Frequently Asked Questions about CE 6

• FAQs for Online Faculty 
• FAQs for Supplemental Users 
  

CE 6  "How to" Viewlets

• How to load your course syllabus  (with audio)
• How to load your course documents and handouts on your course homepage (with audio)
• How to Copy Content into New Course Shell 
• How to Export  Course Content from WebCT into CE6 
• WebDAV Instructions for Windows (screen grabs)

"Getting Started" short-course overview of the tools in CE 6:

Click here to log on to this very, very short course. Spend an hour or two to get an overview of the major tools in CE 6 and how to use them. Don't have an hour or two? Just select the topics you want to learn about from the course modules. 
Username: faculty
Password: faculty

Software:

• Marratech - Web conferencing software for real-time meetings with your students. You can hold a meeting from your office, your home -- anywhere you have Internet connection! Great for lectures and review sessions! Call Virginia Kirk to reserve if you want a regular weekly meeting. Call HELP DESK if you want to reserve it for a one-time meeting. Call Jeff Fairbanks, x4621, if you want to learn to use Marratech.
• SoftChalk Lessonbuilder - Create interactive course materials with this easy-to-use software. The College's license allows you to load one copy on your home machine and one on your office machine. Click here for a demonstration of this powerful software that is as easy to use as Word! 
  
  If you already have SoftChalk loaded, you may now download the new Version 4, which includes expanded capabilities such as inline video. However, you will need to download this new version, using the new license key. 
  
  To download a copy of SoftChalk V4, click here.  
  Login using hccmain\email account name and email password.
  You will need the license key, which is the number at the lower left corner of the download page.
• SecondLife - Some HCC faculty are investigating the educational uses of this virtual world. A good orientation Web site is New Media Consortium at http://sl.nmc.org/.
• Wimba Voice Tools - We have licensed Wimba voice tools, a suite of voice tools that allow you to EASILY create podcasts, post mini-lectures, carry on voice discussion boards, assign student presentations. You add these tools to your homepage under the Add Content Link in the Build tab.
• SafeAssign - SafeAssign is Blackboard's on-site anti-plagiarism tool and their answer to Turnitin.com. SafeAssign compares student papers to sources on the internet and provides you with an analysis, including potential source web links. The SafeAssign tool can be added to your homepage from the Build tab by clicking on the Add Content Link.

Best Practices

• Principles of Best Practice in Online Education
• Quality Matters Project — Continuous Quality Improvement for Online Courses

Course Templates - Downloadable documents for use in your courses

• HCC Netiquette Statement
• Templates (Word docs) -- Syllabus, Learning Module, Assignment Sheet, Nettiquette statement

Policies and Procedures

• Using Test Centers in Other Locations
• Distance and Alternative Learning faculty guide
  [ Word DOC ] [ Acrobat PDF ]

Resources

• HCC's Teaching and Learning Website
• HCC's Information Literacy Training
• Faculty Support from Blackboard.com
• Epacks and Digital Content
• Blackboard's Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program
• Digital Games Resources

Teaching Online Theory and Practice

• HCC Netiquette Statement
• Behavioral Objectives
• Creating Quizzes, Games, and Interactive Exercises
• Research on the Internet
• Learning Objects
• TEACH Act: Digital Copyright Law

Professional Organizations 

• MarylandOnline Faculty Development Website: How To Teach Online
• Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA)