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Forums are a useful way to facilitate classroom discussion in an
online discussion room format. They can be set up in a number of ways
for different situations such as small group discussion, 1-to-1
conversation between instructor and student, question an...
Quizzes are excellent ways to assess students' comprehension of course
material. They can provide a secure, automatic way of collecting
students' responses to questions that can be used as activities,
weekly homework assignments, confidential feedback, et...
Assignments are one of the main forms of assessment in eClass. They
allow students to submit files or enter text online for marking, and
provide instructors with an easy-to-use interface in which to mark
them.
File submissions can be in almost any format...
eClass allows you to add hyperlinks (URLs) to resources on the
Internet and to customize those links as necessary.
CONTENTS:
* 1 Adding a URL
* 2 General
* 3 Appearance
* 4 URL variables
* 5 Common module settings
* 6 Restrict access
* 7 ...
Files are one of the basic and most used types of content in eClass
courses. When adding files, PDF files are usually preferable to other
formats since browsers display PDF files in a consistent format. For a
bit more information on general course content...
The feedback activity allows instructors to have students respond to a
series of questions resembling a quiz. These questions are not
gradable (there is no correct answer possible) and so are best for
gathering feedback, not for assessment.
The differen...
Workshops are a peer-assessment activity in which students can submit
their work to a group and grade their own and each other's
submissions.
CONTENTS:
* 1 General
* 2 Grading settings
* 3 Submission settings
* 4 Assessment settings
* 5 Feedb...
Wikis are collaborative tools where you and your students can enter
any type of content regarding any topic that you specify. They are
similar to both the Glossary
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As an alternative to the standard Forum
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activity on eClass, instructors may add an ANONYMOUS FORUM if they
want students to be able to post in forums without b...
The page resource allows you to create a simple web page within your
eClass course that can include text, images, and embedded videos.
Pages offer an alternative to PDF documents when displaying content to
students that are more easily updated and can off...
Chats enable real-time conversations between instructors and students
in a text-based environment similar to most instant messaging
platforms but in a simpler fashion. The tool is a great, easy way to
communicate with students at-a-distance.
CONTENTS:
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The Lesson activity is a flexible way to add interactive content to
your course. It allows for the range of content to be added with
multiple pages of activities and quiz questions. The Lesson can be
built with a navigation structure with options for adap...
Blocks can be added on your main course page or on some activity and
resource sub-pages. If you are using a small display and do not see
any blocks on the right-hand side of your course, the BLOCK DRAWER may
have been closed. You can restore the regular v...
Tab displays allow you to group, arrange, and organize your content
into tabbed sections within an eClass resource.
ADDING THE TAB DISPLAY RESOURCE
* With Edit mode on, click on ADD AN ACTIVITY OR RESOURCE to the
desired topic location and choose TAB ...
A database is a tool for students and teachers to build a searchable
collection of items within a course.
Databases are set up with a set of customized fields for course
participants to enter data for each item in the collection which can
include file o...
A survey is a tool for gathering feedback about your course from your
students, but in eClass, is comprised only of several pre-built
surveys that assess e-Learning:
* Attitudes to Thinking and Learning Survey (ATTLS)
* Critical incidents survey
* ...
_NEW IN 2023_ The label activity has been replaced with "Text and
media area", which better describes the function of the activity.
These can be added anywhere in your eClass course and are commonly
used as headers to organize content, callouts drawing at...
Glossaries are tools which allow instructors and students to develop a
list of terms and definitions relevant to their course.
These terms and definitions can be added throughout the term or within
a specified time range. The glossary can be fully open ...
This article describes how each type of forum works and how they
appear to students. For basic instructions on adding a forum to a
course page, please see Adding forums
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The folder resource enables a teacher to display a number of related
files inside a single link, reducing scrolling on the course page. Any
file uploaded to a folder resource can ONLY BE DOWNLOADED BY STUDENTS,
not viewed online. A zipped folder may be up...
CHOICE is a polling activity in which you can ask students to answer
multiple-choice questions. The results can be published to the whole
class or left private for your own use. Some examples of use:
gathering feedback on your course or a particular lectu...
This article explains how instructors can upload SCORM activities into
eClass courses. SCORM activities are most often interactive learning
objects authored using an external source which is then saved as ZIP
or XML files for upload into a SCORM activity....
The book resource is very similar to the page or tab display
resources, except that it allows you to organize it according to
chapters and subchapters. The book resource is good for displaying a
large amount of content in an organized fashion. This can be...
Instructors can now create online reading lists with the library and
link them on their eClass site using the resource "Library Reading
Lists". This will create a comprehensive reading list for a course
and can be organized to show readings by topics or w...
In non-credit and training course situations, it may be desirable to
allow students to receive and print a custom certificate upon
completing any requirements set by the course instructor/designer.
Certificates can also be added to credit courses, but it ...