I.1 Navigational instructions make the organization of the course easy to understand.

● REQUIRED STANDARD

Expectations

• 1. This should be found in the introduction to the course. An effective way to drive the students to this is to label an icon on your D2L course's homepage with something to the extent of "Start Here," or "Read Me First."

  2. In this introduction, you should simply outline where things are in your course. For example, tell the students that if they want to check their grades, they should click on the "Resources --> Grades" link.

  3. Instructions provide a general course overview, guide the new student to explore the course website, and indicate what to do first, rather than list detailed navigational instructions for the whole course. It's a good idea to provide some of the same information in the syllabus.

Examples

• • A course tour, describing the major features of the course.

  • A FAQ (frequently asked questions) discussing things your students are most likely to want/need/use:

    • Where do I check my grades?

    • Where is the syllabus?

    • etc.

  • Populating the Getting Started widget in your Desire2Learn shell, with all of the following:

    • a welcome/introduction letter

    • syllabus

    • course navigation instructions

    • an instructor bio/CV

    • reference to student support documents or services

  • A scavenger hunt or syllabus quiz as one a first assignments, which would ask students to reiterate where items are located in your course. This may be graded or un-graded.

References:

• • QM FIPSE rubric I.1