Common Feedback for Assignment 2 LMS/CMS

This is a very important assignment because it provides us opportunity to understand the features, tools, strengths, and weaknesses of each CMS/LMS.  How comprehensive our understanding on them would have major impacts on our final project unit.

 

Below is some suggestions/information for you to improve your paper.

• Q: Can I select different CMS/LMS after I completed assignment 2?
• A: Yes, throughout the semester, you may gain better understanding on different systems.  Be sure you have “comprehensive” understanding on the system you intend to use for your final project.
• Distributed learning (Unit) is not about CMS/LMS.  Simply using them doesn’t mean we are designing distributed learning environments.  It is about integrating “tools/technologies” and “instructional strategies/pedagogies.”  What are distributed learning instructional strategies?  Many our course activities are the examples of distributed learning strategies, such as lesson discussion moderations with guidelines/instructions, Jigsaw instruction for Treatise paper with guidelines/instructions, Peer Evaluation on Treatise paper and final project unit etc.
• Q: Do have to use CMS/LMS to deliver our final unit?
• A: Yes, we must select a CMS/LMS to design and develop our final unit.
• “Accessibility” is not about how easy or open to access course materials.  Accessibility refers to web page information/content being obtainable and functional to people with disabilities. It is about providing access to information for those who would otherwise lose their opportunity to use the web. To learn more: http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/access/what/

Feedback/Grade for A2: CMS/LMS Rationale

A2: CMS/LMS feedback & grades posted. See Vista for detailed feedback & Grade.

 

L1 Discussion Grade & Feedback Posted

See Vista E-mail & Gradebook for the details. Questions? Contact me within 2 days.

 

L2 Highlight: 09/20-10/03

Lesson 2

• Lesson Moderators: Team 2

09/22 Wednesday

• Due: Team 1's Lesson 1 discussion gradesheet

09/23 Thursday

• Due: 1^st posting period for Lesson 2 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question,

09/26 Sunday

• Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 2 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings.

09/30 Thursday

• Due: 3rd posting period for Lesson 2 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings.

10/03, Sunday

• Due: 4th posting period for Lesson 2 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings.
• Due: Assignment 3: Group Treatise Paper Outline (Section I)
• Due: Team 3 post discussion question.
• Due: Lesson 3 Reading

Sunday: Due:

4th posting period for Lesson 1 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Be sure to update the “Subject” field when you reply to any posting. 

Assignment 2: Course Management System Rational

Due: Team 2 post discussion question.

Due: Lesson 2 Reading

 

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Use different CMS

Q: can we use different Moodle server or other CMS for the assignment 2 & final unit.
A: yes. If you have access to any CMS server, feel free to use them. If you intend to use it for final unit, be sure you can create guest accounts for our classmates to evaluate your final unit.

Noodle server log in

When logging in Moodle server to evaluate Moodle system, avoid change the password because we share the same account that college of education assign us.

Common feedback for A1 PLE Setup

Delicious Tips

·         Start bookmarking your online resources on Delicious and apply relevant tags to share with different communities.

·         Here are tips to help you to tag to share your bookmarks:

o   Share with your groups: Tags: ETC677 Group1

o   Share with the class: Tag: ETC677 Lesson1

o   Share with other people: MCC (Mesa Community College)

o   Check “Mark as private” for private bookmarks to maintain your privacy.

o   The more tags applied; the easier it is to locate later; create better community learning resources.

Twitter

·         We will use for course announcements. If you do not follow course Twitter, it is harder for you to see the announcements.

·         If you have smart phones, by following ETC647, you can get updated on the course with Twitter.

·         Get real time help from the classmates: including the hashtag #ETC677 in your tweets. Our classmates may it and respond to your tweet.  It is likely getting support faster than e-mail.

·         Follow your teammates for collaborative work.

·         See classmates’ tweets: https://twitter.com/ETC677/fall-2010

iGoogle

I encourage you to use iGoogle as your personal portal page to allow you to manage multiple web 2.0 tools on the same page.  If you have other ETC courses using Web 2.0 tools, you can add them to your iGoogle as gadgets.  Feel free to share gadgets with your teammates, classmates, and me.  There are many useful iGoogle gadgets available to support our learning.

Personally, I visit my iGoogle when I start working on computer and leave it logging in so I can monitor my personal learning environments within fingertips.

