Tag: syllabus

2018-2019 Web Conferencing Text for Syllabus

by Aug 31, 2018

Choose one of the groups of text below to copy and paste into your syllabus. Blue Jeans We will use BlueJeans for optional synchronous meetings. The Northwestern IT YouTube channel on Blue Jeans Video conferencing and the Canvas Learning Center BlueJeans page provide additional guidance for using BlueJeans. The Blue Jeans Privacy Policy and the Accessibility Features on BlueJeans are also available. WebEx We will use WebEx for optional synchronous meetings. The Cisco WebEx Support Page provides additional guidance for using WebEx. The WebEx Privacy Policy and the Accessibility Features on WebEx are also available. Big Blue Button We will

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Creating a Syllabus Using Quality Matters Standards

by Apr 27, 2016

What does a quality online course look like? How do we make sure every course is high quality? How do we measure or define quality? Those are all tough questions we ask ourselves every day (or at least very, very frequently) as we design and develop online courses. The Distance Learning team has been working hard to establish and implement quality standards using Quality Matters (QM): “a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components.” We use QM as framework for quality throughout our course design process, from start to finish,

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The Importance of a Syllabus

by Mar 07, 2016

If you have designed or redesigned a course, then you have likely taken part in a conversation about the course syllabus. From these conversations, you know that the course has to have a syllabus prepared in advance, and that the syllabus will be one of the first items in the course that the students review. But what is a syllabus? What information does a syllabus communicate about you and your course? This post answers these frequently asked questions about syllabi. What Is A Syllabus? A syllabus is a document that contains important information about your class. Typically, for an online

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