This study evaluated the effects of instructor engagement with an online course management system (CMS) on student usage of the CMS and academic performance. Participants were undergraduate students enrolled in two intact courses taught by the same instructor during different academic terms. Both courses used the CMS for course materials, but the instructor more actively participated in the online discussion forums and posted lecture notes in the high-support course. Google analytics page views were compared between the courses. While no significant correlation existed between CMS use and academic performance in the low-support course, CMS use in the high-support course demonstrated a positive correlation with final grades. Overall, when the instructor actively used the CMS features, student use related to course grades.

1. Compelling Poster Design
Monica Bulger & Aaron Sobel,
Bren School, UCSB

2. Where do we start?

3. audience

4. what do you expect when you look
at a poster?

5. BIG idea

6. attention
controversy
degradation
urgency
replacement
diversity
preservation
Possible ignorance
messages action
research
contradiction
conservation
recommendation

7. efficiency
risk
attention
controversy
degradation
Possible urgency
messages replacement
diversity
preservation
ignorance
action
research
contradiction
conservation

8. sustain attention: question
or bold statement

9. activity: with group
members, take 5 minutes to
write down your research
question or a brief statement
of your findings.

10. question should be brief and
clear
statement should be one
brief sentence

11. determine what is essential

12. keep the main message/key
points

13. reduce the details

14. Abstract
Purpose/Significance
Writing
Method
tips
Findings
Implications

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16. activity: take a field trip and
look at posters in the
hallway. evaluate the design
and content elements. select
your favorite.

17. and now, a few exemplary
posters....