WORKSHOP ON WEBCT AND ON WIRELESS STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEMS

Ted Goertzel, Jon'a Meyer, Bob Wood
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

April 2, 2004: Agenda

Context: Web-Enhanced Courses and a Web-Enhanced Curriculum (Bob Wood)

Web-Enhanced Curriculum Homepage: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/index.htm
Online Tutorials and Videos: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/tutorials.htm
A Range of Course Websites: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/courselinks.htm
A Sample Interface to WebCT: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~wood/370syl.htm
WebCT Entry and Course Creation Page: https://webct.rutgers.edu/ (includes useful guide for students)

Demonstration of Some Basic WebCT features: Reference/Movies/Tools sections for copyrighted materials: articles, streaming video clips, and licensed software; the multiple functions of bulletin boards; the My Grades feature.

Bob Wood's Homepage: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~wood/

Advanced WebCT Features (Ted Goertzel)

Making Sure That All Students Are Successfully Enrolled http://crab.rutgers.edu/%7Egoertzel/enrolling.html
Chat Room
Drop Box for Assignments
Quiz Function (practice quizzes, in-class tests, automatically-graded exercises; TA access)
Student Access Record
Grade Spreadsheet

Ted Goertzel's Homepage: http://crab.rutgers.edu/~goertzel/index.html

RAMS, FAS Gradebook and Wireless Student Response Systems (Jon'a Meyer)

Creating and Using RAMS Mailing Lists https://rams.rutgers.edu/
An Alternative Online Gradebook: FAS Rutgers Gradebook https://lists.fas.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/gradebook/gb.pl
Demonstration of Features of E-Instruction's Classroom Performance System (CPS)

Electronic Attendance Taking
Quizzes, Feedback Questions and Challenge Boards with Instant Graphical Displays
E-Instruction's CPS website: http://www.einstruction.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Products.Display&Menu=Products

Jon'a Meyer's Homepage: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/meyer.html

This agenda may be accessed at http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/workshop-2004.htm