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National Facilitator Summer Faculty Meeting
Agenda • Pre-course Checklist• 10 Years of TeacherLine Research• Summer Term Timeline• Course Review Procedure• Learning Media Launch• Facebook Promotion• Summer II Term
Pre-Course Checklist – MUST DO!
• Course Content: Check for broken links and inaccurate content. Submit help tickets with detailed information, including course number and link location.– Check all of your course sessions before
the course starts.
Pre-course ChecklistVerify the following as soon as you get your course:
• Discussion Board: Make sure the topics match the content. Submit a help ticket if you add or modify a topic so we can change the master copy of the course.
• Add session dates to each fourm to help learners keep track of their assignments each week.
• Dropbox: Make sure these match up to content submissions and are linked to gradebook items.
• Gradebook: Make sure it matches the Assignment Checklist
• Add a “Welcome” announcement.– Add graphics to announcement and discussion boards to
“humanize” the course.– Once you post an announcement it will automatically send to
your learners.
• Create an “Emails from Your Facilitator” forum on the discussion board to post all of your group emails sent.
• Use the Facilitator Information section to highlight important weekly events.
• Use a web 2.0 tool (wordle, voki, screencast) to introduce yourself and/or the course.
Course Personalization
On-going Course Management• Look Ahead at the Final Project; make mention of the
requirements during week 1 or 2
• Check Manage Section page to see if your course list has changed - learners added or dropped.
• Create and post landscape posts in each discussion board forum.
• Post weekly feedback within the course dropbox and/or gradebook by the 4th day of the week’s end.
• Send weekly e-mails to all learners and mid week reminders, if needed.
On-going Course Management
• “Meet and Greet” your learners in the Virtual Café
• Post weekly schedule on the announcement page.
• Answer all questions within 24 hours.• Send private emails to learners to
encourage participate and guidance.• Call learners on day 4-5 if they haven’t
checked in.
Manage Section Page• Login to TeacherLine, click My Courses, Facilitator
Tools, Manage Course button.
• Locate your official learner list, e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
• Check pending reservations.
• Check for dropped/withdrawn learners (you will not receive notification e-mails).
• NOTE: Do NOT use “Participants” list to send course emails until after the 8th day of the course.
4th of JulyLet’s be flexible for learners who are away for the holiday weekend. •Suggestions-
– Allow learner to submit weekly assignment early.
– Allow learner post early and late on the discussion board.
•NOTE: Require learners to give you advance notice.
Final Projects
Please notify learners early in the term if the final project needs access to students.
If a learner isn’t currently teaching, here are a few options-•Work with a group of neighborhood students•Have a colleague provide feedback on the project
Summer Term TimelineSaturday, June 18, 2011 : Send a
“Welcome” email using “Manage Course” page.
• Include-– “How to” access the course
– Facilitator Contact information
– TL Customer Support
– Participation Policy
– Drop/Refund Policy
– Course Overview
– Late Work Guidelines
Summer Term Timeline• Monday, June 20~
Course orientation starts
• Wednesday, June 22~ Courses officially start
• Friday, June 24 (11:59 pm EDT)~ • Last time for learners to enroll
• Monday, June 27~(1st Monday after course starts): Contact missing learners by phone
Summer Term Timeline (cont.)• Tuesday, June 28~
Last day for learners to drop a course with 80% refund
• Tuesday, Aug 2~ Last day of six week courses
• Wednesday, Aug 9~ Last day to post grades
Summer IIAugust 10- Sept. 20, 2011
INST320.106 Connecting Family, Community and Schools
INST325.101 Using Assessment and Evaluation
INST342.8 Teaching with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress MATH250.114 Understanding Numbers and Operations: Addition and Subtraction in Grades PreK-3
RDLA152.57 An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective Literacy Instruction
RDLA340.204 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
TECH300.130 The Computer for Personal Productivity
TECH330.51 Communicate and Collaborate Online
TECH335.106 Publishing on the Web
TECH345.13 Developing Understanding with Dynamic Media and Digital Storytelling
Course Review Traffic Light
Emergencies Happen
• Please leave my email address and contact information with your emergency contact.
Lia Dossin
703-739-5792
Next Steps• Watch the Life Cycle of the Course Edit Video.• Watch the 10 years of research Video.• Watch Course Set Up Video if you haven’t already
or need a refresher.• Try to Insert an Open Clip Art, www.
openclipart.org, image in your course.• Personalize your course with a Web 2.0 tool-
Wordle, Audicity, Voki, Screencast, etc…
