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Tips and Techniques for adding components to your Telewebcourse...

Assignments

• Use publisher content or internet-based searches on key topics
• Create assignments involving small interactive groups
• Consider alternative assessment methods; multimedia projects, portfolios, or journals

Discussion Groups

Use the Short Answer Questions and Expanded Analysis Sections from the Faculty Manual to invoke class discussion online.

• In the course management system you are using, create groups in the Discussion or Bulletin Board area for each episode - assigning one question or topic to each group
• Each student must visit this area to discuss or debate the issues, then collaborate to prepare a joint response, or individual response to be shared. (assign points)
• Most course management systems can track time spent in the discussion group, which can be graded as 'classroom participation'

Self-Test Questions

In a course management system:

• Consult the instructions for your institution’s system
• Format and import the questions.Try Respondus Lite for formatting
• Insert the answers and appropriate feedback

Stand-Alone web site

• Create a form for the questions - using text boxes/radio buttons
• Contact the server administrator to supply a cgi script for emailed results
• Provide the student's answers on a Self-Test Result page
• Use Respondus Lite - format quizzes to upload to WebCT and Blackboard

Option 2

1. Create an online quiz using the free service at http://school.discovery.com/

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