Training and Professional Development

  • Managing Your Summer Online Course

    Summer Session 1 & Alt Session 1

    During the First Week of the Course

    To establish a sense of community and “break the ice”, you should create and facilitate a “Class Introductions” Discussion Forum in HuskyCT. This is also a great way for you to get a feel for who the students are and what experience they bring to the class.

    1. Provide a Welcome Announcement and include information regarding contact, course expectations and tips for success.
       
    2. Make your own “introduction” post to the class on the Discussion Board to get the ball rolling.
       
    3. Review the personal introductions that your students post to the class discussion forum and respond to each student personally to ensure students feel welcomed.
       
    4. Summarize the postings for your class sharing what you’ve learned about the class make-up and addressing their class expectations (e.g., “Several of you stated that you hoped to learn more about XYZ in this class. While we won’t be covering XYZ specifically, we will address the more general issue of…”)
       
    5. Contact students who have not yet accessed the HuskyCT site. In HuskyCT, you can easily see who has, and has not, accessed your class by looking at the Last Accessed column in the Full Grade Center (also, see “Generating Course Reports”).  If a student hasn’t accessed the class yet, there may be a problem that needs your attention.

    NOTE: You need to contact your missing student via an email to their uconn.edu e-mail address (since they won’t see a HuskyCT message if they haven’t logged in yet!)

    See the eCampus article Managing Your Online Course for more information. 

    For more information, contact: ecampus at ecampus@uconn.edu