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Template: Troubleshooting on youronline course - Assignments

Teaching Online Module 1, Session 5: Troubleshooting on your Online

Course template

Use this template to guide you through managing foreseeable and

unforeseeable problems and issues for your online course. This template

is focussed around issues related to pedagogy and student assignments.

Download and save this template for your own reference.

What tools will you use to announce online assignments to students?

What information will be provided? How much prior notice will studentsreceive about assignments?

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Will you post reminders about assignments? How (bulletins, discussionforums, announcement board, emails, etc)?

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This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource forUniversity College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course isfunded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 UniversityCollege Falmouth

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. When repurposing thisresource please acknowledge the B4EE project.

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How will you help students plan an organised approach to theassignment process (i.e. writing preparation, content creationpreparation, blogging preparation, research preparation, etc)?

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If an assignment is writing-based, how will you help students decidewhat to write about?

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If the assignment is non-writing based, how will you help students pick a

subject to cover?

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This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource forUniversity College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course isfunded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 UniversityCollege Falmouth

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. When repurposing thisresource please acknowledge the B4EE project.

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Ho will you help students keep on track in answering an assignmentquestion or fulfilling a project/assignment brief?

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How will you help students improve for the next assignment?

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How will you help students come up with contingency plans if their firstassignment choice isnt viable?

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How will you encourage students to support one another online?

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This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource forUniversity College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course isfunded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 UniversityCollege Falmouth

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. When repurposing thisresource please acknowledge the B4EE project.

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How will you help students identify what they want to achieve, or whatthey need to achieve, from the assignment?

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How will you convey what needs to be achieved for the assignment?

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How will you assess whether or not the assignment criteria have beenmet? How will you communicate this?

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Will your assignments be fixed or flexible? Will students be able to selectfrom alternative approaches/solutions?

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This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource forUniversity College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course isfunded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 UniversityCollege Falmouth

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. When repurposing thisresource please acknowledge the B4EE project.

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