Category: Courses

Getting started on the OpenLab with Model Courses
Tuesday, January 26th, 1:45pm-2:30pm
For faculty who want to use the OpenLab as their primary teaching platform, Model Courses provide an easy way to get started.  Designed and customized for select courses with built-in resources for distance learning.

For step-by-step instructions on cloning and customizing a model course for use in your section, take a look at the online module “Math Model Courses.”

Zoom Video of Workshop (the password for this zoom video has been distributed separately by the Math Dept):

• Zoom video

Agenda/Outline

• Getting Started on the OpenLab
  • OpenLab usage (have you used the OL before?)
  • Resource: Teaching with the OpenLab
  • This is not the “how-to”, it’s about what it is and how to use it (there is a module for step-by-step)
• Drop-in live help from the OpenLab Community Team – Open Hours (scheduled throughout the semester)
  • Open Hours this week:
    • 1/29 (Friday), 10:00am-11:00am
    • 1/31 (Sunday), 4:00pm-5:00pm

• Resources from the Math Dept to support your distance education efforts: Course Hubs, Model Courses, WeBWorK on Rederly
• Examples of teaching with Model Courses, Fall 2020
  • Kate Poirier MAT 1575 – OpenLab + Zoom
    • Collab with 2680 assignment – Collaborations between classes
  • Bruce Kan MAT 1275CO – OpenLab + BCU (Blackboard Collaborate Ultra)

• List of Math Model Courses
  • MAT 1275 College Algebra and Trigonometry
  • MAT 1275CO College Algebra and Trigonometry (with corequisite hours)
  • MAT 1372 Statistics with Probability
  • MAT 1375 Precalculus
  • MAT 1475 Calculus I
  • MAT 1575 Calculus II
  • MAT 2680 Differential Equations
• Getting started with Model Courses
  • Step-by-step instructions (online module)
• OpenLab technicalities
  • Course Profile vs Course Site
  • Pages vs Posts