Best Practice -How to post assignment deadlines the easy way
March 12th, 2010
Hi there!
Now that you’re adding buttons and making changes willy-nilly in your online courses, let’s consider THIS change!
You’re familiar with google calendars now; you’ve used them to track a few of your goals and appointments. Now it’s time to take it to the next level. If you’re a course lead, create a new calendar in your ncvps account. In the calendar, add the assignments that are due in the next two weeks.
You’ve got your calendar ready now; it’s time to spread the love! Hit the upside down triangle beside your calendar’s name, and select ‘calendar settings.’ Toward the bottom of the screen, you’ll see an embed code (ta-daaaa!).
There is a number beside the height and width. It looks like this:
width=”800″ height=”600″
You’ll multiply those numbers by 1.5, changing the numbers to 1200 and 900, respectively. This will make the calendar bigger and easier to read for students.
Next, add a button in your course and add a single item within that button. Using firefox, insert the code into the item you’ve added. Now, your course should have a button that has the due dates. You’ll updated this every couple of weeks. That’s actually more work than just posting a .doc with a bunch of dates… but check THIS out.
Your next step is to email this code to everyone teaching the course. If they’ll also create a button and drop the calendar into their courses, then you’ll have a cool web 2.0 calendar in your course -aren’t YOU fancy!
So, now everyone has a cool calendar, and your revision teams don’t have to waste time creating that pain in the butt .doc -remember, snow happens.
shu