UH - Downtown

Our Journey…Our Goals

Evaluate course management systems

Raise standards and expectations

Provide consistency for both faculty and

adjuncts

Incorporate an online system solely or integrate

within Blackboard

Offer single sign-on

Surprised my department chair

Research, Design, Development Facilitate discussions

Utilize experience and keep what works

Employ best practices

Use a variety of assignment categories; set due

1 hr. before class; allow several submissions;

include answer format tips

Utilize communication, discussion boards,

forums and extensions

Creating a Course

Use a Master Course

Have a Coordinator push out

Set Term: allow more than enough time

Set Start Date: 14 day free trial

Choose your text; add other texts at anytim

e

Choose Personal Study Plan

5 Assignment Types Assigned Readings – raise effort level,

encourage engagement Practice Problems – include problems from each

covered learning outcome Homework Problems – create a pool from

practice problems, limiting resources Quizzes – use pools again, no extensions, no

resources, 1 attempt Review Problems – use each pool, no

randomization

Templates for Assignments

Define settings

Bring consistency

Provide Personalization

Save time

Creating Assignments

Use “Entering Math Answers in EWA”

Academic Freedom

Create pools and combine pools

Use multiple pools

Unique to Enhanced WebAssign

EWA Answer Evaluator

Reviewing student’s previous answers

Ability to manipulate student behavior a

t the question level

Adjusting credit values of questions

Scheduling & rescheduling

Enhanced WebAssign for Instructors

Pairing with any course in EWA

Setting conditional release

Waiving restrictions

Enhanced WebAssign for Students

Immediate feedback – 24/7 “Chat About It”

Building student confidence

Improved grades – increased motivation

Purposeful participation – A real and direct

correlation to test scores