Workshop+Syllabus



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 * Instructor Information: **

**Workshop Title:** Edline: Beyond the Basics

**Audience:** All teachers that have a basic knowledge of [|Edline]

If you feel you need additional support, please view the prerequisite or support page as necessary. If you should require additional support, please email me at above email address.

**Pre-Requisite Knowledge:** Edline for Beginners course or teachers who already have a basic knowledge of Edline

**Course Length:** 5 days, 4 hours per day (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)


 * Materials needed: **
 * 1) District will provide computers with network connect to access Edline and other materials required to complete the course.
 * 2) Participants are encouraged to bring a flash drive with beginning of the year materials and assignments (or have them saved on your H: drive to access).
 * 3) Participants will also need their Edline ID and password.

**Course Description:** This course is designed to build on the Edline for Beginners workshop and on your own experience using Edline in your classes. Edline: Beyond the Basics is designed to help CCPS educators to learn how to add more interactive content to their Edline pages to enhance online learning and student achievement. Participants will learn how to use the homework hand-in feature, six out of the nine interactive assignment options, and create quizzes. They will also learn how to create discussion board assignments for their classes to create a more collaborative online learning environment and improve students’ critical thinking and writing skills. They will also learn how to use the folder feature to keep their Edline page organized and streamlined to improve student accountability for their own learning. Participants will have the opportunity to create resources that can be used on their own Edline class pages.

**Course Objectives:** By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Increase their understanding of the Edline online system is and how it can be effectively used in enhancing student engagement and achievement (through e-learning opportunities).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Create and effectively use the interactive features of Edline.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Create assignments that improve students’ critical thinking skills.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Maintain active usage of the Edline program in their classes.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Schedule of Course:
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day: ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Topic: ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Objectives & Activities: ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Online learning & its benefits to the classroom

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of the basics

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion of strategies on how to make interactive assignments improve student achievement

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Interactive Assignments features: Multiple Choice & Paragraph Answer || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Introduction/overview: What is Edline? Why is it useful?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of the basics of Edline: This will be completed through a discussion period.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: What makes an assignment rigorous? What is the interactive assignments feature? What are the options?
 * How to create assignments online that engage students and improve student achievement?
 * How to create assignments that improve critical thinking?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorials & Practice # 1:
 * How to create and post a multiple choice assignment with one correct answer that improve critical thinking skills
 * How to create and post a multiple choice assignment with multiple correct answers that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create and post assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorials & Practice # 2:
 * How to create and post a paragraph answer assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create a paragraph answer assignment
 * How to view, grade, and give feedback to assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sharing & Evaluations
 * Time to share assignments that were created and give feedback
 * Complete evaluations of the day’s activities ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of the previous day

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: Encouraging student participation

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Interactive Assignments features: Yes or No, True or False, and Drop-down list || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of Interactive Assignments features: Multiple Choice & Paragraph Answer: questions, comments, or concerns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion
 * How to encourage student participation accountability in a blended learning environment?
 * Tips and strategies to enhance student participation, engagement, and online learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorials & Practice # 1:
 * How to create and post a Yes or No assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * How to create and post a True or False assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create and post assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorials & Practice # 2:
 * How to create and post a paragraph answer assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * How to create a Drop-down list assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create and post assignments
 * How to view, grade, and give feedback to assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sharing & Evaluations
 * Time to share assignments that were created and give feedback
 * Complete evaluations of the day’s activities ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of interactive assignments features

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: Power of Feedback

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Homework Hand-in Feature

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Quiz Feature || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of Interactive Assignments features: questions, comments, or concerns <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">features
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion What is the Homework Hand-in feature? What are the options?
 * How to create online quizzes and homework assignments that improve critical thinking?: A review of ideas previously discussed
 * How to use online quizzes and homework assignments to improve student learning and achievement?: The power of feedback.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorial & Practice # 1:What is the Quiz feature? What are the options?
 * How to create and post a homework hand-in assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create and post homework hand-in assignments
 * How to view, grade, and give feedback to homework hand-ins
 * Practice giving feedback
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorial & Practice # 2:
 * How to create and post a quiz that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create and post a quiz
 * How to view, grade, and give feedback to quizzes
 * Practice giving feedback in order to improve student achievement and skills
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sharing & Evaluations
 * Time to share assignments that were created and give feedback
 * Complete evaluations of the day’s activities ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of Homework hand-in and Quiz

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: Power of Collaboration

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion Feature

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Group Feature || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of Homework hand-in and Quiz features: questions, comments, or concerns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: What is the Discussion feature?
 * What is the benefit of collaboration? How to foster online collaboration?
 * How to create assignments that improve students’ collaborative skills while improving their critical thinking skills?
 * Tips and strategies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorial & Practice # 1:What is the Group feature?
 * Analyze and set-up the options for the discussion feature
 * How to create and post a discussion assignment that improve critical thinking skills
 * Time to create a discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorial & Practice # 2:
 * Analyze and set-up the options for the group feature
 * How to create a group page and organize groups
 * How to create a group/collaborative assignment that improve critical thinking and collaboration skills
 * Time to create a group page and assignment
 * How to manage groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sharing & Evaluations
 * Time to share assignments that were created and give feedback
 * Complete evaluations of the day’s activities ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Day 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of Discussion and Group features

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion: Maintaining your Edline page

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Folder Feature || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Review of discussion and group features: questions, comments, or concerns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion:What is the Folder feature?
 * How to maintain your Edline page?
 * Tips and strategies to keep up with features and information, tips for organizing your Edline class pages
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tutorial & Practice # 1:
 * Analyze and set-up folders to organize Edline class pages
 * How to create and add items to folders
 * Time to create folders and add items created during the workshop to appropriate folders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Discussion:
 * What features will you use in your classrooms?
 * What problems do you foresee when implementing these features in your classes?
 * How do you plan to overcome these problems?
 * Show the Support Wiki that will be available for all educators to post problems, solutions, and suggestions to help implement effective interactive online assignments that foster student achievement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sharing & Evaluations
 * Time to share assignments that were created and give feedback
 * Complete evaluations of the day’s activities
 * Complete workshop evaluation ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Your mastery of workshop goals will be evaluated through in-class observation and creation of effective interactive assignments created for Edline. Participants work will be posted to the Examples page of this wiki for review.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Evaluation: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">After your successful observation and creation and posting of materials for your Edline page you will receive a signed completion form for your records and a signed completion form will be added to your professional file.