eCLPS Instruction Design Document
Needs Assessment
U.Va. provides UVaCollab (https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/portal) an online
collaboration and learning environment (CLE), to enhance face-to-face instruction.
To create a course site in UVaCollab an instructor needs to know how
 To create a basic site,
 To upload content to the resources folder,
 To use the forums tool,
 To use the assignments tool,
 And to use the assessments tool (if utilizing online tests/quizzes).
The standard navigation provides students with access to the features implemented
by the faculty. Instructors indicate that students get confused and complete the
wrong assignments when using the standard navigation unless provided with
detailed instructions. Feedback indicates that faculty members would prefer to have
more control around the layout and presentation – the flexibility to design a layout
around the course schedule, activities, workbooks, or whatever focal point is
appropriate to their courses.
U.Va.’s Information Technology group implemented the Electronic Course
Layout and Presentation System (eCLPS) framework to allow faculty to integrate
their syllabus, assignments, discussions, etc. interactively in a layout best suited for
their course to improve the student experience. A survey of courses indicated that
most used a tabular layout for the schedule content. So the initial phase of eCLPS
involved creating a predefined tabular template for laying out the schedule with its
associated assignments, resources, et cetera.
In order to leverage the eCLPS framework, instructors need to enhance their
UVaCollab technical skills so that they do not need to rely on predefined templates.
They must have a good working knowledge of the page editor’s layout and
presentation options. Instructional videos around the eCLPS framework as well as
lesson feature and/or page editor in the UVaCollab will provide faculty with the
flexibility to design appropriate course sites. Video content will be designed for justin-time use when instructors are working on their course sites. Additional print
materials will be created to provide an alternative to the video content and as
supplemental materials for use in workshops if desired.
Goal Statement
Instructors using UVaCollab design interactive course sites using the eCLPS
framework.
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Instructional Analysis
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Learner Analysis
Yitna Firdyiwek provided UVaCollab/Sakai faculty survey information from
2009, 2010, and 2013, which was used to compile the learner analysis. Additional
demographics information was pulled from the U.Va. Vice Provost’s Web site.
Higher education faculty will have masters and doctorate degrees. In a 2006
Vice Provost report the majority of faculty ranged in age from 40 to 59 years old. In
2012-13 there were 2,704 full-time instructional and research faculty. In 2005 25%
of the faculty were women. Faculty hires in 2006 indicate that 33% hired were
female. UVaCollab faculty surveys consistently identify most instructors as being
from the College of Arts & Sciences, School of Education, School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, or the School of
Nursing.
U.Va. faculty members must have prior experience with the CLE and be able
to create a course site and syllabus, as well as resources, forums, and assignments.
Some of them will have prior experience with creating assessments, and those who
do not can simply ignore the instructional content on assessment integration. In
addition, instructors should have some understanding of linking Web content. In
2009 and 2010 surveys, the majority of instructors identify themselves as having
intermediate technology skills. In 2010 the majority of those surveyed indicate that
they use a moderate level of technology in their courses. The 2013 survey shows
high faculty use of the syllabus feature (79%), as well as using the CLE for
distributing their course materials (77%). About 56% of them surveyed distribute
assignments using the CLE. About 35% of the instructors identified themselves as
having linked external content in their courses.
Faculty members using the CLE seem to be interested in learning how to use
it. Based on instructors’ educational backgrounds, they have experience in a wide
variety of learning styles: courses, conferences, reading, et cetera. They take
advantage of the CLE support.
CLE Support Method
Email
Consult online documentation
Try CLE features on their own
Attend workshop
Phone call
2009
37%
23%
22%
15%
12%
2010
33%
18%
10%
8%
10%
In 2013, the majority of those surveyed have been using the CLE for 3 or more years.
The 2013 survey results indicate respondents prefer brief instructional videos, justin-time help (email or phone), and printed handouts. Hands-on workshops are the
least preferred method of learning.
Instructors seem motivated about improving their course sites. Yitna
mentioned that instructors see the value in UVaCollab, but they are frustrated with
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it because they want more control over some of the course features. In the 2009
survey, faculty indicated that they would like to see more design flexibility with 34%
of them recommending user interface improvements as most important. In the 2013
survey 4% of respondents want more information on providing access to
content/activities from a central page and 10% of them want to know more about
creating web pages.
Context Analysis
Yitna Firdyiwek provided UVaCollab/Sakai faculty survey information from
2009, 2010, and 2013, which was used to gather some information for this section.
Performance Context
The University of Virginia encourages the use of UVaCollab, since it is the
centrally supported online CLE. Some departments require their faculty to use the
online CLE. UVaCollab faculty surveyed in 2009 had experience with one or two
course sites in UVaCollab, which they access 3 to 5 days per week. In 2010, the
majority of UVaCollab instructors had experience with 3 or more courses. Support is
offered through several means: phone, email, workshops as well as just-in-time
materials on the CLE site.
Instructors using UVaCollab will create and modify their course sites from
any computer with an Internet connection and Web browser. They could use their
computers, a department computer, or a classroom computer. They need to
authenticate using an appropriate computing ID and password or have a digital
certificate installed on the computer. UVaCollab requirements support Firefox,
Internet Explorer and Safari Web browsers. Browser issues are documented in the
Known Issues Affecting UVaCollab section of the CLE’s main page where users log in.
