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Getting to know your CMS

Getting to know your CMS. What is a CMS?. A Curriculum Management System An electronic environment that supports teaching and learning A place to go to find materials. What the CMS is NOT!. A replacement teacher An online textbook. Who is it for?. Staff Manage and plan teaching

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Getting to know your CMS

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  1. Getting to know your CMS

  2. What is a CMS? • A Curriculum Management System • An electronic environment that supports teaching and learning • A place to go to find materials

  3. What the CMS is NOT! • A replacement teacher • An online textbook

  4. Who is it for? • Staff • Manage and plan teaching • Clarify curriculum & clear objectives • Students • Plan and prepare for studies • Find up-to-date information • Support self-study

  5. What can it do now? • Be a place for the curriculum to be represented • Store textual information to support each course and topic • Link to Resources to support teaching • PowerPoint Presentations, handouts • e-Learning resources (Articulate, videos) • Additional supporting websites • Provide up-to-date news to staff and students • Provide links to other KCN materials

  6. What might it do in the future? • Provide discussions for topics and courses? • Be a place for assignments to be set, and submitted? • Offer student surveys? • And many other things too...

  7. Why should I use it? • A place to keep my teaching materials • Know how my teaching fits in with the whole curriculum • Makes it easy to find materials to support my teaching • Teaching Guidelines • Staff Development • Resource Repositories

  8. Why should students use it? • A single place to find materials • Materials are always up-to-date • Easy to find supporting information • Can manage self directed study more effectively

  9. Why should KCN use it? • Creates a clear knowledge of curriculum • Helps strengthen the KCN Community • Save money on printing • Helps manage time more effectively

  10. Where can I find it? • http://cms.kcn.unima.mw:8002/moodle/

  11. What content do I upload? • Overview • Learning Outcomes • Module Pack (pdf) • Teaching Materials • PowerPoint, PDF Files, Word Documents • E-Learning Resources • Articulate, Videos, etc • Links to additional supporting materials • Websites, journals, etc

  12. Some tips... • Keep it simple! • Keep content concise • Set clear outcomes • Check your content • Spelling & Grammar • Formatting • If you are unsure, then ask the ICT team

  13. This week... give it a try! Once you get started, its not as hard as you would think

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