Introduction to CourseSpace

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Introduction to CourseSpace
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What is CourseSpace?

• A Course Management System is a tool for
• making course materials available to your
  students on an Internet web site
• putting as much of a course on the web as you
  want to
• And

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• communicating with students over the Internet
• disseminating information to students
• managing course materials

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CourseSpace And The SUNY Learning Network (SLN)

• SLN Used for fully online courses
• CourseSpace
• Used for hybrid courses
• Used to web-enhance face-to-face courses

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Uses for CourseSpace

• Assignments
• Handouts
• Grades
• Special messages
• 24/7 access
• And

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CourseSpace Uses (cont.)

• Student interaction
• Lectures
• PowerPoints
• Hyperlinks to web-sites
• Graphics

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CourseSpace Features

• Secure
• You control access
• Guest access available
• Provides a structure for the instructor
• Instructor does not have to learn HTML,
  Dreamweaver, or FrontPage
• Course materials can be rolled-over from semester
  to semester (poured)

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CourseSpace Support

• Faculty
• Workshops
• MID support
• SLN helpdesk
• Web resources including handbook
• Students
• SLN helpdesk
• Web resources

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CourseSpace More Ideas
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CourseSpace More Ideas
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CourseSpace Another Idea
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What Does a Course Look Like?
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How Do You Modify a Course?

• Work from the web
• Work off-line with Lotus Notes

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Lotus Notes

• Advantages
• Can work off line
• Less likely to make major mistakes modifying
  course
• Disadvantages
• Another program to learn
• Not what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG)

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Lotus Notes
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Lotus Notes (Cont.)
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Lotus Notes (Cont.)
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Lotus Notes (Cont.)
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Lotus Notes (Cont.)
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How Do I Get Started?

• Attend training
• Get account, password, and template
• Use the tools such as Wizard to create your
  course modules

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Student Access

• Students use one account to access their SLN
  courses
• If new, apply for an account
• Access is limited to registered students

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Addresses

• This presentation -http//www2.sunysuffolk.edu/sil
  vera/cspace/
• SUNY CourseSpace website -http//sln.suny.edu/cou
  rsespace
• SUNY Learning Network (SLN) - http//www.sln.suny.
  edu/