Some faculty members team teach or have teaching assistants who may be
given access to the course site. Access levels available for a course site are
instructor, secondary instructor, teaching assistant, and student. The primary
instructor must create the site before any additional participants can be added.
Secondary instructors have the same access except that they cannot delete the site
nor export grades. Teaching assistants only have access to their appropriate
sections. So instructors and teaching assistants may collaborate together to
implement the eCLPS framework.
Most of the features in UVaCollab have a common text editor interface, which
may look similar to other editors that instructors have used. The skills that faculty
learn during this instruction will help them when they use other tools in the CLE or
other applications in general.
Learning Context
The UVaCollab site provides just-in-time learning resources. Some of the
video and PDF resources are available on the portal Welcome page. When using a
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template to create a course site, other media resources are available after course
site creation from the Template Help navigation selection. These instructional
materials will be designed for just-in-time use like the others already created. Short
videos will provide audio/visual instruction. PDF documents will support learners
who prefer something that can be printed out as well as for self-assessment
checklists.
By including the learning resources within the UVaCollab site, an instructor is
able to learn in his/her preferred environment. S/he uses a familiar computer and
Web browser. Since the CLE supports specific Web browsers and some may have
compatibility issues with certain features, it is possible an instructor may have to
use a different browser than preferred depending on the features they plan to use.
At certain times of the year UVaCollab workshops may be offered to faculty.
The workshop location will vary depending on the availability of a suitable
technology-enabled facility. A technology-enhanced facility at U.Va. will at minimum
have a laptop computer hookup and projector for presenting information. Some
facilities will include a computer as well as DVD and VCR players. There are a few
classrooms that offer student computers. A review of prior faculty workshops
suggests a facility without student computers is typically used. Most instructors
would bring their own laptop computer to a workshop and use it. This provides a
partial performance context since they would be using their own equipment.
Information regarding technology-enabled facilities was gathered from the
U.Va. ITS as well as Library websites.
Objectives
Terminal Objective:
After having created a basic course site along with its associated resources, forums,
assignments, and assessments, use the UVaCollab editing features to link the
resources, forums, assignments and assessments within a syllabus schedule or a
lesson and adjusts the site navigation to place the access to interactive content
toward the top. When finished, your course site will contain an interactive syllabus
schedule or lesson feature and the site navigation will have the interactive option
prominently displayed near the top.
Steps, Sub-steps, and Subordinate Skills:
1. After logging into UVaCollab using your Web browser, choose a course site
previously created to which you want to add interactivity. The name of the chosen
course should be highlighted compared to other UVaCollab sites available to you.
2. After viewing the course syllabus schedule and activities, identify whether the
presentation layout of the course will be based on the schedule or on the activities.
Indicate either “schedule” or “activities.”
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2.1 With your course site selected, choose the Syllabus option and examine its
schedule and activities. The syllabus schedule or activities is displayed in
UVaCollab’s main content area.
3 After viewing the course site syllabus schedule and activities, choose whether the
course interaction will focus around the syllabus schedule or the activities. Indicate
either “schedule” or “activities.”
4. After choosing to use the syllabus schedule for the course site presentation, edit
the syllabus and add links to the course resources, forums, assignments, and
assessments. When finished the syllabus schedule will contain hyperlinks to the
resources, forums, assignments, and assessments in the course site.
4.1 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the schedule
section, identify the course resources mentioned in the schedule and select the first
one. A course resource documented in the syllabus schedule will be highlighted.
4.2 After identifying resources are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting the
Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a resource and select the text
editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select that course
resource. Repeat for each resource listed in the syllabus. When finished, any text
that references a course resource will be a hyperlink to the actual resource.
4.3 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the schedule
section, identify the course forums mentioned in the schedule and select the first
one. A course forum documented in the syllabus schedule will be highlighted.
4.4 After identifying forums are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting the
Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a forum and select the text
editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select that course
forum. Repeat for each forum listed in the syllabus. When finished, any text that
references a course forum will be a hyperlink to the actual forum.
4.5 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the schedule
section, identify the assignments mentioned in the schedule and select the first one.
A course assignment documented in the syllabus schedule will be highlighted.
4.6 After identifying assignments are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting
the Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of an assignment and select
the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select that
assignment. Repeat for each assignment listed in the syllabus. When finished, any
text that references a course forum will be a hyperlink to the actual forum.
4.7 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the schedule
section, identify the tests and quizzes mentioned in the schedule and select the first
one. A course test or quiz documented in the syllabus schedule will be highlighted.
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4.8 After identifying tests or quizzes are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting
the Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a test or quiz and select
the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select that
test or quiz. Repeat for each test or quiz listed in the syllabus. When finished, any
text that references a course test or quiz will be a hyperlink to the actual item.
4.9 After choosing to edit the syllabus schedule and using the Link feature to add
interaction for resources, forums, assignments, and assessments, save the changes
to the syllabus. When finished, selecting the Syllabus preview option will display
the added links on the page.
5. After choosing not to use the syllabus schedule for the course site presentation,
use the Lesson tool to create content and add links to the course resources, forums,
assignments, and assessments. When finished, the course site will have an
additional navigation feature, which contains the course activities with hyperlinks
to the resources, forums, assignments, and assessments.
5.1 With the Site Info selected in the course, choose the Edit Tools option and add
the Lessons tool to the course site. When finished, you will have an additional
navigation option for the Lessons content.
