Last revised on 6/3/24 by kek
Overview
This post reviews the steps needed to re-offer a previously taught online course, including obtaining, restoring, and resetting the HuskyCT/Blackboard course site.
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Author: David Morrow
Managing Your Online Course
Syllabus Templates
Online Student Preparation Process and Communication
Last revised: 06/04/2019 by dtm
Overview
eCampus provides students enrolled in online courses with information prior to the start of classes. This information prepares them to be successful in an online course.
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Providing Syllabus Links for Online Course Listing Pages
Last revised: 1/4/2021 by DSM.
Overview
Having a course syllabus available online is not only helpful in providing information for students deciding in which course to enroll, but it also communicates crucial information about course requirements (materials, exam information, software/hardware requirements, etc.). This article will explain some some methods of hosting and the process of sending the link to eCampus.
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Tips for Online Course Test Proctoring
Last revised: 7/1/2019 by DSM.
Overview
These are some tips to help make the online proctoring process run more smoothly and make the student experience as best as possible.
PLEASE NOTE: ProctorU is the online exam proctoring service that eCampus makes available to UConn students enrolled in courses formally listed as ONLINE in StudentAdmin. This post addresses setting up a faculty ProctorU account for use with your UConn ONLINE course(s).
Remote In-Person Proctoring for Online Courses
Last revised: 5/31/2018 by DSM.
Overview
Sometimes even fully online course require in-person proctoring for administering tests and authentication of students’ identities. It is very common for online students to be geographically dispersed regionally, nationally, or even internationally and it is not always practical or possible to travel to one central testing location. This article provides guidance around permitting alternate proctoring locations as a solution.
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Faculty Resources for Teaching Online at UConn
Last modified: 08/12/2020 by dsm.
Overview
This post is a resource for faculty teaching online graduate and certificate programs as well as the various staff and administrators who support these programs. It is intended to provide information and guidance around roles and procedures that will help faculty be most effective in preparing to design, develop and teach online.
Finding and Using Google Images
Last modified on 02/05/2018 by dsm.
Overview
Google can be a good source for finding images, but we need to abide by the image owners’ terms of use. This post shows how to locate images on Google and how to filter them by usage rights.
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Using Data to Inform Online Teaching
Last modified 09/01/2022 by TJS.
Overview
Data can help inform instructional decisions. HuskyCT has a number of data collection and reporting tools for instructor use. In addition, media tools, such as YouTube, Mediasite, and Kaltura often have data reporting features.
This post addresses the following questions you may have as an instructor.
- Which students are active and inactive in my course? (Topic: Student Activity)
- How did the class (collectively) perform on an assessment? (Topic: Class Performance)
- How is a particular student performing in the course? What students are at risk or struggling in the course? (Individual Student Performance)
- What are the students’ activity patterns in the course? (Topic: Course Activity & Patterns)
- Are students watching my lectures and videos? (Topic: Viewing Patterns)