Welcome

Welcome to (Name of Course)

(welcome video)

Create your own course orientation video Links to an external site. and embed the video here if you choose.  In this short video, you might: 

  • welcome students
  • introduce yourself
  • introduce the course
  • give a tour of how to navigate the course
  • and tell students what to do the first week.

An orientation module is essential to helping your students get off to the right start and succeed in your course.  The orientation module here is largely a breakdown of the syllabus.  The module consists of important components that students need for course success.  To ensure that students read and understand each component of the orientation module, you may consider creating requirements for the orientation module module and/or an orientation quiz (here are some example orientation and syllabus quizzes).  There is an example orientation quiz in this starter kit. 

 

Course Purpose and Overview

In this course, we will be exploring the ways in which... 

The purpose of this course is to [ADD A PURPOSE STATEMENT]

Prerequisites: [delete if none]

Course Description: [ADD]

The instructional methods and types of activities used in this course include: [ADD]

[E.G. DISCUSSIONS, GROUP ACTIVITIES, WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS, WEB-BASED INTERACTIONS] 

 

Course Learning Outcomes

See the Course Intended Outcomes Links to an external site. site for your required course outcomes to include in your syllabus and/or here.

 

Course Syllabus

Please review the syllabus, if you have not already.

 

How to Complete the Course Orientation

  1. Learn | Go through all the information in the Orientation module. Many of the pages include important links to resources in support of your success in this course. Remember to check out this information.
  2. Review | Give the syllabus and orientation information another look to prepare for any required orientation activities.
  3. Complete | Once you completed the required orientation activities, you're ready to start the course! Go on to the next course module!

To continue the Orientation, click the "Next" navigational button at the bottom of this page or select "Modules" in the course navigation menu.