Step 5: Course Content: Course Tools
There are many options for developing a website for a face to face class. Listed below are some of the tools available to create learning experiences for your students. Most of the information about the teaching tools are in the orientation course for eComapnion. Once you have a class set up you will have access to this orientation course.
| Tool | Description Orientation | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Syllabus | Under the Course Home button is the link to the course syllabus. You can load this information using the course author tab described below. | |
| Announcements | Students will see the announcements on the Course Home page each time they log in to the class. | Unit 5 |
| Text Documents | Most of the course written material will be loaded into the class as text document. | |
| Multimedia | You will be able to put audio, video and powerpoint presentations into your course as multimedia files. | |
| Threaded Discussions | This is the equivalent of having a discussion in class. The professor posts a topic and the students are able to respond to the topic or responses. The discussionis asynchronous meaning students can participate at any time 24 hours a day. | Unit 5 |
| Chats | Students must login at the same time to participate in a chat session. | Unit 5 |
| Exams | Exams can be set up online using Multiple Choice, True and False, Matching, Short Answer and Essay format. | Unit 6 |
| Gradebook | There is an online gradebook for the students to see their progress in the class. | |
| Document Sharing | This area is for faculty to post documents for students and students to post documents for each other and the professor | Unit 7 |
| Webliography | Students and faculty are able to post addresses of web sites that are related to the class. | Unit 7 |