Method 2: Module for Each Class Session
The Scenario
In your course your students attend two lectures and a discussion or lab each week.
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To prepare for the first lecture you like your students to:
- 1) Read two journal articles
- 2) Watch an online video
- 3) take a short quiz about the video.
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To prepare for lecture 2 you'd like the students to:
- 1) Read an article with a dissenting view point
- 2) participate in an online discussion forum.
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To prepare for discussion/lab you'd like the students to do:
- 1) Download a problem set and work it
- 2) bring the problem set to lab.
A Module for Each Class Session
This is how the scenario outlined above would be set-up as a Module for each class session. To begin using this type of course organization click on the Modules link in your course.
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