The Anatomy of a Course Site
If you are creating your first course site, we recommend you spend some time looking at other course sites to give yourself some good ideas for your own site.
When you look through these examples, you will notice that most course sites contain some form of output from the instructor, hyper-text throughput, and opportunities for input from the student. For example:
Output from the instructor
- Overview of the course
- Course syllabus
- Office hour information
- Handouts
- Lecture notes / Outlines
- Slides / Overheads
- Homework assignments
- Project information
- Model papers
- Study questions
- Practice tests
- Simulations
- Instructor bio (background, research interests, personal information)
- GTF bios (background, research interests, personal information)
Hyper-text Throughput
- Links to relevant current event pages
- Links to other course-related websites
- Links to general resources (e.g., library, writing assistance, tutors, computing resources, other student support services, etc.)
- Links to student e-mail addresses (with their permission)
- Link to class discussion group or live chat
Input from the Students
- Course feedback
- Questions to the instructor or GTFs
- Content-specific surveys
- Discussion questions for class
Address questions or comments about TEP or this site to:
Georgeanne Cooper, Program Director, 64 PLC
Phone: 541-346-2177 Fax: 541-346-2184
Teaching Effectiveness Program, Teaching and Learning Center, University of Oregon.
Last Modified:
07/07/09