Read the following sections together with the template and example profiles
to help you create a document with consistent formatting and tone.
The profiles will be served on the WWW through the Registrar's web site.
Therefore, the final format of the document must be HTML, and certain links
must be functional before the page is placed in the proper directory. After
the document is completed, please TEST THE PAGE before submitting it to
ensure that it is formatted properly and all links are functioning.
| Section Rationale |
Instructions for Creating Section |
| Opening Caption: The purpose of the caption is to quickly
provide the reader with the gist of the course. |
Create a brief 1-2 line sentence which captures the reader's interest. |
| The Calendar Description link allows quick access to the
official course description contained in the Calendar pages. |
To create this link, you must know the proper URL to the calendar course
description.
address for undergrad calendar descriptions:
www.uoguelph.ca/undergrad_calendar/cxx-xxx.htm |
| Course Goals: What you will learn... This section
contains the learning objectives. The title emphasizes the student-centred
nature of the document. The objectives should define course content in a
manner which allows students to clearly see where the course will take them,
and assess the compatibility of these objectives with their own academic
goals. |
Each learning objective should be a separate bullet point.
Please see the Writing Course Objectives
document for more suggestions. |
Course Structure: How you will learn... As important
as the course goals or objectives are the methods by which the course will
engage students in learning. This section outlines the types of learning
activities used in the course, as well as how they will be used, including
the role they play in evaluation.
Within the various learning activities, the role of the student should
also be described. In other words, the section helps answer the question
on most students' minds: what do I have to do to do well in this course?
What is expected of me for lectures, seminars, projects, etc? By framing
the activities in this manner, the profile not only tells students the types
of learning activities to expect, but also their responsibilities in those
activities as well. |
Create a table, with a row for each type of activity typically used in
your course. Select the column headers most appropriate to your situation.
In order to retain latitude, faculty may use wording such as: "The
instructor will choose from the following possible topics..".
For evaluation of activities, rather than specific grading percentages,
instructors could describe activities as carrying the "largest weighting,"
or that marks are "evenly distributed among all activities."
For the purposes of this profile, professors teaching the same course
could focus on the commonalities amongst their course structures and footnote
any differences underneath, if necessary. |
| Planning Your Program Designed to give students a sense
of where the course "fits" (what comes before and after this course)
in terms of the associated program, the student's course of study, and his/her
overall university experience. It also hopes to addresses some of the most
common concerns of students by informing them of which requirements this
course fulfills, and general advice as to who should take the course, helping
them make a more informed decision in course selection and overall program
planning. |
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| Previous Course Work The rationale for this section was
to allow students more insight into the type of work which was done by students
in the past to help establish if the course was a match for both their learning
style and their interests. These could be text files, or scans. |
The Previous Course Work is an hyperlink option that would take
the person to a page where they could view a list of previous assignments.
Assignments exiting in text format could be easily transformed to reside
on the web. Other more visual assignments could be scanned and available
also. |
Prerequisites can also include ideas, attitudes, levels
of interest, etc. which the instructor believes are appropriate for entry
into the course.
Co-requisites & Concurrent Courses These course numbers
can be pulled directly from the calendar if not already in the profile.
Opportunities Created is an optional area intended to
point out to the student not only what other courses this one makes accessible,
but also career areas which recommend/require particular knowledge, skills
sets, and experiences which the course provides.
Requirements Fulfilled What requirements does this course
fulfill from a departmental/program area perspective?
Who should take this course? This optional area can be
used to convey information about importance of the course for future study
["anyone who wants to study this area later on should..."], the
intended audience for the course ["this course is meant for students
enrolled in..."], the interest/ability levels of persons [ "this
is a general interest course for anyone who..."] |
Type in the appropriate course numbers for the prerequisites,
etc. These can be found in the undergraduate calendar. The course numbers
should be hyper-linked to the appropriate calendar description.
address for undergrad calendar descriptions:
www.uoguelph.ca/undergrad_calendar/cxx-xxx.htm
Opportunities Created is a more subjective area which requires
reflection on the part of the person most familiar with the course content.
This information should come from someone familiar with the overall program
and course structure. |
| LINKS |
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The link to the course home page, if one exists, would provide the student
with further opportunity to view course content, assignments, etc. To link
back from the home page to the course profile, use the correct URL.
Links could also be made to other course profiles. |
address for course profiles:
www.uoguelph.ca/regweb/cxx.xxx.htm
|
| Going to the department home page would provide information on faculty,
research interests, other projects within the department, related resources,
etc. |
Insert any relevant URLs here. |
