Best Practices: Tools and Tips for Effective Online Teaching



|Best Practice |Tools |Suggestions |Faculty Development Provided |

| | | |Workshops: |

| | | |Handouts: |

|Orients students to the course |Getting Started Tutorial |Include Getting Started section/link on primary table of | |

|and to the learning environment |e.g., - |contents. | |

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| | |Include unit/module/chapter objectives on first page within |All workshop handouts on specific subjects are at |

| | |each Learning Module/Lesson | |

| | |Make syllabus available in your LMS. | |

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| | |Make syllabus available as an html page using this guide. |All OIT workshops are described at |

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| |Syllabus Development Guide | |

|Provides explicitly stated goals |Learning Module Tool |Include objectives as first page of each Learning Module |Faculty Development: Faculty Toolkit for Online Teaching |

|and objectives. | |Associate goals via Goal Tool to Assignments. | |

| |Goals Tool | | |

|Actively engages learners | |See for|Faculty Development: Overview of Instructional Technology at |

| | |many ideas and suggestions. |WVU |

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| | |Use custom designed banners, icons, graphics, and colors to |Photoshop: Introduction to |

| |For Visuals: GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Program - |increase visual appeal for your course. |Photoshop: Intermediate - Manipulating Images |

| |free), Photoshop |Keep your graphics as small as possible to help your pages |Photoshop: Intermediate - Web Graphics |

| | |load quickly. |Photoshop: Intermediate - Creating Images |

| | |Provide a text equivalent, or alt attribute "alt text" on all|Faculty Development: Customizing your Course - Layout, |

| | |graphics to increase accessibility. |Appearance, & Course Tools |

| | | |Handout: Photoshop |

| | |Use audio for course introduction/welcome message. | |

| | |Use audio to explain complicated charts, graphs and visual |Faculty Development: Podcasting Parts One and Two |

| | |concepts. |Faculty Development: WIMBA Classroom |

| |For Audio: WIMBA Voice Tools, Audacity (free) |Include transcript to accommodate learners with disabilities.|Faculty Development: WIMBA Voice Tools |

| | |Keep it short. |Handout: Podcasting |

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| | |Videos clips should be less than 5 minutes. | |

| | |Have a text alternative or close captioning. | |

| | |Whenever possible use WMV or MOV instead of RM. |Faculty Development: Online Video Resources for Education |

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| |For Audio/visual: Quicktime |Narrate whenever possible. | |

| | |Provide notes for learners with disabilities. | |

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| | |Create interactive learning games and flash cards. |Captivate and Presenter: Overview Demonstration |

| | | |Handout: Captivate |

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| |For Animations: Captivate, Adobe Flash | | |

| | | |Faculty Development: Respondus and Studymate |

| | | |Handout: StudyMate Author |

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| |For formative exercises: StudyMate | | |

|Models effective communication | Discussion Board Tool |(see handouts provided) |Faculty Development: Moderating Chats & Online Discussions |

| |Chat Tool | | |

| |Announcements Tool |Use Announcements for updates and messages intended for the | |

| | |entire class. | |

|Encourages student collaboration | Discussion Board/Blog Tool | |Faculty Development: Moderating Chats & Online Discussions |

|and dialogue |Chat Tool | | |

| |Mail Tool |Use Mail tool when the message should be private. | |

| | |Use Announcements of Discussion tools when the message should| |

| |Announcements Tool |go to the whole class. | |

| | |Divide larger classes into groups to better manage | |

| |Group Tool |Discussions, etc. | |

| | |Groups can schedule and conduct their own Chat sessions. | |

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| | | |Faculty Development: WIMBA Live Classroom |

| |WIMBA LiveClassroom | |Faculty Development: WIMBA Voice Tools |

| |WIMBA Voice Tools | |Handout: WIMBA Classroom |

| | |Use one of many free wiki options: | |

| | |WikiSpaces, PBWiki, WikiDot, and more. |Faculty Development: The Read/Write Web: Where Students Live |

| | | |Handout: Web2.0 |

| |Wikis | | |

|Relates assignments and | Assignments |Identify the related objective(s) in the instructions for the|Creating and Managing Quizzes and Assignments |

|assessments directly to learning |Assessments |assignment or assessment. |Faculty Development: Assessment and Student Learning |

|objectives / outcomes. | | |Teaching with |

| | |If content is identifiably related to goals and objectives, |Intensive |

| |Instructor Tool: Tracking |Tracking can show you where individual students have viewed | |

| | |information and for how long (time on task). | |

|Provides timely and meaningful | Discussion Board Tool |Check and respond to discussion postings every day at the |Faculty Development: Moderating Chats & Online Discussions |

|feedback |Mail Tool |same time if at all possible. | |

| | |Use Chat Tool for appointments with individual students who | |

| |Chat Tool |may need personal attention. | |

| | |Use Chat Tool for online office hours. | |

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| | |Give global feedback with the Announcements tool. | |

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| |Announcements Tool | | |

| | | |Faculty Development: WIMBA Classroom |

| | | |Faculty Development: WIMBA Voice Tools |

| |WIMBA LiveClassroom |Create practice quizzes that provide immediate feedback on |Handout: WIMBA Classroom |

| |WIMBA Voice Tools |answers. | |

| | |Use as a learning too to create practices quizzes that can be| |

| |Assessment Tool |taken an unlimited number of times. Have more questions in | |

| | |the Question Data base than you will put on the quiz. Set for| |

| | |random delivery of questions. Allow answers to be viewed | |

| | |upon submission. | |

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| | |Grading Forms are built-in rubrics in eCampus that allow you | |

| | |to let students know the grading criteria for an activity | |

| | |before they begin as well as provide meaningful feedback on | |

| | |submitted assignments. | |

| | | |Faculty Development: Using WVU eCampus Grading Forms to Save |

| |Grading Forms Tool | |Time and Angst |

|Emphasizes time on task (for | Calendar Tool |Post due dates and link assignments to the Calendar Tool. |eCampus Intensive |

|content, practice, and | |Take your own tests, practice your own exercises, etc. to | |

|assessment, and heuristics) | |estimate the time it takes to understand a concept—not just | |

| | |complete the exercise. | |

| | |Ask students to monitor the amount of time they take on | |

| | |course elements and use that information to make adjustments | |

| | |in future sections. | |

|Models legal copyright use and | |Go to WVU Legal Affairs for options. |

|appropriate citations |Turnitin |to download a copy of | |

| | |“Using Course Management Systems: Guidelines and Best | |

| |Plagiarism Tutorial and Quiz |Practices for Copyright Compliance” and other helpful |Faculty Development: Turnitin |

| | |publications. |Handout: Turnitin |

| |Plagiarism Tutorial |WVU Libraries website | |

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| | |Extensive Copyright and Fair Use Information: | |

| |Intellectual Property Helps | | |

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| |Is it Public Domain? | | |

| |Section 108 Spinner | | |

| |Fair Use Evaluator | | |

| |Exceptions for Instructors | | |

|Models accessibility guidelines |Section 508 Checklist |Provide descriptive text and “alt” tags for all images. |Custom training is provided upon request from the Center for |

|as prescribed by Section 508 | |Use HTML tables rather than images for tables and charts if |Excellence in Disabilities |

| |WAVE evaluation tool |at all possible. | |

| | | |Handout: Creating Accessible Web Pages |

|Accommodates various learning | | | |

|styles. |(See all of the above). | |“Learning Styles and Strategies” by Felder and Soloman |

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