Many colleges choose to name this section – Course Overview & Introduction, or Getting Started. This nomenclature is preferred as it is easier to understand especially for students where English is not their first language |
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Review Samples: |
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Please
prepare responses for the following sections: 1.
How
This Course Has Been Organized Please provide students with a general
understanding of how you have organized the course. Often instructors
provide a brief sentence summary of what is contained in each of the
links students see (this is LMS dependent) 2.
Administration 3.
Obtaining
Your Textbook 4.
Technical
Problems The Embanet Technical Support Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with any technical issues. Telephone, ticket submission form, online chat and FAQ links are all available at this site: https://www.ontariolearn.com/help/
5.
Communication
Responsibilities •
Guide you through the materials •
Provide explanations and extra examples •
Facilitate discussions •
Make the learning environment a safe and interactive
one •
Respond to your questions (within a 48-hour period
during business days) •
Mark assignments and projects to give you feedback. •
Work through the online course materials •
Refer to and study the appropriate readings, as
recommended •
Participate in the discussions •
Collaborate with your fellow learners to increase
your learning •
Complete assignments and tests on time. 6.
Assignments
& Tests A brief sentence or two to describe your
expectations re completion of assignments and tests.
7.
Final
Exam Please
register with your home college to write the final exam in this
course. To successfully complete this course you are required to
write a __hour _____ book exam that will contribute ____ to your
overall grade. Registration must be completed through your
registering college. Selection of a date and time can be carried
out through a phone call or by visiting the Distance Education website
of your registering college. 8.
Final
Grades Final grades are mailed out from your registering college within approximately four weeks of course completion. Please note that you do not need to contact your registering college with information about your course completion, your grade will be sent out to you.
9.
Student
Code of Conduct OntarioLearn.com has an established
Code of Conduct that all students must abide by. This is in
addition to the regulations set out by your registering college. Please
be respectful in your communications with others and there will be no
problems. A link to the full Code of Conduct policy is available
in the Course Information area of your course desktop. Click
on Code of Conduct.
10.
Course
Evaluation We are very
interested in your feedback. Please don't
be afraid to speak up. A team of people have worked together to create
what we hope is a rich and satisfying learning experience. To measure
our success, we need to hear your opinions. At the end of the course,
please be sure to complete the course evaluation survey (Please tell
students where they can find it in your course)
11.
About OntarioLearn OntarioLearn.com
is a consortium of 22 Ontario Community Colleges who have partnered to
develop and deliver on-line courses for adult part-time learners. Each
partner college selects courses from the OntarioLearn.com course
inventory that will complement its existing distance education
offerings. The college who
developed the course is called the Host college. For this course
______________ is the host college. You may have registered at another
college. In this instance your college is called the Registering
college. So you will likely be taking this course with students from
several different colleges across Ontario.
We hope that you enjoy this rich learning experience and we
wish you great success in your educational endeavors. |
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Blackboard Example |
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Can you check off everything on this
list? When you can, you'll be ready to go! If you need
help with anything, check for instructions below the checklist. I have: |
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Read the "Welcome" letter (indicate where students can find this) |
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Read "How to
Use Blackboard" to get comfortable with
the learning environment. |
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received the books
for this subject |
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downloaded the Flash
player |
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set up my E-mail |
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read everything in
the Course Information section of the course shell |
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found out how to contact my instructor (indicate where students can find this) |
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found the Timeline document (indicate where students can find this) |
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found out how to get Technical Support (indicate where students can find this) |
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found out how to access Student Support information, such as proctored Final Exams. (indicate where students can find this) |
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found out how to submit my assignments. (indicate where students can find this) |
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found out how to access my team (indicate where students can find this) |
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posted my Introduction in the Introductions Discussion forum ((indicate where students can find this) |
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sent my instructor an email to confirm that my email is set up and I'm ready to go! (indicate where students can find this) |
You
will not be able to complete this online subject without the books
specified in the Subject Outline.
To complete the interactive exercises in this course, you will need the Flash player installed on your computer. You may already have it, but if not, you can download it here. Just follow the onscreen instructions. You
must set up your email in the Blackboard system to be able to send and
receive email to and from your instructor. 1.
Click on Tools at the
left, then click on "Personal Information". 2.
Now click on "Edit
Personal Information". 3.
In Section 1, click in the
Email textbox and key your email address. 4.
Check it for accuracy. 5.
Scroll down and click the
Submit button at the bottom right of the screen. You may also set up your email from the My Institution page (indicate where students can find this). Just click Personal Information in the Tools menu at the left, and complete Steps 2-5 above. Note
to Seneca College
Students Even though you may have another e-mail account, only valid Seneca e-mail accounts will be used in this online subject. To use your Seneca e-mail, you must first activate your account. Check here for instructions. Once your account is active, set it up in Blackboard as described above. Now
send your instructor an email message to confirm that your email is
working and you're ready to go! (indicate where students can find this).
Let's
go!
To
begin your learning about XXX, click Course Documents at the left,
then click xxx.
See you there! |
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