{"id":2707,"date":"2016-08-09T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2016-08-08T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T15:20:22","slug":"getting-ready-for-the-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2016\/08\/09\/getting-ready-for-the-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for the Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again. Summer is winding down and the first day of Fall classes is approaching\u2026 too fast. We\u2019ve gathered together some past posts and links to tutorials to make your prep easier and your myLesley course awesome.
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Getting Your Content into Your Fall Course
\n<\/b>The first step is to get your content into your upcoming myLesley course site. If you\u2019ve taught the course before using myLesley, there\u2019s no reason to recreate all that content from scratch. Just copy it. Review the <\/span>directions for copying myLesley courses<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>request a course copy<\/span><\/a> from eLIS. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once your content has been copied over, you will need to make a few updates for the current semester, such as updating your syllabus and updating all those dates. You can easily update your syllabus and all the links to it throughout the course in one easy step. <\/span>Review Updating Your Syllabus in myLesley<\/span><\/a> to learn how. <\/span><\/p>\n

Did you use the calendar tool, release dates, or due dates in your myLesley course? Think going through and manually updating them all is going to be a major task? Think again. Use the <\/span>Date Management<\/span><\/a> tool and update them all on one page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out <\/span>Adding Content to Your myLesley Course<\/span><\/a> to update or create new content items. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Communicating with Your Students
\n<\/b>Now that your course content is ready go, it\u2019s time to welcome your students. If you use <\/span>Announcements<\/span><\/a> or the <\/span>Send Email<\/span><\/a> tool in myLesley, you don\u2019t even need to know their email addresses. Communicate with everyone in the course at once. <\/span><\/p>\n

Take the normal text announcement or email up a notch and post a video announcement to introduce yourself and the course. <\/span>Kaltura Media<\/span><\/a> is built right into the text editor and will allow you to quickly and easily record a video message to your students using your webcam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Few Tips
\n<\/b>To help you get ready for the upcoming semester, we have a few tips from our instructional designers on what to do <\/span>before your course begins<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>first week of your online course<\/span><\/a>, and how to manage those busy <\/span>online discussions<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget about our support site at <\/span>support.lesley.edu<\/span><\/a>. We have a slew of tutorials and information from both eLIS and IT. If you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for, submit a ticket and someone will follow up to help. <\/span><\/p>\n

Have a great semester. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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