Credit: Three semester hours
Time: 7:00-9:30 PM Wednesday
Location: Satterlee 300
Purpose: Students in this course select an appropriate topic, and create an instructional project. This course serves as a opportunity for students to apply an instructional design model to the development of an instructional project. Students in this course will work individually to complete their instructional project.
Requirements:
Design Plan: By the 3rd week of classes, the students must have a submitted and approved design plan that outlines the development process from start to finish. Elements of this plan in include resources required, a timeline, and which instructional design model(s) will be followed.
Weekly Journal: Each week students are required to submit via e-mail a journal outlining what has been accomplished in that week. This includes production updates as well as any design changes.
Usuability Plan: Mid-semester each student must submit a usability plan (including usability instruments).
Usability Report: A report of the usability findings and how they will be incorporated in to the redesign of the project is due within two weeks of the completion of the usability testing.
Production Report: At the end of the semester, a comprehensive report is to be submitted. This report outlines the analysis, design, development and production of the project. Plans for implemention, or a report of current implementation efforts is also required.
Final Project: The actual final project is also due at the end of the semester.
Attendance: Students must attend class on days in which assignments are due. Students must also report their progress in their journals on a weekly basis.
Plagiarism: This course adheres to the College's policy on academic honesty as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog. Plagiarism may lead to grade reduction, course failure, or expulsion from school.
Course Schedule: (subject to change as needed)
| Date: | Topic: |
| 9/1 | Introduction, outline of syllabus, outline of instructional development process and course requirements. |
| 9/8 | Draft of Design Plan due. |
| 9/15 | Design Plan must be approved by this date. |
| 9/22 | In class time for project development |
| 9/29 | In class time for project development |
| 10/6 | In class time for project development. Usability Plan draft due. |
| 10/13 | In class time for project development. |
| 10/20 | Usability Plan must be approved by this date. |
| 10/27 | Usability Testing |
| 11/3 | Usability Test Report Due. |
| 11/10 | In class time for project redesign/development. |
| 11/17 | In class time for project redesign/development. |
| 11/24 | In class time for project redesign/development. |
| 12/1 | Production Report Draft Due. |
| 12/8 | In class time for project development. |
| 12/15 | Final Production Report Due. |
Grading:
Design Plan - 50 points
Usability Plan - 50 points
Usability Report - 50 points
Production Report - 50 points
Weekly Journal - 50 points
Instructional Project - 50 points.
270-300 points 4.0
255-269 points 3.5
240-254 points 3.0
225-239 points 2.5
210-224 points 2.0
195-209 points 1.5
180-194 points 1.0
Office Information:
E-mail: betrusak@potsdam.edu
Office: Satterlee Hall 216
Phone: (315) 267-2670
Office Hours: M,W 12:45-1:45; T, TH 4:30-5:30 or by appointment.
This page created September 8, 1999. Last updated September 8, 1999.