UH - Downtown
Our Journey…Our Goals
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Evaluate course management systems
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Raise standards and expectations
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Provide consistency for both faculty and adjuncts
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Incorporate an online system solely or integrate
within Blackboard
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Offer single sign-on
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Surprised my department chair
Research, Design, Development
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Facilitate discussions
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Utilize experience and keep what works
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Employ best practices
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Use a variety of assignment categories; set due
1 hr. before class; allow several submissions;
include answer format tips
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Utilize communication, discussion boards, forums
and extensions
Creating a Course
 Use
a Master Course
 Have
a Coordinator push out
 Set
Term: allow more than enough time
 Set
Start Date: 14 day free trial
 Choose
your text; add other texts at anytime
 Choose
Personal Study Plan
5 Assignment Types
 Assigned
Readings – raise effort level, encourage
engagement
 Practice
Problems – include problems from each
covered learning outcome
 Homework
Problems – create a pool from practice
problems, limiting resources
 Quizzes
– use pools again, no extensions, no
 Review
Problems – use each pool, no
resources, 1 attempt
randomization
Templates for Assignments
 Define
 Bring
settings
consistency
 Provide
 Save
Personalization
time
Creating Assignments
 Use
“Entering Math Answers in EWA”
 Academic
 Create
 Use
Freedom
pools and combine pools
multiple pools
Unique to Enhanced WebAssign
 EWA
Answer Evaluator
 Reviewing
 Ability
student’s previous answers
to manipulate student behavior at
the question level
 Adjusting
credit values of questions
 Scheduling
& rescheduling
Enhanced WebAssign for Instructors
 Pairing
with any course in EWA
 Setting
conditional release
 Waiving
restrictions
Enhanced WebAssign for Students
 Immediate
 Building
feedback – 24/7 “Chat About It”
student confidence
 Improved
grades – increased motivation
 Purposeful
participation – A real and direct
correlation to test scores