Wilmington Faculty Development
Day
Beyond BlackBoard
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Greetings from the Great Pacific
Northwest
My introduction
• Experience: I have been teaching math and
science online for 13 years (since 1999).
• Schools: Cochise College in Arizona,
Kaplan University (nationwide)
Wilmington University
Georgia Military College starting in
December.
• Instructional design experience
In this presentation, we will talk about:
• Sites that are out there that you might not
know about:
1. Kahn Academy
2. Live Binders
• Screen-cast-o-matic
I did see that you all had a presentation on
this recently, but I will give a brief overview.
• Be organized! I will share my grade sheets.
This will apply especially to online instructors.
Khan Academy is basically a site for
homeschooling but it has all kinds of
resources for our students as well.
• There are (at the time I am creating this)
195,143619 lessons online in over twelve
languages.
• There are more than 3400 videos on the topics:
mathematics, science, computer science, finance
and economics, humanities, and test preparation.
• Most are geared toward our more remedial
classes but I think that everyone can find some
valuable resources here.
To access Khan Academy go to:
http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse
Here is what you will see:
This site can be used as a classroom if a teacher
creates an account and a classroom.
This would be like using MyMathLab or something
similar. Most of us would not want to do this. What we
would find helpful is to direct students to the videos.
On the main page, scroll down and you will see
all of the videos divided into disciplines and
topics
Here is an example of all of the videos in
only one of those topics
This would be what a student would see if you
just sent her to the general Kahn site. But you
can copy and past the URL for that video into a
link for her. That would take her directly to that
video.
Let’s click on “understanding exponents”
Here is what students would see:
The student would just click on the play button to
watch a short video on this topic.
You could put all of the resources
directly into you course links but there
is another option!
Live Binders
What are live binders?
Think of live binders as an online bookshelf.
Each shelf holds notebooks with something in
common: a course, a particular instructor, or
anything that the notebooks have in common.
http://www.123rf.com/photo_4836927_several-binders-in-a-bookcase.html
Here is an example of what shelves might look
like by course
1. Business Math
2. Survey of Math
3. Statistics
4. College Algebra
5. Applied Psychology Statistics
6. Intro to Discrete Math
7. Quantitative Methods
8. Linear Algebra
9. Business Statistics
10. Statistics of Biostatisics
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-106956134/stock-photo-office-ring-binders-on-a-bookshelf-with-depth-of-field.html
I teach algebra so I am going to concentrate on
that area. Within the shelf are the topics. I
could use these as my “Binders”
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Introduction to algebra
Creating and solving linear equations
Linear functions
Systems of equations and inequalities
Ratios and proportions
Absolute value
Exponents and radicals
Logarithms
Polynomials
And on and on (ten more topics) You get the point
Or within each shelf are the course units. I could use
these as the binders. For example for a general
overview math course:
• Unit 1: Real numbers
• Unit 2: Sets
• Unit 3: Algebra
• Unit 4: Graphs
• Unit 5: The Metric System
• Unit 6: Geometry
• Unit 7: Probability
• Unit 8: Statistics 1
• Unit 9: Statistics 2
http://www.bindertek.com/new1binders.html
Inside each binder are resources that a student can
access. Think of these as dividers in a 3-ring binder.
For example for unit 1 here are the topics:
1.
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Number Theory
Prime numbers
Types of numbers
Signed numbers
Properties of real
numbers
6. Exponents
http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/products/martha-stewart-home-office/binders_accessories.html
To get started, go to www.livebinders.com
Here is the start up page
You can then create an account free or log
in with an existing account. It is easy!
Here is what you will see once inside the site. I
have one shelf set up called “Basic Math”
Let’s create a new shelf
Enter a name and
description for the
shelf and choose
whether you want
to make it public or
private. An access
key is required for
private shelves.
Click on “Create
shelf”
The next step is
to create a
binder that will
be on that shelf.
Think of it as a
book on that
shelf. Click on
“Start a Blank
Binder”
Do the same things as you did to
create a shelf.
Here is what you will see. Let me
give you a better image.
To add materials, create topics
under “Tabs”
Name the topic and then click on the dropdown menu and select “New Subtab” to
allow access to a specific resource.
Enter the name of the resource
and then copy and paste the URL
of the site into the box and
click on “insert”
This is what the student sees when
clicking on that subtab. He then needs
to click on “Go to Site” to view it. I am
using a Khan site here.
The student is directed to the site and just
clicks on the play button to view the video.
You can also upload resources like videos,
powerpoints, and MS Word documents to your
binders. I am going to show how to do this.
This binder contains quite a few tabs
and subtabs. Clicking on any tab brings
up the subtabs (the actual resources)
To add a file from you hard drive, click
on “edit”,
Now click on “edit menu”
This screen will come up.
At the bottom, click on “upload file”.
Now browse for the file.
I am going to add the powerpoint
“Adding signed numbers”
The easiest way to do this is to “upload
to new subtab.
The file is there and I just need to
change the name of the subtab
Done!
One more thing. If you go back to the main page
and click on “Featured binders” there are
thousands of binders available
Creating videos
Screencast-O-matic is an online program that
allows conversion of videos to mp4 files (that
can be downloaded on any device!)
It is free if your videos are less than 15 minutes
or you can pay $15 for a membership and make
longer ones. Also, a nonweb-based version is
available for download. You can download it to
your harddrive to use off-internet.
Go to: http://www.screencast-omatic.com/
Let’s record a video that I created for
another school and place it in a live
Binder. Drag the frame.
Adjust the microphone
Click on the start button and then on
done when the video is completed.
Here is where the “done” button is.
To save as an MP4 file.
Save video
Choose a location on your hard drive
and a name for the file.
This may take a while but when
complete you will see this and you are
done!
Here is the video!
http://www.screencast.com/users/DawnCox/f
olders/Default/media/6907c79b-52ec-4105b06a-c6695c346715
Keeping organized!
• If you teach a hybrid or online course where
much of you grading is done at a site like
MyMathLab, it is helpful to have a method of
keeping track of grades.
• Also, remembering things about each student
is difficult in an online setting.
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I have grade sheets for each of the
classes that I teach.
• At the top, I leave an area for the name,
nickname, course, and section.
• Below that, I have an area for adding personal
information about the student. For example:
1. Major
2. Location
3. Family stuff
4. Anything else that might be relevant
Each class will have different
assignments so below the student
information will vary by course.
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MyMathLab assignments
Quizzes
Tests
Discussion boards
etc
Example
There are three sections for grades:
MML, tests, and discussions.
The first one looks like this:
Test section
Discussion board
Questions? 
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Thank you for watching!
Dawn Cox MS
dawn.e.cox@wilmu.edu