Talk:Understanding Online Safety

Review of your work -- Todd Lewis 14:13, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

Jay,

I like that your introductory page is clean, uncluttered and brief. I allows first time users to feel comfortable, not get lost, and get an idea about your background without being scared off on first site because of complicated terms or clutter.

Your portfolio page is also well organized and designed. The only thing I would take a second look at is the “units” portion. While the units themselves look great and are easy to read, when I first open you portfolio page I was a little confused or more like overwhelmed by the “Contents” navigational box located at the top of the page. When you first look at this box you notice the long list of items in the units section. It might be a little less cluttered if you remove the 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 and so on; items from this box. Just listing the Units titles one after another allows the students to navigate quickly down to the section where they can see the target objectives and activities and removes about 8 lines from the “Contents” navigation box at the top of the page. This is just a thought as there is a lot of content on this page.

I liked your course introduction and overview; they were to the point and descriptive. Your audience is clearly designed as “college-level instructors who utilize computers.” Your curriculum mapping is a little different from mine, but I do like the fact that the student can quickly scroll through it and see each units and its expectations, good job.

In unit one I really liked your lecture notes and presentation slide, especially the slide with the image on it. One thing I would attempt to do is include as many images as seems appropriate as students, especially those with little computer background, find them very useful. I also liked your quiz, it offers you a way to assess student learning. The one thing you may want to consider is putting a link at the bottom of each unit to the next unit so students don’t have to go back a page first.

I also like the fact the each of the units is similar in layout. Consistancy helps to keep students feeling secure and from getting lost or confused with what they should be doing. Overall, things seem to be looking good.

Have a nice weekend.

Todd