Jul 7, 2009 0
Tests! Gotta love ‘em. They tell you whether your excellent teaching has actually made a dent. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to offer tests, quizzes, drills, surveys, and polls as a part of your course Web site?
You could learn enough Web programming skills to build them yourself, but there are so many good products that do it for you and that are free or cheap, why not use one of them?
Jun 15, 2009 0
The content of an online course is like a book. Maybe a book with pictures, but a book nonetheless. Words, sentences, paragraphs, pages of text.
On your course Web site you might want to display:
May 30, 2009 0
Great! So now you’ve got your course syllabus. Now, how about a simple calendar where you list all the milestones and due dates for your course? If all you want is a list of events, you can make your calendar with any of the HTML editors we’ve already mentioned, but if you prefer a month-at-a-glance version that really looks like a calendar, we have just what you need.
May 10, 2009 0
Write it in one of several low-cost HTML editors. These software packages write the HTML code for you. Need to make a word stand out on the page? Just highlight the word, then click on the “B” (for bold) icon in the HTML editor. The software inserts the proper commands around the word for you. Open the file in your browser and there it is, all ready to display on the Web. What could be easier?
How can you get one of these HTML editors without paying big time? Read the rest of this entry »
May 1, 2009 0
A huge number of people use Microsoft Word as their standard way of writing documents. Another great option is the free, open source Write program in Open Office Suite from http://www.openoffice.org/. Write is a great word processor, easy to learn and easy to use. The suite also includes a drawing program, spreadsheet, database and slideware (called, respectively, Draw, Calc, Base, and Impress). Each application can use Microsoft files and all files can be saved as Microsoft compatible files (for example, doc, xls, ppt) so you can share them with those who still use the standard Microsoft applications.
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Apr 20, 2009 0
Unless you’ve never used a computer before, you already know how to do Step 1, so we’re going to let you do that part on your own.
So write a syllabus, lectures, assignments, maybe a biography of yourself, perhaps a list of books and articles, and, of course, at least a few addresses to pertinent Web sites. Pull together everything you want to deliver online. Once you’ve written one or more of these files, you can move on to Steps 2, 3, and 4.
Apr 10, 2009 0
One, Two Three, Four…It’s That Simple:
If it isn’t clear already, it soon will be. We’re recommending that you avoid complicated, often expensive, course management software or “virtual learning environment” software, as it is somtimes called. There’s nothing mysterious about what course management software does for you. And, there’s nothing difficult, or costly, about doing the same things yourself.
We’re going to teach you how to build your own course Web site–without course management software–using these four steps:
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