Checklist for Online Instructors

Checklist for Online Instructors


This resource offers best practices in online instruction from the online teaching staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stout Online Professional Development Department.

The checklist presents best practices in online teaching. Included are essential ideas for all online instructors during all stages of an online course.

• What do you do before the class starts?
• What should be accomplished during the first week of class?
• What expectations should be met during the class?
• How do you make the most of your last week of class?

Each stage includes checklists for: 

• Managerial Expectations
• Social Expectations
• Pedagogical / Instructional Design Expectations.
• Technical Expectations

This resource captures the wisdom of our online teaching team! It was developed to help all new online instructors at University of Wisconsin-Stout as well as the interns in our ELearning Practicum Classes.

This is the talk we walk.  It is important to have a reference we can give to new online instructors. We summarized all of the field smarts developed by our online staff over the years.

We would love to hear more suggestions for online instructor best practices. 

Have you any resources or ideas to share?

Screen Capture & Casting Apps

In This Issue Register Now to Reserve a Spot in a 2016 Online Course Screen Capture Applications Final Call for Courses Beginning on January 4th Tech Tip: Creating Screencasts of iOS Devices Editor: Shannnon Mersand This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message. Web Version of this Newsletter: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/screen-capture.cfm Screen Capture Applications Screen captures can be a handy trick in all sorts of situations, ranging from sending a visual representation, providing directions of how to fix a problem, creating a tutorial or capturing a web moment to show people what you’re viewing on a screen. Capturing Images EverNote (app for your phone or laptop/desktop) One feature of EverNote is the ability to capture still images on Windows, Mac, Windows Mobile, iPhone, iPad, Android and more. EverNote stores the screen captures in your account and can be accessed from any of your devices. EverNote’s Skitch allows you to write on screen captures. Check out our past newsletter Top Evernote Tips for Project Management, Organization, and Assessment. Microsoft Snipping Tool (free and a favorite of our online instructors) Microsoft’s Snipping Tool allows users to create custom-sized captures of all or part of your PC screen. You may add notes, save the snip, or email it from the Snipping Tool window. Visit theMicrosoft website and select the version of Windows.  Capturing Video Screencastify Screencastify is a Chrome extension that allows you to create screencasts on Windows, Mac, and Chromebooks using the Chrome Browser. Save your screencasts locally, on your Google Drive, or upload directly to YouTube. The free version allows recording up to 10 minutes per video, with a Screencastify logo in the recording. Includes a variety of tools to annotate, spotlight information, or capture a webcam. Dual Purpose Jing Jing allows you to create both still and video captures on both Windows and Macs. It is a free program and allows hosting your captures locally and on Screencast.com for sharing. Video captures are limited to 5 minutes each. Tutorials Snagit TechSmith’s Snagit is a paid service ($49.95 one-time fee) for Mac and Windows which offers users the ability to capture still shots and video and to edit and annotate images. Snagit also offers the ability to do a scrolling capture, which means it can capture areas not shown on the screen. The video capture allows trimming videos to edit mistakes. Great set of tutorials for new and veteran users. iPad/iPhone Three Simple ways to record iPad screen and create educational videos This article provides three ways to create a screencast from an iPad. What's New for Spring? Math Specialist Certificate Designed for elementary and middle school educators interested in developing focused competency as a mathematics coach, mathematics resource teacher, math intervention teacher, Title I math teacher, or teaching math as a special education teacher. Final Call for Courses Beginning on January 4th EDUC 765 Trends and Issues in Instructional Design Begin the first course in the Online Instructional Design Graduate Certificate. Only a few spots left. EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators  EDUC 762 Assessment in E-learning  EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-learning  EDUC 767 930 Designing Computer-Based Training (CBT)  RDGED 703 Children's Literature in the Reading Program (grades K-5)  RDGED 704 Young Adult (YA) Literature in the Reading Program (grades 6-12)  Dates to Remember  Spring Tuition Due Dates February 1 - 10% due March 2 - Balance due Online Courses Reserve a spot now! List of Spring 2016 Online Courses http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/courses.cfm No registration fee. 10% of the tuition is due February 1. Meet your professional development goals for continuing education, license renewal or advanced certification. Begin your Masters in January Apply Soon! Degree Overview and Financial Aid Options Our Master of Science in Education is a 30-credit master’s degree that features all online courses and offers a flexible curriculum to meet your professional development goals. Select courses (11 credits) within an interest area, earn a certificate, or mix and match courses from several areas.  Tech Tip: Creating ScreenCasts of iOS Devices TechSmith’s Daniel Foster walks you through 13 Tips for recording your iPhone, iPad or iPod.

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How to Efficiently Answer Student Questions in an Online Class

Online Instructors Tool Kit

Online Instructor Toolkit

Time Management for Online Teachers

Time is Money On Line

Time Management: Teaching Online: A great list of tips and advice from veteran online teacher Dr. Kay Lehmann. http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/time_management.html

Be Efficient, Not Busy: Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching "Online teaching redefines the faculty member’s schedule. The feeling of being a 24/7 professor can lead to frustration. Managing one’s time as an online teacher can be a challenge."

Time Management for Online Teachers. This is a breeze video/audio archive. Give it a look/listen? http://breeze.boisestate.edu/p82935848/

Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching. This is an excellent, relatively recent (2006) academic research paper on time management. The authors compare Face to Face with online teaching in a number of areas. http://itdl.org/Journal/Feb_06/article01.htm

Time Management Tips for Online Instructors. This is basic advice for k-12 online teachers from the Connecticut Virtual School http://www.ctvirtuallearning.com/timemantips.cfm