This document provides instructions for students to submit assignments through Blackboard. It outlines the 6 step process: 1) Log into Blackboard and enter the course, 2) Locate and click on the assignment, 3) Click "Browse My Computer" and select the file, 4) Choose a compatible file format like .pdf or .doc, 5) Click submit, and 6) Wait for the file to upload which may take a few minutes. Compatible file formats are also listed for students.
This document provides instructions for students to submit assignments through Blackboard. It outlines the 6 step process: 1) Log into Blackboard and enter the course, 2) Locate and click on the assignment, 3) Click "Browse My Computer" and select the file, 4) Choose a compatible file format like .pdf or .doc, 5) Click submit, and 6) Wait for the file to upload which may take a few minutes. Compatible file formats are also listed for students.
The document provides information about Florida State College at Jacksonville's Open Campus, which offers over 500 online credit courses. Open Campus serves as the virtual campus for the college and has over 17,000 annual students, making it the second largest campus. It highlights the college's mission of providing accessible, affordable education to improve lives and regional economic development.
This document provides information about students with disabilities. It defines a disability as a physical, mental, or learning impairment that limits major life activities. Disabilities are categorized as chronic illnesses, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, mobility issues, psychiatric conditions, and vision problems. Examples of accommodations for students with disabilities include assistive equipment like tape recorders, listening devices, spellcheckers, calculators, specialized keyboards, and magnifiers. Contact information is provided for the director of disability services.
This document contains information about QR (Quick Response) codes including how they work and potential future uses such as including them on syllabi and business cards. It also includes information about online scholarships available through Open Campus for the summer term and congratulates Open Campus and MPSS for their contributions to a United Charities Campaign. Finally, it provides information about nominating a Florida State College employee for an award recognizing community service.
The document discusses the three C's of online course design: clarity, consistency, and community. It emphasizes that online courses should have clear objectives, explanations of assignments, and timely responses to student questions. Consistency is important, with master designs ensuring similar structure, navigation, and elements across courses. Building community is also key, through introductions, group assignments, and encouraging peer support. The goal is to design each course with consistent tools and elements to provide a clear and supportive online learning experience for students.
This document provides instructions for faculty to review instructor feedback on student assignments. It outlines 5 steps: 1) click Tools, 2) select My Grades, 3) click the link in the Comments column to access comments for a specific assignment, 4) click the Assignment link to view all comments, and 5) scroll down to view all comments. The goal is to help faculty access and view comments left by instructors on student assignments.
Open Campus / Deerwood Center Adjunct Orientationfscjopen
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This orientation introduces new faculty to the Deerwood Center campus. It provides an overview of campus administrators and resources available to support faculty, including the Campus Resource Center, faculty mentors, and learning communities. The orientation outlines faculty expectations around processes like textbook adoption, submitting syllabi and grades, and communicating absences. It also reviews student resources and highlights the semester checklist to help faculty prepare for each term. Finally, it discusses adjunct communications and opportunities for community engagement on campus.
This document discusses motivating online learners through effective communication, feedback, and use of technology. It explores communication methods like syllabi, announcements, emails, and synchronous meetings. It emphasizes the importance of timely, personalized feedback that acknowledges strengths and identifies areas for improvement. Lastly, it addresses making technology a tool rather than barrier through student-centered use, engagement, catering to learning styles, and being prepared to assist students with technical issues. The overall message is that flexibility, encouragement, and addressing individual needs are key to motivating diverse online students.
Spring 2013 Convocation - Student Feedbackfscjopen
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This document discusses the importance of feedback for online students. It begins by presenting a scenario where a student does not receive feedback for two weeks on an assignment. It then defines feedback as evaluative information that helps improve performance. The document explains that feedback is especially important for online students because it represents one of their only interactions with instructors. Research shows that online students crave interaction and feedback in order to feel engaged and be more likely to persist in their studies. The document recommends that instructors provide feedback that is timely, personalized, engaging, and models critical thinking. It presents research linking feedback to increased student success and persistence.
The Campus Resource Center (CRC) serves faculty, students, and staff at Open Campus by providing academic and customer service support. The CRC's mission is to provide excellent customer service, flexibility, and responsiveness to all visitors and callers. It functions as both an academic unit and a "one-stop" service center. The CRC handles tasks like student overrides, appeals, complaints, faculty support, event planning, and technology assistance. The document outlines the CRC's strategies to improve communication, customer service, academic processes, and campus operations through cross-training, streamlining procedures, and clarifying its purpose to stakeholders.
The document provides an overview of new programs and initiatives at Open Campus. It introduces the new Exceptional Faculty Experience program launching in the fall and highlights some recent improvements like the faculty newsletter and awards ceremony. It also introduces the new incoming Open Campus president, Jana Kooi, and provides details about her experience and background. Finally, it welcomes new staff members and provides brief biographies for each.
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Plagiarism involves presenting another person's ideas or words as your own without giving proper credit to the original source. The document defines plagiarism and provides examples such as turning in another's work as your own, copying words or ideas without attribution, failing to use quotation marks for direct quotes, and giving incorrect information about sources. Recent studies found that a high percentage of college students admit to cheating or plagiarizing at some point, and many believe plagiarists are not caught or punished.
Plagiarism involves presenting another's work as one's own without proper citation or credit. It includes copying words or ideas without attribution, failing to put quotations in quotation marks, and presenting someone else's work as original. Studies show that plagiarism is common, with around 80% of college students admitting to cheating and 36% admitting to plagiarism specifically. Many students also believe plagiarists are unlikely to face consequences.
The document provides information for students on academic conduct policies including definitions of academic dishonesty like cheating and plagiarism. It lists potential actions that can be taken for student misconduct such as verbal warnings, requiring a retake or rewrite, failing an assignment or course, or referral for suspension. The document also covers categories of students with disabilities and examples of accommodations available to support them. Finally, it defines plagiarism and cites studies finding high rates of cheating and plagiarism among college students.
This document provides instructions for students to submit an assignment through Blackboard in 8 steps: 1) Log into Blackboard, 2) Enter the course, 3) Click on Assignments, 4) Select the assignment to submit, 5) Click "Browse My Computer" to upload the file, 6) Select the file to upload, 7) Click submit, and 8) Wait for the file to upload. It recaps the steps in a list and notes that uploading may take a few minutes.
The document compares data on online students from a college to national data. It shows that at the college, the majority of online students are female, over 30 years old, attend part-time, and are seeking their Associate of Arts degree. The national data suggests a similar profile but with some differences in age groupings that make direct comparisons difficult. Interpreting the data requires caution due to limitations in sample sizes and variability.
Florida State College at Jacksonville aims to provide affordable and relevant education programs to enhance student lives and local economic development. Its Open Campus furthers this mission by using new technologies to offer flexible, affordable access to quality programs and support that meet the needs of the global community.