First, you all did a great job with the Fair Use discussion. There was considerable debate, and the idea that copyright and fair use is not a clear cut issue definitely came across. Check back on the Fair Use discussion on Tuesday to see the wrap up post. We will let the last minute discussion posters have their chance to share their ideas, and then the answer will be revealed. Of course, it is tough to say there is a clear answer when it comes to copyright, but we will give it a shot!
Visual design is the focus of this week's module. There is some good research that says that the look of an online course is important to student perceptions of the course and ultimately even student retention. This module will help you think of ways to communicate information to your students in a visual format. You will also get to add your course header and icons this week. It is amazing what a difference these make. Most of the icons and headers are designed by Jesse Warne, our Instructional Multimedia Specialist. Jesse is a graduate of UCO's graphic design program and does a great job on the icons. They will be located in your images folder. More information about how to add them is in the learning module.
Finally, we are approaching our first checkpoint on May 25. The checkpoint is a time when we report your progress to your chair and dean. We want them to know if the course is on track to be ready for evaluation or if you are behind in the course design and activities. For many of you, this will be a great time to share how far you have come. For some of you, we will have to report that you are not on track. Please do your best to get all assignments completed if you are behind.
As always, the CPDE Design Team is here to help. We will be out of the office on Monday, May 16 for a CPDE retreat and will be presenting at and attending the staff conference, Road to Greatness, on Wednesday. We will also be out of the office at the Distance Learning Administrators conference Monday through Wednesday next week with the exception of Milissa. Please be patient with us if our response time is not as fast as it has been. We hope to all have access to e-mail and the workshop at the conference, but if you have pressing issues, please let us know this week if possible.
Thank you for your dedication and time. Now that grades are in and summer has officially begun, we are looking forward to seeing those courses come together!
The CPDE Design Team
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