How-To Documents
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Additional Training and Support Resources
Instructor-Led Sessions
Eclass: Assistance in Your Office
A Student Technology Assistance Resource (STAR) will come to your office, work with you to answer specific questions, and help you set up your online course in Eclass. Call x3280 to set up an appointment.
Eclass: Building Courses
Preview new Eclass 9 features, design course menu and create course structure to align with course content, add various types of materials and links. Training Handout
Eclass: Communicating with Blogs & Journals
Engage students by enabling public reflection with peer review and private reflection with instructor review. Training Handout
Eclass: Creating and Collecting Assignments
Create and deploy Assignments; discuss integration with Grade Center as well as methods of providing feedback to your students from within a course. Training Handout
Eclass: Early Warning System, Performance Dashboard, and Tracking Reports
Notify students about grade performance/missing work; set up quick views of student performance; view reports on course activity. Training Handout
Eclass: For New Users
Log into and preview features available in your online course, customize the course menu, add a welcome message and instructor contact information, add an announcement, upload your course syllabus, and more. Training Handout
Eclass: Grade Center - Mastering the Basics
Preview the Full Grade Center View and Information Bar, set basic views, edit grading schema, create categories, add new columns with settings, manage column organization, create smart views, and more. Training Handout
Eclass: Grade Center - Tracking Attendance
Learn simple methods for using Excel to integrate with Grade Center and track attendance.
Training Handout
Eclass: Grade Center - Using Weighted Grades
Create Calculated Columns, including creating and modifying the Weighted Total column using both individual columns and categories. Training Handout
Eclass: Interacting with Discussion Boards
Define Discussion Board roles and settings, create and manage forums and threads, and search, collect, grade forums and threads. Training Handout
Eclass: Using Course Tools
Overview of tools with emphasis on those most frequently used. Coming soon...
Eclass: Using Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Design and deploy test (or quizzes) and surveys; use pools; discuss best practices for online assessments to share with students. Training Handout
Eclass: Working with Groups
Create groups; assign students manually, randomly, or by self enroll; select tools like file exchange and discussion; apply adaptive release. Training Handout