Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday and a great New Year!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wrapping up the Term
When wrapping up a semester with your students, there are some administrative duties as well as some best practices for concluding your course with students.
-Back up a copy of the grade book to your computer
- Communicate end of term procedures to learners and consider including the following:
1. How to review final grades
2. How to dispute grades (highlight FERPA and that Learner must contact the instructor)
3. How to reach the instructor outside of the course; last date instructor will monitor course.
4. When learner access to the course is available (14 days after term ends)
- Contact your Chair for:
1. Student issues
2. Academic Integrity issues
3. Grade submission issues
What else do you like to do to reach out to your students one last time?
Karen Kaemmerling
CCCOnline Director of Training and Professional Development
Social Sciences Chair
History Instructor
720-858-2765
karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu
-Back up a copy of the grade book to your computer
- Communicate end of term procedures to learners and consider including the following:
1. How to review final grades
2. How to dispute grades (highlight FERPA and that Learner must contact the instructor)
3. How to reach the instructor outside of the course; last date instructor will monitor course.
4. When learner access to the course is available (14 days after term ends)
- Contact your Chair for:
1. Student issues
2. Academic Integrity issues
3. Grade submission issues
What else do you like to do to reach out to your students one last time?
Karen Kaemmerling
CCCOnline Director of Training and Professional Development
Social Sciences Chair
History Instructor
720-858-2765
karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sentence Works changes its name to Grammarly
Sentenceworks, the free online grammar checker available to CCCOnline students, changed its name to Grammarly@edu. Check out the new site and features by using the Grammarly@edu link in the Helpful Links widget inside your Desire2Learn classroom.
At the new site, you’ll find the same familiar features you’ve been using along with some new functionality including:
-Even more accurate grammar checking
-Support for more writing genres
-Printable reports
Your Sentenceworks user name and password will work at the new site (http://www.grammarly.com/edu/students). Easily retrieve your forgotten password for Grammarly by clicking on the “Forgot Your Password” link on the login page. Your password will be emailed to your college email account. Do you need a new account? No problem! Click on “Create Account” and fill out the required information.
Support for Grammarly@edu is available online at http://support.grammarly.com/home.
CCCOnline students have several tutorial services available like Grammarly@edu and NetTutor as described on the Student Wiki. What course do you teach and which of the resources do you recommend to students and why? Did you know that we list resource centers on other campuses that might help your students on the wiki? If you are not using these resources now with students, is this something you might consider adding to your courses for spring, and why or why not?
At the new site, you’ll find the same familiar features you’ve been using along with some new functionality including:
-Even more accurate grammar checking
-Support for more writing genres
-Printable reports
Your Sentenceworks user name and password will work at the new site (http://www.grammarly.com/edu/students). Easily retrieve your forgotten password for Grammarly by clicking on the “Forgot Your Password” link on the login page. Your password will be emailed to your college email account. Do you need a new account? No problem! Click on “Create Account” and fill out the required information.
Support for Grammarly@edu is available online at http://support.grammarly.com/home.
CCCOnline students have several tutorial services available like Grammarly@edu and NetTutor as described on the Student Wiki. What course do you teach and which of the resources do you recommend to students and why? Did you know that we list resource centers on other campuses that might help your students on the wiki? If you are not using these resources now with students, is this something you might consider adding to your courses for spring, and why or why not?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Student Groups in the Online Classroom
You’re invited to our last webinar of the year! Join us for “Creating & Facilitating Groups in D2L” at 1:00 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 3.
In this webinar, you’ll learn about creating and managing groups with the D2L Groups tool and about resources to guide the design and facilitation of virtual team activities.
In the meantime, please feel free to share your experiences with student groups in the appropriate Cultivating Excellence discussion within the CCCOnline Community.
In this webinar, you’ll learn about creating and managing groups with the D2L Groups tool and about resources to guide the design and facilitation of virtual team activities.
In the meantime, please feel free to share your experiences with student groups in the appropriate Cultivating Excellence discussion within the CCCOnline Community.
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