Transcript Centre for Learning and Teaching ICT Integration in Learning and Teaching WBLE (Web-based Learning Environment) May 2011 by Ms Winnie Er Pek Hoon.

Centre for Learning and Teaching
ICT Integration in Learning
and Teaching
WBLE
(Web-based Learning Environment)
May 2011
by Ms Winnie Er Pek Hoon
Preliminaries
• Web-based Learning Environment (WBLE) is Utar’s
version of e-learning portal.
• Others: WOU’s Learning Management System
(LMS)
• It started in late 2005.
• Since then, it has gone through one upgrade. (Late
2005 - April 2009) (May 2009 to now)
• University encourages all staff to actively use WBLE.
• Good to do so especially if you are being
interviewed during MQA accreditation. E-learning
delivery is one of the things the assessors look into
when evaluating our courses.
Course Creation and Settings
1. How to create a Course in WBLE
2. How to turn on the Editing Function
3. Course Setting - How to change information
about your course.
– Edit Course setting
– Weekly Format, Topic Format, Social Format
– Group setting
– Revealing Key Menus/Items that you need,
e.g. Messages, People, Online Users, Loan
Calculators.
Posting Lecture and Teaching Materials
4. How to reduce content size before uploading
materials.
5. How to upload/post lecture or other files
a. Posting of lecture notes and tutorials –
How to upload “Word File, Excel File,
Power-point file, PDF file”.
Teach students to download these.
b. Different methods for different files. Methods:
“Link to a File/web-site” and “Create a Directory”
i. How to insert a link to a file or web-site.
ii. How to create a directory and upload a file
to that directory
6. Post Additional resources and links.
Increasing communication and
interaction
7. Posting announcements at main page:
a. “Compose a text page” &
b. “Compose a Web-page”
8. How to insert a link in your document.
9. How to observe participants online
10. How to post message to persons via WBLE
There is also a “Message” history to show
records of messages sent and received.
11. How to construct a chat room.
Additional Activities
12. How to construct an Assignment link, whereby
participants can submit Assignments electronically
and online via WBLE.
13. How to construct and hold online:
a. Quiz for students to take in your course.
Multiple Choices, True/False, Short Answers,
Matching Answers.
b. Survey on topics of interests for students to
take in your course.
14. How to construct a web-page to collect
choice response.
15. How to construct a discussion e-forum in your
course – on topics related to the subjects and of
general interests - Creating a Forum, Starting a
Discussion Thread, Replying to a Discussion
Thread, Checking each participant’s forum posts
16. How to construct a journal for students to
reflect on their lessons.
17. How to construct dictionary and glossary
for domain-specific jargons
18. How to construct a wiki to contribute ideas
collectively.
19. How to construct a database for students
to provide their personal particulars
1. How to Create a Course
• You need to fill in a request at Web2 ICTC
Service Request Form.
• Your FGO and ICTC (SODEMC) will assist
you.
• They will help create a course and enroll
your students in.
Signing in first:
http://wble.utar.edu.my
Students signing in
• username = student ID
without alphabet letter
07001788
• password = I/C number, with dash
860101-01-5009
Your Courses
2. How to turn on the Editing function
2. How to turn on the Editing
function:
Common Icons
Indent Right
Indent Left
Move
Delete
Update
Show / Hide
Grouping
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3. Course Setting – How to change
information about your course:
Edit Course Setting
3. Course Setting – Choose the
format/layout of your WBLE
3. Course Setting – Choose the
format/layout of your WBLE
(a) Weekly Format
3. Course Setting – Choose the
format/layout of your WBLE
(b) Topics Format
3. Course Setting – Choose the
format/layout of your WBLE
(c) Social Format
3. Course Setting – Organising
students in your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Course Setting – Organising
students in your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Course Setting – Organising
students in your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Course Setting – Organising
students in your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Course Setting – Organising
students in your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Course Setting – Organising students in
your tutorial groups
(d) Group Settings
3. Revealing Key Menus/Items that
you need for your course
3. Revealing Key Menus/Items
that you need for your course
WBLE view:
1. Add a resource: What you are giving to students
2. Add an activity: What kind of response you are
expecting from the students.
