What you need to do for this unit
There is not a tremendous amount of work in this "Organize Your Online Course" unit because I want to give people who don't know Carmen very well a chance to get acquainted with her. If you already know Carmen in the instructor role and you didn't ponder for an extended period on your course's organizational structure, you'll probably have a very easy time with this unit. On the other hand, if you don't know how to use Carmen in the instructor role, this unit is your chance to get up to speed with her.
Things you need to complete for this unit:
- Create your organizational structure in Carmen's Course Builder. There's a picture of one example of such an organizational structure on Page 4 of this lesson
- Create your folder structure in the Manage Files area of Carmen. There's a video on the previous page that shows you an example of a nicely organized folder structure (the one for this course with five modules, and some unit folders, if necessary, within the module folders). Remember to make your folder structure align well in organization and in title with your structure in Course Builder.
- Create a screencast using Screencast-o-matic (or whatever screencasting application you prefer) of your course organization. In this screencast, you must tour your Carmen Content area and your Files area and describe how your course is organized. This screencast must be embedded in the "How my course is organized" blog page in your blog. (See the example on the blog template page.)
- Add me (tornwall.2) to your Carmen course as an Instructor. If you aren't sure how to do that, instructions are available in the ODEE Resource Center (Details > Manage > Manually enroll a participant), and I give a very brief demonstration of how to add a participant to your course in the example screencast on your blog template page. I will need to be able to enter your course and view your Course Builder area and your Files area under Edit Course. You should refer to the assessment rubric in Carmen at Grades > Rubrics to view the grading criteria for this assignment.
- Addyour module or unit divisions to your course plan, if they aren't arleady on that document. You can add them on the left side where there are spaces for them on the template as in the Course Calendar for this ESETEC 7727 course, or you can add them as headings above each chunk. It does not matter where you put them or how you format them as long as it is very clear to the student which learning objectives, activities, and assessments belong to each module.
Remember that you can contact me with questions, and you are encouraged to collaborate with your peers in this course to find creative solutions to problems.
