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Welcome!

Please comment, ask questions at any time! During this session…

FirstClass FirstClass (FRED, LearnLink) is an online collaborative learning/communications environment. one of 3 main LMSs at Mohawk, 2 at McMaster

What is it? F - FirstClass R - Remote E - Education D – Delivery It is an LMS/communication platform uniquely suited to support both blended and distance ed course delivery.

What it does… Enables Facilitates Promotes Maintains …virtual teaching and learning communities.

Who Over 6,000 active users 12 Programs and departments +180 Courses 4 campuses (Brantford, Stoney Creek, IAHS and Fennell)

How You can use FirstClass at many different levels to create your Virtual Classroom , messaging, chatting, calendaring, file sharing, voice messaging announcement posting assignment posting conferencing and group work assignment submissions resource sharing content sharing, link sharing posting marks group scheduling web publishing web interface

Where Lets Go! Brantford Stoney Creek IAHS - LearnLink

Conclusions Start small and integrate features and content as you need to Keep it simple and then grow into it The ‘look’ matters, pay attention to small details Review the draft template to assist in developing the initial structure Make its use mandatory Arrange for a student orientation Teach from FirstClass Encourage students to help each other and promote discussion and course interactivity Continue to ask and learn about new features and improved course delivery.

Where to go for Help Workshops IAR Learning Technologies course Course Development Support Andrew Connery – FirstClass System Administrator Pat Anderchek- Faculty Liaison Student and Tool Support -Angie Penev, Help Desk

Questions?

Thanks… Jan Olson, Robert Deeks and Darlene Saratsiotis for their willingness to share their First year on FirstClass Presentation: Content: Andrew Connery & Pat Anderchek

structure elements Q and A forum Q and A archive Resources folder (ppt files, documents, links, spreadsheets, etc.) Group Chat Chat archive folder Submissions folder (places to post assignments) General Information folder (course outline, schedule, evaluation instruments) Group Calendar Place for your Content (organized by Module, or Week, or Assignment…)