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4/20/2014 Lynne Mastrud;Danny Romeo

BEFORE THE CLASS STARTS

As soon as you know you are teaching the class: 1. Learn the LMS system by watching any tutorials, researching online, reading any information you can and racticing using the tools. !. Find an online teaching mentor either one you can tal" to face to face or online. #. Set u a student account for yourself, so you can see the LMS as a student sees the course. $. Set u a way to organi%e the lin"s for the course along with any additional resources you find. &. 'e(iew the course material, tutorials, F)* section, and modify as needed. +. ,re are for di(erse learners by chec"ing that the materials co(er different learning styles and including a (ariety of acti(ities and assessments. One month be ore the class: 1. Find a guest s ea"er, if a ro riate. !. Start double chec"ing outside lin"s and re lacing bro"en ones. #. Modify the course calendar and syllabus to reflect current dates. $. ,re-write wee"ly course announcements and find a ro riate gra hics for those announcements. &. . load any modifications or new resentations to the LMS to reflect changes and your teaching style. +. Set u a welcoming home age. One week be ore the class: 1. /onfirm any guest s ea"ers. !. /om ose and send a welcome letter to the class which lists your contact information and lin"s to tutorials. #. 0ouble chec" lin"s for the first ! wee"s of the course and re lace as needed. $. 1rite a draft schedule for your grading time, email time, (irtual office hours, face to face office hours, and other duties. )lso include down time on your schedule. &. /reate a grou email contact to ma"e sending emails to the entire class easier and create 2canned res onse2 emails that co(er late assignments, office hours, not following communication olicy, and lin"s to tutorials and technical su ort. +. 3a"e a dee breath.

AFTER THE CLASS STARTS

Fre!uency o Logins 4stablish and "ee a ersonal5acce table daily schedule for logging in 6e78 1! ,M and + ,M9. One to "any #ersus One$To$One %nteraction Strategies Maintain a olicy for a :one to many; interaction strategy8 *uestions to the instructor that are not confidential or are not of a ersonal nature must be submitted in the :discussion ost - course <uestions; thread. Maintain a olicy for a :one to one; interaction strategy8 *uestions to the instructor that are confidential or of a ersonal nature can be submitted to the instructor through the course e-mail system.

=n the e(ent a student sends the instructor an e-mail <uestion that is more a ro riate for the :discussion ost - course <uestions2 thread, the instructor should send a reformatted res onse as shown below8 :3hat is a good <uestion. >owe(er, = belie(e the whole course can benefit from your <uestion in my answer. ,lease ost your <uestion to the :discussion ost course <uestions; thread so the entire class can benefit from your <uestion.; S&ecial 'irtual O ice Hours /reate a olicy to allow students to interact with you using online technology outside the stated (irtual office hours by the discretion of the instructor to accommodate students in different time %ones, or cannot ma"e the limited hours, or increased hours before a big e7am5 ro?ect. Res&on( Time to )iscussion *uestion To&ic to Facilitate )iscussion 4stablish a res onse time to re lying to a discussion <uestion 6e78 one day9. Res&onse Time or +ra(ing an( Stu(ent Fee(back 4stablish a res onse time for grading assignments and res onding to students@ feedbac" 6e78 two day9. =f at all ossible, the instructor will grade assignments in the order they are osted. First ,eek Orientation )t a redetermined time and date the instructor will hold a synchronous session during the first wee" of class to e7 lain rocedures, tools, and the LMS. =n the e(ent students cannot attend the abo(e session li(e a recorded (ersion will also be a(ailable to them. ) sim le icebrea"er acti(ity assignment should be im lemented to build the online class community. One ossibility may be to ha(e students brea" u into airs and as" them fi(e <uestions about their li(es, then osting it to a discussion ost lin". A(#antages o -sing a Course "anagement Tracking Tools.+ra(e book State ad(antages of using a /M35automated grade boo" during an online course 6e78 instant feedbac"9. )lso, as an online instructor you should u date your grade boo" wee"ly and (erify which her students if there are any issues with their grades. Link "anagement /hec" and re lace lin"s ! wee" before the module starts. 'emember to unloc" and loc" wee"ly discussion boards.