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Scholar: Creating Your Course and Content (Which Tools do I Use?)
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Welcome to Scholar, a robust learning and collaboration system which offers tools for teaching and learning, research, collaboration, and assessment/accreditation projects. Scholar Course sites are designed to facilitate collaboration and communication. Users can effectively discuss ideas, exchange and share files, and present web content. As a course tool, online forums for discussion, tests, quizzes, and assignments, coupled with the aforementioned collaboration tools, make it a powerful tool for teaching and learning. This workshop is focused on the instructor wishing to employ best practices in developing an online component to support in-class teaching. This workshop is designed for both the instructor who is moving from Blackboard or starting anew and will prominently feature hands-on development and open discussion. This workshop provides hands-on opportunities to restructure your course content for use and reuse for years to come. Examples will be demonstrated and we will have the opportunity to discuss how this approach can support best practices in undergraduate education (Chickering and Gamson, 1987). This session will answer the following questions and more: "Where does my Syllabus go? How do I create folders of materials in Scholar? Should I put my materials in Resources or should I be using Lessons? How do I decide if I should use Forums, Blogs, or Wikis? Do I create Assignments or should I have my students submit their work via the Drop Box? How do I ensure my students know what to do in Scholar?" Note: Bring your course materials with you! If you have course material in Blackboard, you can request that it be copied to your "My Workspace" area within Scholar by visiting the Transition Information page at "http://learn.vt.edu/transition/"
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