Posting Lecture and Teaching Materials
4. How to reduce content size before uploading
materials.
5. How to upload/post lecture or other files
a. Posting of lecture notes and tutorials –
How to upload “Word File, Excel File,
Power-point file, PDF file”.
Teach students to download these.
b. Different methods for different files. Methods:
“Link to a File/web-site” and “Create a Directory”
i. How to insert a link to a file or web-site.
ii. How to create a directory and upload a file
to that directory
6. Post Additional resources and links.
Compression Methods
• Prepare Materials in MS Power-point 2007
rather than MS Power-Point 2003
– Compress Pictures in MS Power-point Documents
– Tend to perform better with lots of pictures in it
• Convert Document to PDF format (Optional)
– Tend to perform better with fewer pictures
• Compress File by Zip Tools (Optional)
– A useful tool to group multiple files together
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Sample Results
2003
Format
May reduce
size
- 46%
- 59%
- 11%
- 66%
- 15%
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Save as Powerpoint 2007
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
at the Parent folder or at sub-folders
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
at a sub-folder(s), by making folder(s)
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
at a sub-folder(s), by making folder(s)
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
a. Link to a file or website
5. How to upload/post lecture files
5. How to upload/post lecture files
5. How to upload/post lecture files
5. How to upload/post lecture files
Teach students how to download
Teach students how to download
Teach students how to download
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
5. How to upload/post lecture files:
b. Create and display a Directory
6. Post Additional Resources and links
Increasing communication and
interaction
7. Posting announcements at main page:
a. “Compose a text page” &
b. “Compose a Web-page”
8. How to insert a link in your document.
9. How to observe participants online
10. How to post message to persons via WBLE
There is also a “Message” history to show
records of messages sent and received.
11. How to construct a chat room.
7. Posting Announcement
(a) Compose a text page
7. Posting Announcement
(a) Compose a text page
7. Posting Announcement
(a) Compose a text page
7. Posting Announcement
(a) Compose a text page
7. Posting Announcement
(b) Compose a web page
7. Posting Announcement
(b) Compose a web page
8. How to insert a link in your document
8. How to insert a link in your document
8. How to insert a link in your document
8. How to insert a link in your document
9. How to observe your
participants (students) online
9. How to observe your participants
(students) online
9. How to observe your participants
(students) online
9. How to observe your participants
(students) online
9. How to observe your
participants (students) online
9. How to observe your participants
(students) online
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
10. How to post message to a
person via WBLE.
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
11. How to Construct a Chatroom
Additional Activities
12. How to construct an Assignment link
13. How to construct and hold online:
a. Quiz - Multiple Choices, True/False, Short
Answers, Matching Answers.
b. Survey
14. How to collect choice response.
15. How to construct a discussion e-forum
16. How to construct a journal
17. How to construct glossary
18. How to construct a wiki
19. How to construct a database
Constructing Assignment link
• Lecturers should endeavour to let the students
submit their assignments electronically – save
paper and reduce costs for the students.
• Especially lecturers who require students to
submit a short 2-page Assignment every 2 weeks.
• This link is for you to receive all assignments in
one place, as opposed to students emailing you
individually and you end up sieving through your
mailbox for their assignments.
• This function is also useful if you want to receive
draft assignments/tutorial assignments from them.
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Links
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
12. Construct Assignment Link
14. Construct web page to collect
choice response.
14. Choice Responses
14. Choice Responses
14. Choice Responses
14. Choice Responses
15. Create E-Forums
15. Create E-Forums
15. Create E-Forums
15. Starting a Discussion Thread
15. Starting a Discussion Thread
15. Starting a Discussion Thread
15. Starting a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15.Replying to a Discussion Thread
15. Create E-Forums
15. Many kinds of Forums can be created
16. Constructing a Journal
16. Constructing a Journal
16. Constructing a Journal
16. Constructing a Journal
16. Construct a Journal
17. Constructing glossary (dictionary)
17. Constructing a Glossary
17. Constructing a Glossary
17. Constructing a Glossary
17. Constructing a Glossary
17. Constructing a Glossary
17. Constructing a Glossary