idea.

• Review the information. Browse through the content.
• Click on any links that look interesting and make notes of where you visited.
• Take the quizzes
• View the postings in the Discussion forums - specific questions are provided in each Discussion assignment. This is a live class so the content will vary depending on the assignments completed so far this quarter.
• Check your grades and progress
• When you are done, let me know and I'll give you the information for accessing the course as the Instructor/Course Developer.

• Notice that there is a horizontal bar near the top of the window, with buttons View and Designer Options. These toggle between the student view and the Developer tools view. During your visit, toggle between views and see the differences.
• View the links in the Control Panel in the top portion of the left navigation bar. These are links to the developer tools.
• Explore the course and the tools.

• Content - web pages, media, learning objects
• Communication - discussions, email
• Collaboration - group work, peer review
• Assignments - calendar, submission, grading
• Assessment - quizzes, tests
• Evaluation - feedback, surveys

• Productivity - the course management system systematically tracks files, students, dates
• Consistency - provides a "look and feel" that faculty and students recognize
• Convenience - course management systems provide tools to assist faculty collecting and displaying iinformation eg. gradebooks, assignment turn-in
• Control - faculty can limit access to course materials by date, time, mastery
• Security - only registered students access course materials and discussions, only student sees own grade

• Enhancing interactivity
• Reducing class “seat time”
• Providing flexibility
  Asynchronous learning and discussions
  Any time, any place
• Extending learning time beyond classroom
• Integrating with other instructional delivery methods

• Immediate needs
• Training and support
• Existing content, activities, requirements
• Development time - learning, building
• Instruction and presentation style
• Technology enhanced instruction
• Curriculum direction
• Pedagogical issues
• Course objectives
• Developer skills / experience
• Features required
• Prioritized benefits

• WebCT
  De Anza Distance Learning in partnership with the California Virtual Campus will continue to offer WebCT as our flag ship course management system. WebCT is a robust, full-function course management system selected by De Anza faculty and currently used by De Anza faculty from many disciplines. Favorable license pricing, course hosting, support and training will continue to be offered by CVC to De Anza and more than 40 other community colleges throughout California. WebCT is the choice of major universities and colleges worldwide. The rich selection of publisher content in support for thousands of higher education textbooks offers faculty many advantages.
  
  
• Etudes 1 & 2
  The Etudes Alliance was formed to support Foothill's development of Etudes 2, schedule to launch in late 2004 or early 2005. The design and implementation will rely heavily on the current version of Etudes that was developed by a Foothill faculty member over the last eight years. Prior to the release of Etudes 2, De Anza faculty will be able to use the older Etudes, hosted at Foothill. Access, support and training issues for De Anza faculty have yet to be worked out. Stay tuned for details as they become available!
  
  
• Manila
  Manila offers faculty an easy-to-use web-publishing option with a built-in Discussion feature. For many faculty, both on-campus and off, Manila is very adapable and can provide the web support needed with minimal training and start-up overhead. Manila is ideal for faculty just beginning to add web technology to their teaching. Its robust web-based publishing functionality is appreciated by busy faculty regardless of their internet skills.