5.1.1 With the course site selected, choose the Site Info option. The site information
content will display in the main area with options across the top: Edit Site
Information, Edit Tools, Page Order, Add Participants, et cetera.
5.1.2 After having selected the Site Info feature for the course, choose the Edit Tools
option. A list of course site tools will be displayed with those tools already in use
checked off.
5.1.3 After having selected Site Info feature and the Edit Tools option, check the box
next to Lessons and choose to continue. When finished, you will be on the Configure
Tool page with the option to change the name of the tool.
5.1.4 After selecting the Edit Tools option, checking the Lessons box and continuing
in the course site, modify the Title field to label your central course content
something other than “Lessons” if you prefer. When finished, you will see an
additional navigation feature for the course site that is labeled using the wording
you provided.
5.2 With the Lessons tool added and selected from the course site navigation, choose
the Add Text option to create your content. At this point you will be in the text edit
mode.
5.3 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your content
entered, identify if any course site resources are referenced in the text. When done,
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the first instance of a course resource is highlighted within the Lessons tool text
editor.
5.4 After identifying there are resources referenced in the lesson text, highlight the
text of a resource and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse
Server to find and select that course resource. Repeat for each resource referenced
in the lesson text. When finished, any text that references a course resource will be a
hyperlink to the actual resource.
5.5 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your content
entered, identify if any course site forums are referenced in the text. When done, the
first instance of a course forum is highlighted within the Lessons tool text editor.
5.6 After identifying there are forums referenced in the lesson text, highlight the text
of a forum and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to
find and select that course forum. Repeat for each forum referenced in the lesson
text. When finished, any text that references a course forum will be a hyperlink to
the actual forum.
5.7 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your content
entered, identify if any course assignments are referenced in the text. When done,
the first instance of a course assignment is highlighted within the Lessons tool text
editor.
5.8 After identifying there are assignments referenced in the lesson text, highlight
the text of an assignment and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose
Browse Server to find and select that course assignment. Repeat for each
assignment referenced in the lesson text. When finished, any text that references an
assignment will be a hyperlink to the actual assignment.
5.9 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your content
entered, identify if any tests or quizzes are referenced in the text. When done, the
first instance of a test or quiz is highlighted within the Lessons tool text editor.
5.10 After identifying there are tests or quizzes referenced in the lesson text,
highlight the text of a test or quiz and select the text editor’s Link feature and then
choose Browse Server to find and select that test or quiz. Repeat for each test or
quiz referenced in the lesson text. When finished, any text that references a test or
quiz will be a hyperlink to the actual assessment.
5.11 After using the Lesson tool to create additional content and add interaction for
resources, forums, assignments, and assessments, save the lesson content. When
finished, the new interactive text with links to resources, forums, assignments and
assessments will be displayed in the Lesson tool.
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5.12 If needed after reviewing the interactive lesson text, add additional text with
links to course resources, forums, assignments, and assessments.
6. Once the interaction has been added to the syllabus schedule or lesson content,
modify the navigation to display only what the students need to see. When finished,
the syllabus or lesson feature should be at the top of the navigation options and the
resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes navigation options will not be
visible for students. This can be confirmed using the view site as a student feature.
6.1 After adding interaction for resources, forums, assignments, and assessments to
the course presentation layout, edit the course site navigation. When ready to edit,
you will see options for text editing, hiding, and moving of the navigation items.
6.1.1 After adding the links to the course presentation layout for resources, forums,
assignments, and assessments, select the Site Info tool. The site information content
will display in the main area with options across the top: Edit Site Information, Edit
Tools, Page Order, Add Participants, et cetera.
6.1.2 After having selected the Site Info feature for the course, choose the Page
Order option. A list of the navigation items will appear in the main content area,
with a notice that changes will not take affect until Save is selected.
6.2 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were resources linked
into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the
Resources item in the page order list. When finished, the Resources item will be
highlighted in green.
6.3 With the mouse pointer over the Resources item in the Page Order listing, hide
the visibility of the Resources navigation option by toggling the light bulb off. When
done, the light bulb for the Resources should be white.
6.4 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were forums linked into
the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the Forums
item in the page order list. When finished, the Forums item will be highlighted in
green.
6.5 With the mouse pointer over the Forums item in the Page Order listing, hide the
visibility of the Forums navigation option by toggling the light bulb off. When done,
the light bulb for the Forums should be white.
6.6 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were assignments linked
into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the
Assignments item in the page order list. When finished, the Assignments item will be
highlighted in green.
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6.7 With the mouse pointer over the Assignments item in the Page Order listing,
hide the visibility of the Assignments navigation option by toggling the light bulb off.
When done, the light bulb for the Assignments should be white.
6.8 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were tests and quizzes
linked into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the
Tests & Quizzes item in the page order list. When finished, the Tests & Quizzes item
will be highlighted in green.
6.9 With the mouse pointer over the Tests & Quizzes item in the Page Order listing,
hide the visibility of the Tests & Quizzes navigation option by toggling the light bulb
off. When done, the light bulb for the Tests & Quizzes should be white.
6.10 Identify whether the course interaction focused around the syllabus schedule
or the activities. Indicate either “schedule” or “activities.”
6.11 With the Resources, Forums, Assignments, and Test & Quizzes navigation
options marked as hidden in the Page Order listing, drag the syllabus to the top of
the list if the syllabus schedule was used for the course interaction.
