Welcome to Education.Online!

This site contains tutorials for faculty designed to provide an essential introduction to the Education Online environment.  The modules below are available in video, text (or both). They have been developed to help you become comfortable with the software and navigation you will use when you build and manage your online courses.

Courses offered by Education Online are composed of asynchronous sessions (Moodle: Learning Management System) and synchronous sessions (Elluminate: real-time/live collaborative environment). 
To see a sample (moodle) course exemplifying high quality graphics and instructional design, please click HERE and then click the 'Login as a guest' button.

In order to help you become more comfortable communicating online with your students, we provide live practice sessions one week before your first scheduled session in the Elluminate synchronous space.

Module 1: Training (Moodle, Elluminate...)
Module 2: Best Practices (Pedagogy, Design...)
Module 3: Resources (Copyright, Library, Evaluation...)

 

1. Training Modules

Module Title	Content	Video	Text
1. What is Moodle?	Basic concepts & navigation in Moodle
2. How to Build Your Course in Moodle	Creating your course in Moodle
3. How to Manage Your Course in Moodle	Pedagogical & advanced design tips in Moodle
4. Elluminate    4.1 General Training	Moderator Training Overview in Elluminate Live!
4.2 Elluminate vRoom	Practice for Elluminate Live! click HERE
4.3 Whiteboard	Save your Whiteboard Screen

 

2. Best Practices

Best Practices	Content	Video	Text
Pedagogy	An Instructional Strategy Framework for Online Learning Environments
Captioning	Closed Captioning in Elluminate used in EPS 427
Grouping /Breakout Rooms	An effective way to utilize Elluminate's Breakout Rooms in your course (EPS 415)
Application Sharing	Application sharing (Elluminate) used in EPS 405
Polling Activities	Polling Activities (Elluminate) used in EPSY 590 TER
Group Presentations	Students present their final projects (Elluminate) in EPSY 590 TER

 

3. Resources

Resources	Content	Video	Text
Grade Reporting	10-Week Terms Grade Reporting Guidelines
Copyright/Fair Use	Copyright | Fair Use & Copyright | Appropriate Use | IT Policies | Student Code
Library: General Info	Ask A Librarian
E-Reserves	Work with your Tech Support GA and Library Information Processing and Management - also visit: E-Reserve FAQ Contact direct at: ipm@library.uiuc.edu
Preparing a Syllabus	Illinois guidelines on preparing your syllabus.
Disability Resources	Ten things Illinois instructors must know.
ICES Online: General	A tutorial explaining how to use ICES Online, U of I's end of course evaluation system
ICES Online: Viewing Results	A tutorial explaining how to view data results within ICES Online
Example Welcome Email	Before you begin your course, you may want to send a Welcome Letter (Email) containing all pertinent course information. | For New Students | For Continuing Students |
Sample Moodle Course	To see a sample (moodle) course exemplifying high quality graphic and instructional design, please click HERE and then click the 'Login as a guest' button.

 

The technical support team will be available to help you if you have any questions:

1. Dial our toll free number: 1-800-252-1360 extension 4-3368
2. Our tech help email: educationonline@ed.uiuc.edu

 

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