Presented as part of 2018 Fall Return Week at Mountain View College.

1. -BEST PRACTICES-
Starting and Ending Your
Semester with a Bang!
Villa R. Vance, MS - Instructional Designer
August 22, 2018 - View College
The Learning Technology Team

2. Objectives
❏ List different best practices before & after the start of the
semester.
❏ Learn to apply the best practices in the course.
❏ Share best practices and incorporate what you learned.
❏ Learn the importance of having best practices.
At the end of the presentation, learners will be able to;

4. What are the best
practices before the
start of the semester?

5. Before the Start of the Semester
❏Set availability of the course
❏Post a CURRENT Syllabus
❏Create an announcement - set
availability to first day of class
❏ Welcome your student
❏ Provide direction on what to do
❏ https://bit.ly/2sroTZE

6. Before the Start of the Semester
❏Copy your course
❏ Copy your course to a course template
❏ Send request to helpdesk
❏ Request assistance from an Instructional
Designer
❏Use a Course Template
❏ Clean and organized your content

7. Before the Start of the Semester
❏CLEAN UP Course (before/after copy)
❏ Edit announcements to update creation date
❏ Check links and update as needed
❏ Update due dates
❏ Delete duplicate items or menu items
❏ Check availability of the content item
❏ Check your grade center columns
❏ Clean up discussion boards
❏ Check test pools and delete duplicate

8. Before the Start of the Semester
❏Remind the student to update personal
information.
❏Make sure all content is ADA Compliant

9. END of the Semester.
It’s time to relax

10. After the Semester is Over
❏Make course unavailable
❏ At least 2 weeks after the semester ends
❏Clean up Content Collections
❏Prepare your template for copy

11. ❏Why do all these best
practices?
❏What can we gain from it?

13. Contact Information
villavance@dcccd.edu
Additional Resource:
Best Practices for Teaching Online - Brown University
https://bit.ly/2ET90Du
ltt@dcccd.edu