6.12 With the Resources, Forums, Assignments, and Test & Quizzes navigation
options marked as hidden in the Page Order listing, drag the lesson tool to the top of
the list if the syllabus activities were used for the course interaction.
6.13 After dragging the syllabus or lesson navigation option to the top of the Page
Order list, select save to apply the navigation changes to the course site. When
finished, the syllabus or lesson feature should be at the top of the navigation options
and the resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes will not be visible for
students. This can be confirmed using the view site as a student feature.
Assessment Items
Checklists may be developed to document successful completion of each assessment
item below. Or assessments may be developed to reflect clustered objectives in the
Instruction Strategy section of this document.
Terminal Objective:
Using an UVaCollab course site that contains resources, forums, assignments, and
tests/quizzes create an interactive syllabus schedule or interactive lesson content
and modify the course site navigation so that the resources, forums, assignments,
and tests/quizzes navigation options are hidden for students and the interactive
access for these items is moved to the top of the course site navigation.
Steps, Sub-steps, and Subordinate Skills:
1. Select a course site within UVaCollab.
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2. View a course syllabus schedule and activities in UVaCollab and state whether the
course presentation layout should be around the schedule or the activities.
2.1 After selecting a course site in UVaCollab, view its syllabus schedule and
activities.
3. After viewing a course syllabus schedule and activities in UVaCollab, choose
whether the course interaction should be in the syllabus schedule or activities.
4. After choosing the syllabus schedule for the course interaction in UVaCollab,
modify the course syllabus schedule such that all references to resources, forums,
assignments, and tests/quizzes are hyperlinks to those items in the course site.
4.1 After choosing the syllabus schedule for the course interaction in UVaCollab,
identify all references in the syllabus schedule to items located in the course site
resources.
4.2 After identifying all references to resource items in the UVaCollab course site
syllabus schedule, modify the syllabus schedule so that each resource reference is a
hyperlink to the item in the resources.
4.3 After choosing the syllabus schedule for the course interaction in UVaCollab,
identify all references in the syllabus schedule to items located in the course site
forums.
4.4 After identifying all references to forum items in the UVaCollab course site
syllabus schedule, modify the syllabus schedule so that each forum reference is a
hyperlink to the item in the forums.
4.5 After choosing the syllabus schedule for the course interaction in UVaCollab,
identify all references in the syllabus schedule to items located in the course site
assignments.
4.6 After identifying all references to assignment items in the UVaCollab course site
syllabus schedule, modify the syllabus schedule so that each assignment reference is
a hyperlink to the item in the assignments.
4.7 After choosing the syllabus schedule for the course interaction in UVaCollab,
identify all references in the syllabus schedule to items located in the course site
tests and quizzes.
4.8 After identifying all references to tests and quizzes in the UVaCollab course site
syllabus schedule, modify the syllabus schedule so that each test/quiz reference is a
hyperlink to the item in the tests and quizzes.
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4.9 After saving modifications made to the UVaCollab course site syllabus schedule,
preview the syllabus to confirm the hyperlinks work.
5. After choosing the activities for the course interaction in UVaCollab, add the
Lesson tool to the course site and create content for the course that includes
hyperlinks to the resources, forums, assignments, and tests/quizzes in the course
site.
5.1 Add the Lesson tool to the UVaCollab course site so that you have this additional
feature added to the navigation options.
5.1.1 Select the Site Info feature for the UVaCollab course site.
5.1.2 Select the Edit Tools option in the Site Info feature for the UVaCollab course
site.
5.1.3 Add the Lessons tool to the UVaCollab course site.
5.1.4 Adjust the label used for the Lessons tools to reflect the planned content in the
UVaCollab course site.
5.2 Using the UVaCollab Lesson tool, add text content around the activities for the
course site.
5.3 After entering text around the course activities in the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s
Add Text option, identify text that refers to an item located in the course site
resources.
5.4 Using the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s Add Text option, create a hyperlink to that
resource in the course site.
5.5 After entering text around the course activities in the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s
Add Text option, identify text that refers to an item located in the course site forums.
5.6 Using the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s Add Text option, create a hyperlink to that
forum in the course site
5.7 After entering text around the course activities in the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s
Add Text option, identify text that refers to an assignment located in the course site
assignments.
5.8 Using the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s Add Text option, create a hyperlink to that
assignment in the course site.
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5.9 After entering text around the UVaCollab course site activities in the Lesson
tool’s Add Text option, identify text that refers to a test or quiz located in the course
site tests and quizzes.
5.10 Using the UVaCollab Lesson tool’s Add Text option, create a hyperlink to that
test or quiz in the course site.
5.11 Save the content entered within the Lesson tool’s Add Text option in the
UVaCollab course site.
5.12 Modify the content entered within the Lesson tool’s Add Text option in the
UVaCollab course site.
6. After creating hyperlinks to resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes in
the UVaCollab course site syllabus schedule or Lesson tool, remove the resources,
forums, assignments, tests and quizzes navigation options from student view and
move the syllabus schedule or Lesson tool to the top of the course site navigation.
6.1 In UVaCollab go to the navigation edit feature for the course site.
6.1.1 In UVaCollab select the Site Info tool for the course site.
6.1.2 Using the Site Info tool for an UVaCollab course site, select the Page Order
option.
6.2 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, highlight the
resources.