 

Diigo

·         Keep signing in to Diigo when you work online so you can annotate any web page and for later retrieval.

·         Annotation for personal use: Keep it as private

·         Annotation for sharing: Share with ETC647 Group or public.

 

AT1 Grades & Feedback posted

See Vista assignment and the grade book for the details. Questions? Contact me within two days!

Thursday: Due: 3rd posting period for Lesson 1 discussions

One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Be sure to update the “Subject” field when you reply to any posting.

 

Sunday: Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 1 discussions

One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Be sure to update the “Subject” field when you reply to any posting.

 

ETC Community Recording Available now

Recordings: http://www.delicious.com/tag/ETC695+Elluminate+Recording

Capstone Resources: http://www.delicious.com/tag/ETCNAU+ETC695+Instructional+Strategies

 

 

 

Tonight Elluminate Session URL Changed

Tonight 7-8: How to write capstone proposals

The Elluminate addressed has been changed, please use the link below to participate in the session.

http://elm.elluminate.com:80/NAU-Institution/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247974819584

Reminder: Tonight 7-8: How to write capstone proposals

Title: How to write capstone proposals

Date/Time: September 8, 2010, Wednesday, 7-8 pm Arizona Time.

Speaker: Dr. Chih-Hsiung Tu

Sponsor: ETC Community

Where: Elluminate: ETC Virtual Space.

Account for Course Shell on Vista Build Server

E-Learning Center has created a course shell on Vista Build Server (different from our course on Vista) for each of us.

This individual course shell is for us to prepare our Assignment 2 LMS/CMS Evaluations which require us to access any CMS/LMS and try them out to complete our evaluations.  If you decide to select Vista to design and deliver your final unit, you can use the same course shell to develop your unit.

Here are the instructions to access your course shell on Vista Build

1.       Visit: https://build.vista.nau.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct

2.       Use your NAU log in information to log on the server.

3.       Your course shell would look like: ORG-COE-Tu-ETC-677-1107-10835 - YourLastName-FirstName

4.       Click your course shell.

5.       You have course designer privilege so your interface view is different from the interface normally see in our class as a student.

6.       Use Build and Teach tabs to evaluate Vista

It is not required we must evaluate Vista as part of Assignment 1.  You can review CMS/LMS to complete the assignment.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thursday: Due: 1st posting period for L1 discussions

One posting at least: Respond to discussion question. Be sure to update the “Subject” field when you reply to any posting.

 

L1 Required Reading

EduTools, ArchiveCMS: Compare Products. It looks like EduTools site is down or they shut the down the server. If you find the new link, please let me know. If the site isn’t available by the end of the Lesson, this reading won't be required. It shouldn't affect our lesson & assignment.

ETC Community Series: Capstone Proposals: 9/8, 7pm

Title: How to write capstone proposals

Date/Time: September 8, 2010, Wednesday, 7-8 pm Arizona Time.

Speaker: Dr. Chih-Hsiung Tu

Sponsor: ETC Community

Where: Elluminate: ETC Virtual Space.

This presentation will give students an opportunity to get updated on the ETC program news; & to learn about writing proposals, such as capstone project proposals, course project proposals etc.  There will also be time at the end for questions and discussion.

• Contact information: Chih-Hsiung Tu
• This session will be recorded and available later at: http://sites.google.com/site/etccommunity/Home

 

Place: NAU Elluminate.

Who should attend?  All ETC students since all ETC students must write effective project proposals.  This talk would help you to gain a better understanding about proposal writing, prepare your project goals, activities, and assessments etc. Be sure you have reliable Internet access, speakers, headset etc to participate in this talk.

ETC677: Lesson 1 Highlights

Lesson 1 (09/06-09/19)    

• Lesson Moderators: Team 1

09/09, Thursday

• Due: 1^st posting period for Lesson 1 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question. When responding, be sure to update “Subject” field with keywords/tags.

09/12 Sunday.  

• Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 1 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. When responding, be sure to update “Subject” field with keywords/tags.

09/16 Thursday

• Due: 3rd posting period for Lesson 1 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. When responding, be sure to update “Subject” field with keywords/tags.

09/19 Sunday

• Due: 4th posting period for Lesson 1 discussions: One posting at least: Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. When responding, be sure to update “Subject” field with keywords/tags.
•   Assignment 2: Course Management System Rational
• Due: Team 2 post discussion question.
• Due: Lesson 2 Reading