Creating Assignments in UWA's LMS (WebCT)

This workshop was cancelled for insufficient numbers.

Intended Audience:

UWA staff interested in using LMS Assignments as part of their teaching.

Prerequisites:

• Quickstart Guide to Developing your 2009 LMS unit (or equivalent)
• Creating Group Activities and Selectively Releasing Learning Materials with UWA's LMS

Workshop Description:

Have you wanted to:

• Evaluate student's progress using individual, group or custom assignments?
• Allow students to create and publish their own online presentations, websites or wikis?
• Allow students, particularly postgraduates, to submit draft of their work?

If you answered yes to one of more of these questions, then you will find LMS Assignments are an alternate way to evaluate student progress and understanding.

This workshop will enable you to create assignments to achieve your educational objectives.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the LMS Assignment Life Cycle and identify staff and student tasks
• Describe the types of assignments available
• Explain how to use various types of assignments to achieve different educational objectives
• Differentiate options for grading assignments
• Identify strategies to manage question effectively within the Question Database
• Create an assignment and explain the options for editing its properties
• Submit an assignment as a student
• Grade submitted assignments and provide feedback

Key Activities:

Hands-on workshop

Duration:

2 hours

Date and Time:

Thursday 16 April 2009, 9:30am - 11:30am

(The workshop date has recently been rescheduled - original date was Friday 17 April - apologies for any inconvenience)

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE ONLY 12 PLACES AVAILABLE SO REGISTER QUICKLY.

Venue:

Room 1.01, Sanders Building

Coordinator:

Yvonne Button, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, UWA