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Instructor WebStudy Training
Saturday, March 3rd 2011
Welcome and Introductions
Training Session
I.
Overview of Webstudy
a. PERSONAL tab (top)
i. Click about
1. Upload instructor photo
2. What’s grey you cannot change
3. You can change your personal info here
4. Turnitin login – if you don’t have it talk to the IT Dep.!!
ii. SUBMIT
b. ADMINISTRATION tab (top)
i. Students
1. Select course
2. Select student
3. You find out when/how long the student logged in
[White tabs – students can see; Red tabs – only instructors can see]
c. ABOUT tab – Provides an overview of the course
i. Edit course data
1. Edit this course information
a. Change front page photo
1. Upload front page image
2. Browse
3. Submit
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ii. Manage Students – Add students to Course
1. Check students in your class
2. Click SAVE
3. Hit SUBMIT (if you are not making other changes)
iii. Course Frontpage
1. Optional frontpage text
a. Write optional text
i. Welcome
ii. Use for class NEWS, change of meeting
times/weather
iv. Additional Information
1. Enable Turnitin – YES
2. Show total in grade book – YES
3. Suppress session numbering – YES
v. click SUBMIT
d. TIMELINE tab – an organized “course outline.” This section is the
backbone of the course to which all instructional items will be linked.
The timeline should follow a weekly breakdown.
i. Welcome/Course materials (Show my sample)
1. Welcome video or text
2. Materials
a. Course Syllabus [SAMPLE]
b. Course Chart
c. Class Assignment
3. Exam
a. Course material quiz
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ii. Week 1 [order]
1. Material (Powerpoint, Word Doc, etc.)
2. Assignments Week1
3. Forum for Week1
4. Exams or Quizzes
e. STUDENTS tab - Every student has a mini-homepage, where they are
free to present any information about themselves as well as their
class projects. This area contains student presentations
i. See students
ii. Check enrollment
iii. Last time logged in
f. GRADES tab
i. Check students grades
ii. Assign grades to students
iii. [Students can check their grade]
g. WORK2DO tab - Anything that relates to assignments can be found
here. You may also create your assignment here.
h. TESTS tab - Create graded exams or just test students knowledge on
quizzes
i. MATERIALS tab - Your class materials would be available online here.
i. Check if the material in Webstorium is in your class
j. FORUM tab - There are numerous discussion forums in which the
students can express their opinions and learn from their peers.
Instructors may choose to organize discussions by topic/subject
matter.
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PRACTICE TIME
I.
II.
Uploading Materials
a. Materials Tab
b. Show edit
c. Select NEW
d. Author a new material
i. Title
ii. Material Type: Upload File
iii. Put/Create a category
iv. SUBMIT
e. Upload contents
f. Choose file
g. Select file – click open
h. SUBMIT
Creating Timeline
a. Show edit
b. Create a session
c. Session title [i.e. Welcome/Course materials]
d. Session description
e. Coursework – check box
f. SUBMIT
III.
Work2Do – Create Assignment
a. Show edit
b. New
c. Create an assignment
i. Name of assignment
ii. Due in session
iii. Max points
iv. Include in gradebook?
v. Expecting student input?
vi. Extra credit?
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vii. Text of assignment [Expectations, How to upload]
viii. Click SUBMIT
IV.
Forum creation guide (p. )
a. Show edit
b. Create forum
c. Forum title
d. Max points
e. Include in gradebook
f. Rubric
g. Link to timeline session
h. Activation date
i. Allow author to edit their message? NO
j. Require students to start a thread? YES
k. Short summary (title)
l. Forum description [In a 100 words describe chapter 5; submit by…]
m. Click SUBMIT
V.
Creating and uploading a WebStudy test (p. )
a. Show edit
b. Create a new exam or ungraded quiz
i. This is a…
ii. Name of the exam [i.e. Exam1]
iii. Due on session
iv. Include in the gradebook
v. Activation or Expiration date?
vi. Display feedback page?
vii. Allow students to review results?
viii. Test instructions and description [This final exam is a closed-book and
you have 45 minutes to complete it.]
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ix. Default points
x. Maximum number it can be taken
xi. Max time for exam
xii. Proctored test password
xiii. Click SUBMIT
c.
Edit exam questions
i. Create new questions
ii. Put into category
iii. Question type [i.e. Multiple choice]
iv. Points for this question
v. Question test [i.e. Who was the first US president?]
vi. Answer option
vii. Add new option
viii. Select “correct” answer
ix. Click SUBMIT
d.
Upload set of exam questions
i. Sample source text – available
ii. Upload document
VI.
Structuring a Timeline