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Winter Institute 2007 Facilitators: Brian Cafarella and Eric Kraus Building 5, Room 134. Workshop Session Schedule. Part 1 Intro/Overview of the Curriculum Model 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Refreshment break! 10:30 – 10:45 in our room
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Winter Institute 2007Facilitators: Brian Cafarella and Eric KrausBuilding 5, Room 134
Workshop Session Schedule • Part 1 Intro/Overview of the Curriculum Model 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM • Refreshment break! 10:30 – 10:45 in our room • Part 2 DEV 085 MML status / DEV 108 Distance status 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM • Lunch Break – Tartan Terrace, downtown, or in your office if you are anti-social like Brian • Part 3 Changes for Winter / Creating Your Own Assignments with TestGen and MathXL Exercise Builder 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM • Refreshment Break ‘til 2:45 • Part 4 Other Publisher supplied resources/Wrap-up/Workshop forms 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
An Overview of Assessment and Evaluation in DEV Math that Works! • The handout: Syllabus Guidelines outlines what several instructors have followed as a set of parameters to help guide the breakdown of points students earn in a course • The document: Winter Syllabus is located under the Course Documents section of your adopted course
Getting Started with MML • The following document is included in the MyMathLab Winter Institute Coordinator Course: • How to Register for MyMathLab (see handout) • As an instructor, you need an Instructor Access Code • Register as an instructor and then you may create/copy courses • In this workshop, you will adopt the MyMathLab Winter Coordinator Course • This copy of the Coordinator Course will serve as a model of the course you will adopt for the winter and subsequent academic terms that you are assigned a MML-enhanced class
Finding Your Way Around the CourseCompass and MyMathLab Environments • Once you are a registered instructor under the Pearson/Prentice Hall online system, you access any textbook enhancement by logging on to the CourseCompass site (students also access their CourseCompass-powered courses by a similar logon procedure) • The main features that Sinclair has used in its MML-enhanced courses and Distance Learning courses are seen on the homepage of the Training Course (on the CourseCompass site) • Announcements • Course Documents • Homework • Quizzes (and Tests in DL courses) • Gradebook
Announcements • Do you need to make announcements? • “Say few words online; they will come to class more often.” Ancient Eric Saying • How to create an announcement in CourseCompass
Course Documents • How students use this link • Course Syllabus • Notes Pages • Practice Tests/Study Guides • Try Downloading the Syllabus Template/Uploading Your Syllabus • Posting your own documents
Online Homework • What’s in the homework assignments that come with my course adoption? • Exploring an online homework assignment through the Homework/Test Manager (Control Panel -> Homework/Test Manager -> Actions -> Preview -> GO!) • NOTE: an archive of the old online homework assignments is located at the bottom of the list of assignments in the Homework/Test Manager
Online Quizzes • Students do an online quiz after they have completed the Notes Pages and the written AND online homework assignments • The default prerequisite for accessing an online quiz is 90% on the corresponding online homework. (students may correct missed homework problems until they obtain the 90% score). • Exploring an online quiz through the Homework/Test Manager (Control Panel -> Homework/Test Manager -> Actions -> Preview -> GO!) • NOTE: an archive of the old online quiz assignments is located at the bottom of the list of assignments in the Homework/Test Manager
What’s My Grade? • Understanding the MyMathLab Gradebook features • How the Syllabus Guidelines are reflected in the assignment of weights (Control Panel -> Gradebook -> Change Weights)
How to Assign Grades in MyMathLab • Assign Fall quarter student a grade for written homework • (Go to MyMathLab Gradebook -> select a student’s name from Roster -> Actions -> Submit Score -> GO!) • Changing a previously submitted grade.
DEV 085 Status • MML for DEV 085 and plans for a revised Dev 085 DL modality for next fall
DEV 108 MML-Distance • Course stats for fall 2007 • 108-TC n= 29 (2 Z's) Pass = 19 65.5% (adjust for Z's : 70.3%) • 108-TE n = 23 (1 Z) Pass = 18 78.3% (adjust for Z's : 85.7%) • 108-TF n = 10 Pass = 60% • 108-TG* n = 16 Pass = 75% *New DL faculty (beginner’s luck )
Changes for Winter • Some changes to the online MML homework and quizzes • See seven-page handout • Homework 8, 9, 10 changed • Quizzes 8, 9, 10 changed • What were the changes? • Certain problems were either deleted and/or replaced with custom or publisher-supplied exercises to fit with the Outline of Topics (see 4th page of 7-pg. handout)
TestGen Plug-in (?) • You can edit publisher-supplied content • You can create custom exercises and import these into existing or new online assignments, quizzes, and tests • See Fall 2007 Distance Exit Assessment • Try Creating a Homework Assignment and then, if you feel brave, a Custom Exercise (see handout)
Workshop Wrap-Up • Are you interested in teaching a MML-enhanced class for winter or spring? • Next Steps: • You are prepared to adopt the official Winter Quarter class enhancement from Course Coordinator (Eric) • Faculty support/mentoring throughout the academic term • Future training sessions