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eLEARNING COURSESCourse Development
development | web pages | computer requirements | checklist | course proposal form
Courses that are proposed to be offered in a eLearning format must already exist as a traditional course and have gone through the Curriculum Development and Review Committee’s procedures for proposing a new course. The steps listed below are required for the development of webcourses, web-enhanced courses, telecourses, or teleweb courses. 1) Faculty or Department Chair identifies potential course(s) to be developed for eLearning delivery. 2) Faculty advises Department Chair, Dean, and Director of Instructional Technology and eLearning by submitting the MCC eLearning Course Design Proposal 3) Faculty member works with the Director of Instructional Technology and eLearning to coordinate an Instruction Design plan. 4) Faculty develops the course and has it reviewed and certified as meeting the standards in the MCC eLearning Course Evaluation(http://www.mccfl.edu/pages/DOCS/DL/CourseEval_18APR06.doc). 5) Faculty submits the course to Department Chair, Dean, and Director of Instructional Technology and eLearning for approval. 6) Department Chair or Director of Instructional Technology and eLearning submits the course to Curriculum Development and Review Committee (for notification purposes only). Faculty Web PagesNote: Faculty who teach eLearning courses are required to a have an MCC web page. Procedure for Assigning Web Pages to Instructors: 1) Instructor places a help request for Web Development at: 2) Web Development creates a folder and account for the instructor on the web server (access information will be sent via email). 3) Web Development creates a template page for the instructor. When the instructor is ready, Web Development Team shows her/him how to access it via FTP (File Transfer Protocol). 4) Instructor adds content to the template and notifies Web Development when it is ready to be put online. 5) Web Development Team adds instructor’s name to email list of Faculty on the web (Faculty receive information via email regarding website changes, updates, new policy, etc.). Recommendations
1) Do NOT rename your directory on the web server. Faculty directories on the web server are labeled with your login name, first six letters of your last name plus the first letter of your first name. 2) You can (and should) create folders within your main folder to organize your website files. 3) Do NOT use long file names with spaces and special characters. The only special character that should be used is the underscore. 4) Save (Ctrl + S) often so that you don’t lose your work. 5) If inserting multimedia files on a web page, make sure they are an appropriate web file format (JPEG or GIF for graphics; AVI or MPEG for sound; Quick Time or Flash for movies). 6) Template graphics are not visible when editing the web page. When you try to preview your page for the first time, ignore all the error messages referring to graphics and click OK. Refer to MCC’s procedure [2.60.01] “Computer Hardware, Software, Security, Access and Electronic Communications” for college policy on computing use
Note: These specifications are the required minimum for elearning classes in general. eLearning faculty typically work on their computers for hours at a time. Faculty should keep their own comfort and health in mind when selecting a monitor, keyboard, mouse, desk, and chair. CPU: Pentium 4- 266 MHz or greater , AMD K6, or comparable processor are recommended. Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB Recommended). Hard Drive: At least 20 GB. CD-ROM Drive: 24x or higher; DVD may be required for some courses. Connections: Cable or DSL connections recommended, Graphics Card: Must support 1024x768 resolution. Macintosh Hardware Requirements CPU: G4 or higher. Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB Recommended). Hard Drive: At least 20 GB of free space . CD-ROM Drive: 24x or higher.DVD may be required for some courss. Connections: Cable or DSL connections recommended, Graphics Card: Must support 1024x768 resolution. Email: The use of MCC email is required. Should be able to send, receive, and organize email, and be able to receive email attachments as large as 1 MB. Office Software: Microsoft 2000 or higher, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access
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