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Building a Course Site with PBWorks

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Michael M. Grant

http://bit.ly/ardlaworkshop

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Schedule Info

Arkansas Distance Learning Association Conference

Workshop

Tuesday, September 21

1:15 - 3:00 pm

 

Abstract

In this hands-on session, we will build the skeleton for an online or hybrid course site using PBWorks.  We will offer some successful strategies for organizing your site and ways to chunk content.  We will locate existing digital content and embed multimedia into your site.  Plus, feel free to bring along digital copies of syllabi, presentations, and other course content to populate into your site.  There will be plenty of time for questions and individual work on your site.  

 


 

Slides

 


Background

Wikis

What is a wiki?

 

Why wikis for course sites?

• Content organization & repository

• Easy, convenient editing & publishing

• Collaborative content creation

 

PBWorks

Sign up for a free wikispace

 

PBWorks Help

 

Planning for an online or hybrid course

 

Introductory pages for an online or hybrid course

 

Course pages

 


Hands-On

 

0. Sign up for a free wikispace

 

1. Under the "Settings" tab, choose your wikispace colors.

 

2. Edit your Frontpage.

    1. Add the title to your course.
    2. Add a welcome message
    3. Add some text/bullets that will become hyperlinks to your other pages.
    4. Need an example? See this page
    5. Add some text and colors if you like.

 

3. Create a new "Syllabus" page.

    1. Title the page "Course Syllabus" or "Syllabus."
    2. Use "Import a document" from "More options."
    3. Locate a Word file to import.
    4. Don't have one?  Use one of mine. Download to the desktop, then use the "Import" in PBWorks. cms-lms-lcms-notes.docx
    5. Need some help importing?

 

4. Create at least one other page.

    1. Maybe a page for a calendar, or a course resources, or a sandbox for students to experiment.

 

5. Create a  course content page.

    1. Name the page one of the topics for your course.
    2. See this page for an example and template.
    3. Add a two column table to this page to organize the page. Put headings similar to those listed here in the first column, you can add a little text elsewhere on the page for now.
    4. Need to edit the width of your columns?
    5. How about changing the background colors of your table cells?
 

6. Go to your frontpage and add links to your other pages.

    1. Highlight your text and choose "Add Link" at the top.
    2. Need some help?
    3. Tip: You can start typing in one of your page's names or you can just copy and paste the web address.
    4. Be sure to save your page.

 

7. Add media to your pages.

    1. On this page, there is an extensive list of different media that you can add to your pages. I encourage you to peruse through the variety of options that you may want to use.
    2. Definitely, insert a YouTube video. (Find one you like and insert it.) See this page for how.
    3. Have you added any images to your page?  Here's how.
    4. How about embedding a Slideshare presentation into one of your pages? Here are some of my presentations. Feel free to embed any of these or search for one you're interested in. Need the steps to insert your Slideshare slides into your page?
    5. Fee free to try any of the other media to insert into your pages.

 

8. Edit and add to your pages as you like.

 

 

 

 

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