1. 6/17/2011 1 Roll Out Your Welcome Mat Hold a Course Open House Heather Zink Health Sciences Instructor Rasmussen College Online heather.zink@rasmussen.edu (email) twitter.com/zinkpath (twitter) facebook.com/heatherzink.at.rasonline (facebook) download slides: slideshare.net/heatherzink

2. Session Objectives By the end of this session, you should be able to Evaluate strategies for holding an online course open house Discuss suggestions on what to include in the live session Deliver the session using Wimba Live Classroom

3. The logistics

4. WHO: Invite your students Include all sections of the same course in one session Saves time, enhances collaborative nature of online Remember the rule of 3 Choose your favorite communication method x3! Announcement Course email EyeJot Twitter Discussion post

5. WHERE: Wimba Live Classroom Ease of use – you’re here right now! Location – it’s in the course Familiarity – students are attending more sessions every quarter Support – the PSC is your ‘one stop shop’ for support!

6. WHEN: Week 1 of the quarter Evenings Weekends Course poll

7. WHAT to include in the session Course layout Contact information Office hours Communication style

8. Welcome to the M120 Open House Heather Zink

9. Can you hear me? If yes, please select the button If no, please select the button for assistance To dial-in for audio by phone(201) 549-7592 this is not a toll-free numberPIN:click the blue phone icon in the menu bar for your individual pin. For technical support, please call toll free (866) 693-2211

10. General Guidelines Raise hand to ask a questionor ask via text chat Please only click when asked to volunteer

11. Agenda 7:00 Welcome & Introductions 7:10 Discuss the layout of the course. 7:25 Review Module 01 Lesson. Get your questions ready! 7:35 What are your concerns? 7:45 Next steps 7:50 Adjourn

12. “Invite” them in Have a video playing when students arrive Upload to “Default Content Area” in Wimba Administration area Great every participant in the chat window as they arrive Prepare several ice-breakers to get the students talking Where are you in the world? And how long have you been with Rasmussen? Where is one place you've always wanted to visit?

13. Where Are You Connecting From?

14. The Syllabus Course objectives, textbook, library resources, student expectations, assignments, grading criteria and grading scale

15. You can expect me to… Respond to all email inquiries within 48 hours of receipt at the latest. Provide a live class every week further discussing course content, as well as Open Office Hours. Final Exam Review in Week 10 Actively facilitate class discussions. Upload new content to the GCQ Blog, as well as new podcasts, at the start of each week. Provide weekly announcements, including reminders for class sessions and notes about updates to the course. Bother you when your grade falls below a 75%

16. Course Page

17. Always check the Calendar

18. Find more detailed info here

19. I will use this to ‘Communicate’ with you

20. GCQ Blog (aka General Course Questions forum)

21. You have so many additional resources available to help you succeed!

22. Now what?A plan for success! Make a plan for the week using the Study Guide Ask questions at the start of the week Subscribe to the GCQ blog Login to the course regularly (several times per week) Come to class PRACTICE PRACTICEPRACTICE!

23. Things to remember Use screenshots, functions better than screensharing Set the “sunglasses” to Student View Interact with the students Offer tips for success

24. Let’s recap!

25. Questions??