DL Tip of the Week - Early Bird Welcome

We have decided to try something new this year at HCTC: DL Tip of the Week, each week we will post a tip about something you can do in your online class. All online faculty will be emailed the tip and it will be posted on our blog.

This week’s tip is about creating an Early Bird Welcome. An Early Bird Welcome can allow you to make your class available in advance to let students know some of things that will be in the class. You can share the textbook and how to order the textbook, and more. Additionally, we will link to a handout and video how to. These are stored behind the Blackboard server, so you will have to type in your username and p@ssword.

Handout
Video How-to

If you have an idea for a DL Tip of the Week, please email us at HCTC-DL@kctcs.edu.

Welcome!

To keep up with changes, news, and updates related to distance learning at HCTC, this blog has been created. This blog will be updated weekly as new technology or updates are available, so check back regularly.

Remember HCTC Distance Learning is on thePoint

All documents and resources related to Distance Learning are now on thePoint for your convenience under documents.  

The DL Committee Documents link contains all the meeting minutes submitted by the DL Committee.  Inside the DL Documents link you will find Divisional Updates, access to the DL Guide, DL Quality Assurance, DL Readiness, Data Reports, and a template import files for your Bb course. Check out Brainfuse Virtual Tutoring under DL Resources.

To add Distance Learning on thePoint to your list of team sites (do only one time):

1.       Goto thePoint

2.       Click My Team Sites

3.       Click Manage My Team Sites

4.        The listing on the far right are all team sites that have open access for all KCTCS employees, look for HCTC Distance Learning

5.       Check the box to the left

6.       Scroll to the bottom and click add (this will add the team site to My Team Site links [to your favorites])