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4.3. Customizing Your Course
Master Course Model
TN eCampus works from a Master course model where a single course is developed and then copied into sections each semester, and taught by instructors from the TBR campuses. Your development work will be completed in a Development Copy (DC). Once the (re)development project is complete, the Development Copy will be renamed as a Master Copy (MC). The Master Copy is never taught from, nor does it ever carry any enrollments. All sectional copies (R50, R51, R52, etc) are copied from the Master Copy, but the content is NEVER copied from the sectional copies back to a Master Copy. Once the course is approved after the Final Review, it is listed on the website and in the campus registration systems.
Customize a Course
- Instructors may ADD supplemental material to the course.
- Instructors may NOT remove any material from their course shells. The course developer determines the layout, the content, and the assessment strategy. If you have concerns about the design of your section, please confer directly with your course developer.
- Supplemental material added to the course must PROVIDE asynchronous and nongraded opportunities for enhanced teaching and learning. The students may not be required to be present for a live study session over Web conferencing software, for instance. (Also, it should be recorded and made available to students whose schedules do not allow their synchronous attendance.) Puzzles, games, discussions, projects, and simulations are all great ways to integrate learning in a low-risk, highly social context that supports student success.
- Instructors may NOT teach outside the D2L system or ADD inaccessible content. All instruction and correspondence with students must occur within the D2L system. Send emails through D2L to ensure all course content from the Web is linked in properly. You will be receiving accessibility training in this course as well as subsequent training. It's important that all content added to the course is ADA accessible.
Help to Maintain and Improve Courses
- Report any course content problems to the Course Developer.
- Personalize the Instructor Message, Instructor Information, and Course Home pages in their assigned section.
In the event a misspelling or grammatical error appears, instructors are asked to both report the error to the Course Developer and correct the error in their section immediately.