Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Additional Materials


Hello,

I have played with adding a few extras to my assignments. For example, I wanted my students to view the writing project attached to persuasive writing. I created a writing prompt and copied/pasted a word document into the information spot. Then I attached that writing prompt to my assignment. Of course, a hard copy would also be provided. For now, this is a view only piece of the assignment. But you certainly could have the students write a response from here.

Adding websites is also an easy job. Find the website that connects to your content. Copy/paste the address from the site to the “Add Materials” tab of your assignment. (It’s the box with the “http://” already in it.) Don't forget to click the "Add" box. (I forgot that twice, and wondered what was happening, but it was only stupidity--what a relief.)

It helps if you have a few windows or tabs open in Explorer; then you can flip back and forth between sites and your digital streaming assignment.

Good luck. I’m looking forward to seeing all the useful videos people found in our next class.

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