Gordon State College
GeorgiaVIEW Vista 8
Autumn Schaffer
www.technologyforgc.pbworks.com
Login
1. www.gdn.edu
2. “My Gordon”
3. “GeorgiaView Vista 8
4. Username & Password are the
same as you GDN email.
My GeorgiaView:
-Your Courses (Students will see the ones they are enrolled in this semester.) You will
see all of the ones you have previously taught. Whether or not you use
GeorgiaView, the course is loaded in.
*Little icons underneath the name of the course indicate there are new
assignments, posts, quizzes etc that have been submitted or made available since
the last time you logged in.
-Announcements- You can post these and they will appear on your students’
pages.
-Calendar- Provides assignments, quizzes, etc dates that you can put in for your
students or the students can put in themselves
-My Grades- Students can see any grades you have put in via GeorgiaView
-Who’s Online- You can see if other people in your classes are online- you can also
AIM them.
**Now you need to click on the course you would like to view the content for.**
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Your Course
-When you first open your course, you will see an area that lets you customize your
own course. You can later edit those choices under “designer tools” “manage
course”.
-Tools: Lets you choose what specific tools you want to use in your course (ie- you
may want the calendar function, or the ability for students to see their grades after
you post them… however if you don’t want them to have certain functions then
uncheck them.
-Course Menu: You can customize what you want the left “blue” toolbar to look
like. This will serve as a main toolbar in GaView.
1. 3 tabs = Build (where you will build the content), Teach (where you will release
content, grade, and email students), Student View (where you can see what
the students are seeing in your course)
2. Course Tools- despite what tab you are on, you can click these tools and they
will take you to that specific area in the course. (Like a shortcut) You can customize
this menu to what you and the students see.
Learning Module:
-This is where you put the content
into your course. Click on it from
the course tools.
- “Create Learning Module” and
provide the information
- Choose to “show item” so your
students can see it or “hide it” so
you can see it under “teach” but
they cannot (ie- you are making
it but you aren’t ready for them
to have access to it.
Learning Module:
-It now appears under “learning
modules”
-Click the right arrow and provide
further information:
-Hide/unhide item
-Set release criteria:
a. Put in the dates you want the
learning module to become
available to the students and
when you want it to
“disappear” so they can no
longer access it.
b. Provide access to it only to
certain students
-Check the Learning Module
-Create Link on: Homepage (the main
course page)
Learning Modules (if you make a folder
for it on the homepage)
-Click Green Arrow
Now it is on your
homepage. If
you want to put
all of your
learning
modules
together, create
a folder. Then
click the side
arrow and move
the learning
modules into the
folder.
Use the arrow on the side of the learning module and
“Go to Learning Module”. Now you can “add file” –
such as a word/pdf document of your instructions for
that week. You can “create a file” and use the html
editor to type your instructions in.
Now I have a file in my learning
module. You can upload other
tiles like word or ppt that you
might use for instruction/lecture.
Discussion Posts:
You may want your students to post
their thoughts about a certain topic.
(Usually ideas that don’t have a clear
right/wrong answer). This is NOT in realtime. This means that you can open a
discussion for one week, and students
can post in that discussion anytime
during that week.
Click “Discussions” on the course tools and “create topic” (categories are for if
you will have a discussion series related to each other.)
You are probably going to use a “threaded topic” so the students can post
“re” to each other.
-Description: Type in your question
or topic you want the students to
discuss.
-Grading: Make a column in your
GaView grade book so you can
later put a grade in when they post.
Tell how much it is worth. Allow
students to see the grade when you
grade it.
-Peer Review- let students “rate”
other students’ posts
-Define how students can post/reply
to posts
-Choose to see the name of the
post person or not
-Set Release Criteria of when you
want the post to be open for
students to post in or what students
you want to be able to post
-Create Link On- Choose the
Learning Module it fits with “ie- Ch.
10 French verbs”
-When I go back to the learning
module, I can see that my
discussion (along with my earlier file)
are now in that learning module.
-Switch to “Teach” View.
-Go to your learning module and
click on the discussion
-Click “create message”
-The students will be able to
type/upload their posts.
-Students can then post “replies” to
each other. They would click on the
post they want to read then click
“reply”. They would then type their
message and it would show up
underneath.
Assignments:
-Go back to “Build” View
-Click “assignments” in the course
tools- “create assignment”
-Type in the title and description of
what it is.
-Type in the instructions for the
assignment or add an attachment
(word/pdf) with the instructions.
-Choose what you want the
students to submit (usually a
word/pdf- so click “text”)
-Decide how you want to grade it
-Decide the dates you want the
assignment to become available for
students to submit and when you
want it to “disappear” so they can’t
submit anymore.
-Choose if you want to be able to
grade it in your GaView grade
book.
-Decide if you want them to be
able to work on it later.
-Now under “assignments” you will
see it. Check the box beside it and
choose to “create link on” the
associated learning module. Make
sure to click the green arrow!
Assessments
-On the course menu, click the
“assessments” tool then “create
assessment.” You will give it a name
and description. Also, give it a
name for your grade book. (It will
automatically put the correct grade
in the grade book after the student
has taken the test.)
-Choose if you want it to be a quiz,
survey or self test
-Now click on the quiz.
-Create Questions
-Choose the type of question you
want
-Put the title and type the question/
add an image.
-Select what type of answer is
appropriate
-Put in your answer choices- make
Sure to check the correct answer!
-After you save, you can see your
question in the test bank of the
assessment. Continue to “create
questions”. You can also change
how many points each question is
worth.
-Go back to assessment
on the course tools.
Click the arrow beside
the test. “Preview” the
test to see how it
will look for the students.
-Now click on the arrow
beside the assessment
again and choose “edit
properties”
-You can choose how
you want the questions
to appear, how many
times you want them to
take the test, and if the
test is timed or not.
-You can choose when
You want the students
to be able to take the
test and when you
want it to “disappear”
so they can no longer
take it.
-You can choose if you
want the students to
have to put in a
password to be able to
take the test.
-After you save, check the quiz in
the assessments area and “create a
link on” the appropriate learning
module.
Calendar
-Click on the calendar tool in the
course tools and choose “add
entry”
-Put in the title and description (such
as an assignment due date or
meeting.)
-Put in the time/date of the event
-Decide if it is private (just for you) or
public (for all the students to see in
their calendars)
-Set the option if an event is
reoccurring (ie lab date, chat
time…)
Chat
-The chat feature is REAL TIME,
meaning the students would all log
into the chat room at a specific time
and meet. You can type, but not
speak.
-Go to “chat” in the course tools
and “create a chat”. Title the chat
room and put the maximum users.
-Decide if you want them to just
type or if you want them to be able
to type and write on a whiteboard
in the chat.
After saving, check the chat room
and create a link to it on the
homepage or appropriate learning
module.
Mail
-GeorgiaView
has its on mailing
system.
Click the mail
icon in the course
tool and “create
a new message.”
“Browse for recipients” and choose the
members of your class that you would
like to send an email to. It will send an
email to their GeorgiaView accountNOT their Gordon email.
Grade Book
-In the “Teach” tab, select “Grade book”
-You will see all of your students as well as all the assignments/quizzes/posts
you have associated with a grade. You can click on the column for the
student and enter the correct grade.
-This DOES NOT sync to bannerweb- you will still have to put your grades into
bannerweb manually.
Other tools to consider using:
-Web Links: Provide hyperlinks to websites
-Syllabus- Upload your syllabus online
-Announcements- Post announcements for all the students to see