6.3 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, hide the resources
navigation item.
6.4 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, highlight the forums
item.
6.5 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, hide the forums
navigation item.
6.6 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, highlight the
assignments item.
6.7 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, hide the assignments
navigation item.
6.8 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, highlight the tests and
quizzes item.
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6.9 Using the Page Order option for an UVaCollab course site, hide the tests and
quizzes navigation item.
6.10 Identify whether the syllabus schedule or activities was used for the course
interaction.
6.11 If the syllabus schedule was used for the course interaction, then use the Page
Order option for the UVaCollab course site to move the syllabus to the top of the
navigation.
6.12 If the syllabus activities were used for the course interaction, then use the Page
Order option for the UVaCollab course site to move the lesson tool to the top of the
navigation.
6.13 Save changes made to the Page Order option for the UVaCollab course site.
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Instructional Strategy
Sequence and Clustering of Objectives
CLUSTER
1
2
3
4
5
6
OBJECTIVES
1, 2.1, 2, 3
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4
5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1
5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5
6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6
Terminal objective
TIME
5 min. or less
10 min. or less
7 min. or less
10 min. or less
10 min. or less
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Pre-instructional, Assessment, and Follow-Through Activities
PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Motivation:
Do you have students who are having trouble finding things on your course site?
Do students know they have assignments to complete on the course site?
Do students miss deadlines because they did not realize when the due date was?
Objectives: Faculty members create student activity focused UVaCollab course
sites. They modify the layout of UVaCollab course sites. They add links to resources,
forums, assignments, tests and quizzes so that they focus students on the learning
objectives. They add new tools to the course site. They organize the course site
navigation options to focus students on the necessary activities.
ASSESSMENT
Pretest:
Prerequisites checklist for what is an effective course syllabus and creating a course
site, resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes in UVaCollab. Checklists for
clustered objectives being taught in the instructional material.
Posttest:
Checklists that faculty members use to confirm that hyperlinks in the syllabus
schedule or lesson content work to access the correct items, that the resources,
forums, assignments, tests and quizzes navigation are hidden, and that the syllabus
or lesson option is at the top of the course site navigation.
FOLLOW-THROUGH ACTIVITIES
Memory Aids: The UVaCollab interface used in the instructional materials is the
same that will be used by faculty members, which should remind them of what they
can do and also provide recall on what they previously learned to create a course
site, resources, forums, et cetera.
Transfer:
Faculty members use UVaCollab and the eCLPS framework to create effective course
sites that have a single navigation option for student interaction in the course.
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Content Presentation and Student Participation
OBJECTIVE:
1
1. After logging into UVaCollab using your Web browser, choose a course site
previously created to which you want to add interactivity. The name of the
chosen course should be highlighted compared to other UVaCollab sites available
to you.
2.1 With your course site selected, choose the Syllabus option and examine its
schedule and activities. The syllabus schedule or activities is displayed in
UVaCollab’s main content area.
2. After viewing the course syllabus schedule and activities, identify whether the
presentation layout of the course will be based on the schedule or on the
activities. State either “schedule” or “activities.”
3. After viewing the course site syllabus schedule and activities, choose whether
the course interaction will focus around the syllabus schedule or the activities.
Indicate either “schedule” or “activities.”
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State objective is to review the course syllabus and design the course
layout – deciding how to present the interactive content to the students. Recall prior
learning by reminding the learner to select their course site and how to select the
syllabus feature. List steps to do this. Show a syllabus and discuss/highlight items
that would identify the syllabus schedule as best way to provide student interaction
versus other items that would identify student interaction is best done via activities.
Indicate that a choice is made between two styles: syllabus schedule interaction or
lesson activities.
Examples: Show a syllabus that reflects best interaction around the schedule. Show
a syllabus that reflects best interaction around some other activities.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen captures from UVaCollab course
sites with varying syllabus styles/content. Screen captures of syllabus text
demonstrating different design layouts. Audio walking the learner through selecting
the syllabus content in course site and reviewing the syllabus to determine a design
layout.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners identify syllabus items that aid in deciding on an appropriate
interactive design and provide feedback if they have trouble selecting the syllabus
feature.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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OBJECTIVE:
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4.1 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the
schedule section, identify the course resources mentioned in the schedule and
select the first one. A course resource documented in the syllabus schedule will
be highlighted.
4.2 After identifying resources are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting
the Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a resource and select
the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select
that course resource. Repeat for each resource listed in the syllabus. When
finished, any text that references a course resource will be a hyperlink to the
actual resource.
4.3 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the
schedule section, identify the course forums mentioned in the schedule and
select the first one. A course forum documented in the syllabus schedule will be
highlighted.
4.4 After identifying forums are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting the
Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a forum and select the
text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and select that
course forum. Repeat for each forum listed in the syllabus. When finished, any
text that references a course forum will be a hyperlink to the actual forum.
4.5 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the
schedule section, identify the assignments mentioned in the schedule and select
the first one. A course assignment documented in the syllabus schedule will be
highlighted.
4.6 After identifying assignments are listed in the syllabus schedule and selecting
the Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of an assignment and
select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to find and
select that assignment. Repeat for each assignment listed in the syllabus. When
finished, any text that references a course forum will be a hyperlink to the actual
forum.
