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This document outlines common mistakes made by novice online teachers and provides suggestions for improvement. It identifies issues such as poor navigation, broken links, files that are too large to download quickly, a lack of varied teaching styles, and a failure to ensure content is accessible to all students. The goal is to help teachers avoid these pitfalls and create online courses that are well-organized, free of technical issues, engaging for different learner types, and accessible to all.

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Some common novice online teacher slips This is a picture of a monitor and mouse, the screen shows a teacher teaching
The class navigates easily Start Here Welcome. Try clicking the navigation buttons on the left. This course is about advanced math and it is important that you have the textbook Advanced Math for Online Teaching as soon as possible, and that you register for the Advanced Math podcast which you will find in external links. X If students follow the first instruction, they have left your page and may not see the important information which follows. Instructions should be at the end.
The class navigates easily X The navigation button in the picture says Discussion Board, but the instruction says Forum. Don't make students guess what you mean
The class navigates easily X In the picture the student clicks on Module 2 to find another link for Module 2 on an empty page. This is redundant clicking and poor navigation. Use “Add Item” rather than “Add Folder” to avoid this if you do not have many items.
The class navigates easily X The picture says “I am sorry but I can't find the instructions for the assignment”. Everything should be easy to find
All the technology works without fault X The picture shows an “image not found” sign. All pictures should download
All the technology works without fault The picture shows a “Page Not Found” message. All links should be current and correct X
All the technology works without fault It is poor style to refer to paper- based documents on the web. It looks as if the teacher has not fully converted teaching to the web. Everything should look as if it was created for the web, so .pdf or .htm are preferred X Read these files: 1.Resource1.doc 2.Resource2.rtf 3.Resource3.txt
All the indicated activities are implemented X The picture shows a “Folder Empty” message. All Navigation buttons which you have enabled should be implemented with activities. Any you do not use should be disabled
All text is easily readable Finally, notice the further reading section. It is optional for those who want to engage in wider reading. Some people will come already with established resources, others by temperament will want to focus deeply on the main textbook. But others learn best by exposure to lots of ideas coming from diverse perspectives. Some of the items you may get excited by, and some confused by - that is why it is a treasure chest/junk box. If it is treasure, hold on to it, if it is junk, forget it. X The image has white text on a yellow background. Contrast between background and body text color should be strong. Black on very light, white on very dark.
All text is easily readable X The image shows text in flowing script. Sans serif text is best for onscreen reading: Arial, tahoma, verdana, particularly on smaller devices X
All pictures, audio, video, presentations download quickly X Download and view this presentation: Mybigpowerpoint.ppt 1.7Gb Note the 1.7Gb size. Students do not usually wait longer than 30 seconds for a download. Depending on bandwidth, 1- 2Mb is good limit for speedy download.
No additional software is required, unless a link is provided Download and view this presentation: Mybigpowerpoint.pptx 0.7Mb X Can you assume that all students will have access to the latest version of Microsoft Office? If not sure, supply a link to free LibreOffice Download and view this movie: Mybigmovie.mov 0.7Mb Can you be sure that QuickTime is installed on all student devices? If not, supply a link to install it. X
Range of teaching styles appropriate to context Lesson 1 1. Check these links: ..//www.resources.com/link1.htm ..//www.resources.com/link2.htm ..//www.resources.com/link3.htm ..//www.resources.com/link4.htm 2. Now do this quiz: ..//www.resources.com/quiz1.htm X This lesson is too thin on range. Needs more elements than a few resources followed by a quiz. For example, a process that enables the resources to assimilated This lesson is too thin on teaching. See Module 2 on how to assist students in assimilating content.
Accessible to all students X OK for read-write learner  X OK for visual learner  X OK for learn-by-doing learner  X Alt tabs for all pictures  X OK for visual acuity challenged  X OK for projected reading level  X OK for low self-esteem  X OK for introverted 
So take on board some of these novice online teacher errors and take a step up to Competent

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Beginnerchecklist

  • 1. Some common novice online teacher slips This is a picture of a monitor and mouse, the screen shows a teacher teaching
  • 2. The class navigates easily Start Here Welcome. Try clicking the navigation buttons on the left. This course is about advanced math and it is important that you have the textbook Advanced Math for Online Teaching as soon as possible, and that you register for the Advanced Math podcast which you will find in external links. X If students follow the first instruction, they have left your page and may not see the important information which follows. Instructions should be at the end.
  • 3. The class navigates easily X The navigation button in the picture says Discussion Board, but the instruction says Forum. Don't make students guess what you mean
  • 4. The class navigates easily X In the picture the student clicks on Module 2 to find another link for Module 2 on an empty page. This is redundant clicking and poor navigation. Use “Add Item” rather than “Add Folder” to avoid this if you do not have many items.
  • 5. The class navigates easily X The picture says “I am sorry but I can't find the instructions for the assignment”. Everything should be easy to find
  • 6. All the technology works without fault X The picture shows an “image not found” sign. All pictures should download
  • 7. All the technology works without fault The picture shows a “Page Not Found” message. All links should be current and correct X
  • 8. All the technology works without fault It is poor style to refer to paper- based documents on the web. It looks as if the teacher has not fully converted teaching to the web. Everything should look as if it was created for the web, so .pdf or .htm are preferred X Read these files: 1.Resource1.doc 2.Resource2.rtf 3.Resource3.txt
  • 9. All the indicated activities are implemented X The picture shows a “Folder Empty” message. All Navigation buttons which you have enabled should be implemented with activities. Any you do not use should be disabled
  • 10. All text is easily readable Finally, notice the further reading section. It is optional for those who want to engage in wider reading. Some people will come already with established resources, others by temperament will want to focus deeply on the main textbook. But others learn best by exposure to lots of ideas coming from diverse perspectives. Some of the items you may get excited by, and some confused by - that is why it is a treasure chest/junk box. If it is treasure, hold on to it, if it is junk, forget it. X The image has white text on a yellow background. Contrast between background and body text color should be strong. Black on very light, white on very dark.
  • 11. All text is easily readable X The image shows text in flowing script. Sans serif text is best for onscreen reading: Arial, tahoma, verdana, particularly on smaller devices X
  • 12. All pictures, audio, video, presentations download quickly X Download and view this presentation: Mybigpowerpoint.ppt 1.7Gb Note the 1.7Gb size. Students do not usually wait longer than 30 seconds for a download. Depending on bandwidth, 1- 2Mb is good limit for speedy download.
  • 13. No additional software is required, unless a link is provided Download and view this presentation: Mybigpowerpoint.pptx 0.7Mb X Can you assume that all students will have access to the latest version of Microsoft Office? If not sure, supply a link to free LibreOffice Download and view this movie: Mybigmovie.mov 0.7Mb Can you be sure that QuickTime is installed on all student devices? If not, supply a link to install it. X
  • 14. Range of teaching styles appropriate to context Lesson 1 1. Check these links: ..//www.resources.com/link1.htm ..//www.resources.com/link2.htm ..//www.resources.com/link3.htm ..//www.resources.com/link4.htm 2. Now do this quiz: ..//www.resources.com/quiz1.htm X This lesson is too thin on range. Needs more elements than a few resources followed by a quiz. For example, a process that enables the resources to assimilated This lesson is too thin on teaching. See Module 2 on how to assist students in assimilating content.
  • 15. Accessible to all students X OK for read-write learner  X OK for visual learner  X OK for learn-by-doing learner  X Alt tabs for all pictures  X OK for visual acuity challenged  X OK for projected reading level  X OK for low self-esteem  X OK for introverted 
  • 16. So take on board some of these novice online teacher errors and take a step up to Competent