LMS105: Course Administration

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LMS105: Course Administration and Customization

Design

Course Builder

Manage an objective-based course by associating grades and objectives with learning objects.

Create content and learning objects

Use Modules and placeholders to create your course structure

Instructional Design Wizard

Outputs

Objective-Based Assessment Shell

Grade-Based Assessment Shell

Course Blueprint

Steps

Organize Grade Book

Choose Learning Activities

Design Content

Design Assessments

Define Instructional Goals

Define Mdule Objectives

List Learning Objectives

List Course Competencies

List Modules

Course Design Accelerator

Consistency and Creativity

On that page, tools are grouped under General, Tools or Administration

Students need a uniform and consistent set of links

Welcome/Overview

Edit Course

When any of the tools is openend, a menu of all the tools appears in the pane at the left side of the screen

The tools taught in this module are found on the Course Administration page

On that page, tools are grouped under Design, General, Tools or Administration

Reach that page by using the NavBar link called "Edit Course"

Best practice emphasize simplicity

Best practices emphasize consistency

Keeps the community aspect

Wants tools to be consistent and comfortable

Studetns need a uniform and consistent link

Consistent items

Maintain location of default NavBar links

Zone LR

Logout

Help

Zone LL

Schedule

Quizzes

Discussions

Grades

Dropbox

Content

Zone UR

Date

Welcome

Zone UL

Classlist

My Home

Course Home

Maintain default widgets

Events

Updates

News

Be creative in presenting your content

Be aware of the load on the system

Be engaged

Stay consistent

Helps your students

Reduces confusion for students taking multiple courses

Think about your audience

Keeps navigation consistent

Customization

Apply creativity to content

Maintain default arrangements

Maintain Defaults

Go easy on it

Administration

Edit Help

Rename

Language class example

Resist the temptation to get fancy

Groups

Covered in Communication and Community

Tools

View User Progress

Same as View Progress in Classlist

Self-Registration

Manage Files

Same as Manage Files tool

Intelligent Agents

Import / Export / Copy Components

Import

Publisher content

Of downloaded modules

Of exported content

Export

Recommend exporting Grades from the Grade tool

Caution about copying Discussions

Even when the messages are not copied

Feedback will be copied

Be patient as it processes

Usually copy whole course

Remove unwanted items after copying

Remember to change all dates

Partial copies are likely to overlook something

Easily leads ot broken links

Get original correct before copying

If original was not correct, corrections must be made in every copy

Copy to other courses as needed

Can use your practice course as template

Supports reuse of course material

General

Widgets

Create Custom Widgets

Images

Be aware of loads on system

Sized for web

Where to insert picture of self

Always use Alt Text

Select Widgets

System

Custom

Navigation

Custom links

Delete

Edit

New

Target of the Link

New Window

Entire Window

Bottom Frame

Image URL

Too much load on system

Too much space on NavBar

Do not use

Link URL

Display name

Add design elements

Carefully

Arrange Active Links on NavBar

Be consistent with defaults

Do not get creative

Make Tool Inactive

Make Tool Active

Homepages

Set Active

May use series of homepages as course progresses

Choose homepage to be active

Edit Homepage

Content/Layout

Footer

Panels

Right

Center

Left

Header

Properties

Homepage as a Tool/URL

Throws students off

Do not use!

Description

Name

Create or Copy

Must Copy or Create new page to make changes

Cannot change the Default