4.7 After selecting the Syllabus option in the course site and scrolling to the
schedule section, identify the tests and quizzes mentioned in the schedule and
select the first one. A course test or quiz documented in the syllabus schedule
will be highlighted.
4.8 After identifying tests or quizzes are listed in the syllabus schedule and
selecting the Syllabus edit option for the course, highlight the text of a test or
quiz and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse Server to
find and select that test or quiz. Repeat for each test or quiz listed in the syllabus.
When finished, any text that references a course test or quiz will be a hyperlink
to the actual item.
4.9 After choosing to edit the syllabus schedule and using the Link feature to add
interaction for resources, forums, assignments, and assessments, save the
changes to the syllabus. When finished, selecting the Syllabus preview option
will display the added links on the page.
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4. After choosing to use the syllabus schedule for the course site presentation,
edit the syllabus and add links to the course resources, forums, assignments, and
assessments. When finished the syllabus schedule will contain hyperlinks to the
resources, forums, assignments, and assessments in the course site.
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State that this instruction assumes that the learner decided to focus
student interaction around the syllabus schedule. Recall prior learning by selecting
the syllabus. The objective is to modify the syllabus and add interaction to the
schedule by creating hyperlinks to the resources, forums, assignments, tests and
quizzes if they exist in the course site. Demonstrate a completed hyperlink. List
steps to do this. Choose the syllabus edit option. Identify items referenced in text
that are in resource folder. Highlight text if one and use editor Link option to create
hyperlink to the resource. Repeat these steps for a text reference to a forum created
in the course site. Repeat these steps for a text reference to an assignment created in
the course site. Repeat these steps for a text reference for a test or quiz created in
the course site. When done adding the hyperlinks into the text, save the syllabus
modifications.
Examples: Show a course site containing a syllabus with text references to
resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes. Highlight an example of each type
of item and demonstrate the editor’s Link feature.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen captures from UVaCollab course
sites with syllabus schedules used as student interaction focus. Screen captures of
syllabus text demonstrating syllabus schedule design layout. Resources,
assignments, forums, tests and/or quizzes to demonstrate link feature. Audio
walking the learner through editing the syllabus content and highlighting/modifying
the text to be links to the resources, forums, et cetera.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners identify syllabus text that references resources, forums, assignments,
etc., and provide feedback if they have trouble using the syllabus editor’s Link
feature.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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OBJECTIVE:
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5.1.1 With the course site selected, choose the Site Info option. The site
information content will display in the main area with options across the top:
Edit Site Information, Edit Tools, Page Order, Add Participants, et cetera.
5.1.2 After having selected the Site Info feature for the course, choose the Edit
Tools option. A list of course site tools will be displayed with those tools already
in use checked off.
5.1.3 After having selected Site Info feature and the Edit Tools option, check the
box next to Lessons and choose to continue. When finished, you will be on the
Configure Tool page with the option to change the name of the tool.
5.1.4 After selecting the Edit Tools option, checking the Lessons box and
continuing in the course site, modify the Title field to label your central course
content something other than “Lessons” if you prefer. When finished, you will
see an additional navigation feature for the course site that is labeled using the
wording you provided.
5.1 With the Site Info selected in the course, choose the Edit Tools option and
add the Lessons tool to the course site. When finished, you will have an
additional navigation option for the Lessons content.
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State that this instruction assumes the learner decided to focus the student
interaction around activities – not the syllabus schedule. Recall prior learning by
selecting the course site. The objective is to add the Lesson tool to the course site.
List steps to do this. Choose the Site Info option for the course. Select the Edit Tools
sub-navigation feature. Select/Check (highlight and click) the Lessons tool that
allows for creating modules and sequences. Scroll down and click Continue button.
Adjust the title text if you want to use wording other than “Lessons” in course site
navigation. Click Finish to confirm the addition of the Lesson tool to the course site.
Point out that the Lesson tool will be at the bottom of the course site navigation on
the left side.
Examples: Show a course site that does not have the Lesson tool added. Show a
course site with the Lesson tool is added.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen captures from UVaCollab course
sites with Lesson tool used as student interaction focus. Screen captures of steps
used to add Lesson tool to a course site. Audio walking the learner through adding
the Lesson tool to a course site.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners find the Site Info’s Edit tools sub-navigation, and provide feedback if
they have trouble adding the Lesson tool to their course sites.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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OBJECTIVE:
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5.2 With the Lessons tool added and selected from the course site navigation,
choose the Add Text option to create your content. At this point you will be in the
text edit mode.
5.3 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your
content entered, identify if any course site resources are referenced in the text.
When done, the first instance of a course resource is highlighted within the
Lessons tool text editor.
5.4 After identifying there are resources referenced in the lesson text, highlight
the text of a resource and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose
Browse Server to find and select that course resource. Repeat for each resource
referenced in the lesson text. When finished, any text that references a course
resource will be a hyperlink to the actual resource.
5.5 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your
content entered, identify if any course site forums are referenced in the text.
When done, the first instance of a course forum is highlighted within the Lessons
tool text editor.
5.6 After identifying there are forums referenced in the lesson text, highlight the
text of a forum and select the text editor’s Link feature and then choose Browse
Server to find and select that course forum. Repeat for each forum referenced in
the lesson text. When finished, any text that references a course forum will be a
hyperlink to the actual forum.
5.7 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your
content entered, identify if any course assignments are referenced in the text.
When done, the first instance of a course assignment is highlighted within the
Lessons tool text editor.
