so my course has started… 14 enrolled, so far there are 9 that have shown up. One has dropped
i am concerned about several things.
I am not confident that i know exactly how certain things in the course are going to work – the gradebook, the discusion ratings. I just discovered how to make a custom [...]

…quite excited to get the course started! Not everything is perfect yet. I am in Batavia in a hotel and can’t get moodle to load. not sure why. That could be problematic. Very exited though. I am really looking forward to seeing it all come together.
did i say i was excited?

some desicisions i’ve made:

6 modules = 12 weeks
an ice breaking module = 2 weeks prior to term start.
a course information area
a class community area
location of the panes – course info on the left. no choice about the center module/topic area. news announcements top right, participants, then calendar.

This order and locations on the moodle course homepage [...]

i discovered that there is no where to “hide” documents in moodle… i have been creating documents and organizing them in what i thought were “hidden” topic areas, so that i could hyperlink to documents from other documents so they could be displayed how, where and when i want them to only. BUT, that is [...]

First i created my course information documents and tried to get them laid out in a location on the moodle coursemap that makes sense. I am using the course summary pane for that. I am having to use things in ways i don’t think they intended to get this to look and feel like i [...]

so, i am reflecting… when faced with designing this course i had to consider several things:

how long the course will be
who the students will be
and what needs to be covered

1. The course is supposed to be 12 weeks long.
2. The course title is: Introduction to Online Teaching. so i have to make these assumptions [...]

The first time i started using moodle, i just jumped into it cold, no documentation , just pushed buttons.
I guess i am just observing myself and how i do things. I don’t read manuals, or like to use instructions. I like to learn by doing. I also like to be shown. I MUCH prefer someone [...]

An Introduction and Machinima about SL: http://www.silverandgoldie.com/linden_congress.htm
A presentation on SL and SUNY explaining what i hope to do in the future.
To get started you have to do 2 things:
1. Join: https://secure-web2.secondlife.com/join/
2. Download: http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php

Once you are in SL:

Take your time on getting oriented.
Don’t get hung up on your avatar’s appearance.
Explore and meet people. Ask questions.
Take [...]

cool… nervous… almost done, but not quite.
It doesn’t officially start till May 27th.
Still figuring out how students will get access. How they will create their shells. Working on their template… that is not working at the moment. And still working on rubrics.

http://edublogs.org/2008/05/05/open-mic-using-edublogs-with-your-students/