5.8 After identifying there are assignments referenced in the lesson text,
highlight the text of an assignment and select the text editor’s Link feature and
then choose Browse Server to find and select that course assignment. Repeat for
each assignment referenced in the lesson text. When finished, any text that
references an assignment will be a hyperlink to the actual assignment.
5.9 With the Lessons tool selected and the Add Text option chosen and your
content entered, identify if any tests or quizzes are referenced in the text. When
done, the first instance of a test or quiz is highlighted within the Lessons tool text
editor.
5.10 After identifying there are tests or quizzes referenced in the lesson text,
highlight the text of a test or quiz and select the text editor’s Link feature and
then choose Browse Server to find and select that test or quiz. Repeat for each
test or quiz referenced in the lesson text. When finished, any text that references
a test or quiz will be a hyperlink to the actual assessment.
5.11 After using the Lesson tool to create additional content and add interaction
for resources, forums, assignments, and assessments, save the lesson content.
When finished, the new interactive text with links to resources, forums,
assignments and assessments will be displayed in the Lesson tool.
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5.12 If needed after reviewing the interactive lesson text, add additional text
with links to course resources, forums, assignments, and assessments.
5. After choosing not to use the syllabus schedule for the course site
presentation, use the Lesson tool to create content and add links to the course
resources, forums, assignments, and assessments. When finished, the course site
will have an additional navigation feature, which contains the course activities
with hyperlinks to the resources, forums, assignments, and assessments.
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State that this instruction assumes the learner decided to focus the student
interaction around activities and should have already added the Lesson tool to
his/her course site. Recall prior learning by selecting the Site Info option for a
course site and highlighting the Edit Tools sub-navigation that was used to add the
Lesson tool. The objective is to add content within the Lesson tool and create
hyperlinks in the new content that reference resources, forums, assignments, tests
and quizzes to those items located elsewhere in the course site. Demonstrate an
example of a completed hyperlink. List the steps to do this. Select the Lesson tool
from the course site navigation. Add the desired content for your course site using
the Add Text sub-navigation feature. When adding text, use the editor’s Link feature
to create text hyperlinks to existing items found in the resources, forums,
assignments, tests and quizzes. Click Save when done adding text to the Lesson
content.
Examples: Show a course site with text added to the Lesson tool. Show a course site
with text and other media content added to the Lesson tool. Show a course site with
no text added in the Lesson tool.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen captures from UVaCollab course
sites with Lesson tool used for adding interactive content. Screen captures of steps
used to add content using Lesson tool. Resources, assignments, forums, tests and/or
quizzes to demonstrate link feature. Audio walking the learner through adding
content using the Lesson tool. Use Word document for copy/paste of content for
Lesson examples.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners find the Lesson tool’s Add text sub-navigation, and provide feedback if
they have trouble adding text to the lesson in their course sites.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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OBJECTIVE:
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6.1.1 After adding the links to the course presentation layout for resources,
forums, assignments, and assessments, select the Site Info tool. The site
information content will display in the main area with options across the top:
Edit Site Information, Edit Tools, Page Order, Add Participants, et cetera.
6.1.2 After having selected the Site Info feature for the course, choose the Page
Order option. A list of the navigation items will appear in the main content area,
with a notice that changes will not take affect until Save is selected.
6.1 After adding interaction for resources, forums, assignments, and assessments
to the course presentation layout, edit the course site navigation. When ready to
edit, you will see options for text editing, hiding, and moving of the navigation
items.
6.2 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were resources linked
into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the
Resources item in the page order list. When finished, the Resources item will be
highlighted in green.
6.3 With the mouse pointer over the Resources item in the Page Order listing,
hide the visibility of the Resources navigation option by toggling the light bulb
off. When done, the light bulb for the Resources should be white.
6.4 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were forums linked
into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over the
Forums item in the page order list. When finished, the Forums item will be
highlighted in green.
6.5 With the mouse pointer over the Forums item in the Page Order listing, hide
the visibility of the Forums navigation option by toggling the light bulb off. When
done, the light bulb for the Forums should be white.
6.6 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were assignments
linked into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over
the Assignments item in the page order list. When finished, the Assignments item
will be highlighted in green.
6.7 With the mouse pointer over the Assignments item in the Page Order listing,
hide the visibility of the Assignments navigation option by toggling the light bulb
off. When done, the light bulb for the Assignments should be white.
6.8 After the Page Order option has been selected, if there were tests and quizzes
linked into the syllabus schedule or lesson content place the mouse pointer over
the Tests & Quizzes item in the page order list. When finished, the Tests &
Quizzes item will be highlighted in green.
6.9 With the mouse pointer over the Tests & Quizzes item in the Page Order
listing, hide the visibility of the Tests & Quizzes navigation option by toggling the
light bulb off. When done, the light bulb for the Tests & Quizzes should be white.
6.10 Identify whether the course interaction focused around the syllabus
schedule or the activities. Indicate either “schedule” or “activities.”
6.11 With the Resources, Forums, Assignments, and Test & Quizzes navigation
options marked as hidden in the Page Order listing, drag the syllabus to the top
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of the list if the syllabus schedule was used for the course interaction.
6.12 With the Resources, Forums, Assignments, and Test & Quizzes navigation
options marked as hidden in the Page Order listing, drag the lesson tool to the
top of the list if the syllabus activities were used for the course interaction.
6.13 After dragging the syllabus or lesson navigation option to the top of the
Page Order list, select save to apply the navigation changes to the course site.
When finished, the syllabus or lesson feature should be at the top of the
navigation options and the resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes will
not be visible for students. This can be confirmed using the view site as a student
feature.
6. Once the interaction has been added to the syllabus schedule or lesson
content, modify the navigation to display only what the students need to see.
When finished, the syllabus or lesson feature should be at the top of the
navigation options and the resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes
navigation options will not be visible for students. This can be confirmed using
the view site as a student feature.
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State that this instruction assumes the learner has finished adding
hyperlinks for resources, forums, assignments, tests and quizzes in their course
sites. Recall prior learning by selecting the Site Info option for a course site. The
objective is to modify the course site navigation so that items such as resources,
forums, etc. can be hidden from student view if linked to from a central interactive
content area set up for students and that the centralized content area could be
moved to the top of the site navigation. Demonstrate an example of adjusted student
navigation with options hidden and moved to the top. List the steps to do this. Select
Site Info. Choose Page Order sub-navigation option. Hover over Resources, Forums,
Assignments, and/or Tests & Quizzes and click on light bulb to hide (turns white)
the navigation option. Drag the Syllabus or Lesson navigation option to the top of
the site navigation depending on which feature you used to set up the student
interaction. Click Save to update the course site navigation. Point out that hidden
items will appear grayed out to the instructor. Point out that the instructor can see
how the navigation looks from the student perspective by using the “View Site As”
feature.
Examples: Show a course site before applying any navigation changes. Show a
course site after the resources, forums and assignments are hidden. Show a course
site after moving the syllabus option to the top of the navigation. Show a course site
after moving of the lesson option to the top of the navigation. Show student view of
a course site.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen capture from UVaCollab course
site with Syllabus use for adding interaction. Screen capture from UVaCollab course
sites with Lesson tool used for interactive content. Screen captures of steps used to
hide navigation for resources, assignments, forums, tests and/or quizzes. Screen
capture demonstrating drag/drop of student centered interaction to top of course
site navigation. Audio walking the learner through the navigation modification
steps.
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STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners find the Site Info’s Page Order sub-navigation, and provide feedback if
they have trouble hiding navigation features or moving navigation options to the top
of the list in their course sites.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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OBJECTIVE:
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Terminal Objective: After having created a basic course site along with its
associated resources, forums, assignments, and assessments, use the UVaCollab
editing features to link the resources, forums, assignments and assessments
within a syllabus schedule or a lesson and adjusts the site navigation to place the
access to interactive content toward the top. When finished, your course site will
contain an interactive syllabus schedule or lesson feature and the site navigation
will have the interactive option prominently displayed near the top.
CONTENT PRESENTATION
Content: State objective is to link in course site resources, forums, assignments,
tests and/or quizzes into an interactive lesson feature and adjust the course site
navigation to place the interactive content to the top of the site navigation.
Demonstrate a course site using this layout. List the steps to do this. Select course
site. Select syllabus and review details. Indicate layout is around activities. Add
lesson tool to course site. Enter content into lesson tool and add links to resources,
forums, assignments, tests and/of quizzes. Adjust the navigation to hide the items
linked into the lesson feature. Adjust the navigation to move the lesson tool to the
top of the list. Save all changes and view the site using the student view feature to
confirm what students will see.
Examples: Show a course site with a syllabus that suggests the interaction is best
done around activities. Show adding the lesson tool to the course site. Show adding
of content to lesson and using the editor’s Link feature to create hyperlinks to the
various resource, forums, assignments, and assessments.
Media Selection: Text listing of steps to do. Screen captures from UVaCollab course
sites with Lesson tool used for adding interactive content. Screen captures of steps
used to add content using Lesson tool. Resources, assignments, forums, tests and/or
quizzes to demonstrate link feature. Audio walking the learner through adding
content using the Lesson tool. Use Word document for copy/paste of content for
Lesson examples.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Practice Items: After presenting the instructional content, learners are encouraged
to apply what they just learned to one of their UVaCollab course sites.
Feedback: If this instructional content is used in a workshop, the facilitator could
help learners find various options needed to execute the tasks needed to complete
the objective.
Media Selection: Audio suggesting that learners go through these steps in their
course sites. Learners can review this instructional content if needed. Checklist for
self-assessment.
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Choice of Authoring Program and Delivery System
AUTHORING
PROGRAM
Camtasia for
Windows (so
consistent with other
UVaCollab
instructional
materials and can be
edited by UVaCollab
support staff in the
future if needed)
PDF file format for
handouts/printable
content.
DELIVERY SYSTEM
UVaCollab website
(primary)
Faculty workshop
(secondary)
POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS
Camtasia creates content that works on
the Web. The application produces an
mp4 video file that runs within a Flash
player. Thus Camtasia content does not
play seamlessly across different
platforms. The vendor does have an iOS
application, TechSmith Smart Player.
Camtasia product information suggests
that some advanced features require
the use of the Screencast.com web site.
Using the UVaCollab website as the
primary delivery system we need to
address the different bandwidth access
speeds of the learners. Using the
Internet for delivery also means that
video file sizes should be kept small.
Use of PDF file format requires that
learners install the Adobe Reader
software if they do not have an existing
application that can handle the file
format.
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