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Why should I use SmartSite?
Some general reasons for using SmartSite include:
- Communicating with students, TAs and colleagues
- Encouraging collaboration and communication among students
- Promoting independent and self-paced learning
- Assessment, evaluation and feedback
- Collecting, grading and returning assignments
- Sharing resources with students, TAs and colleagues
- Automating processes and reducing paperwork
- Sharing and organizing classroom presentations
Which tools are right for me?
One of the strengths of SmartSite is the variety of tools available to instructors. This can seem , but this can also be a bit overwhelming at first, but the number of . The tools you use will depend on factors tangibles such as teaching style, class size, format and subject as well as intangibles like your teaching style and comfort with technology. Course sites Sites are scalable and can have different sets of tools to meet for a course or project's particular needs.
Which tools do your recommend?
We recommend familiarizing yourself with the following tools and picking one or two general areas to focus on. reasons for using a site and then find a set of tools to match.
Some general reasons for using SmartSite include:
- Communicating with students, TAs and colleagues
- Use Chat during your office hours to answer students' questions or in the evening so your TAs can ask questions when grading papers
- Use the Mail Tool to send notes to groups of students
- Encouraging collaboration and communication among students
- Create a wiki with your courses' key terms and concepts and have students collectively create a detailed definition
- Promoting independent and self-paced learning
- Assessment, evaluation and feedback
- Collecting, grading and returning assignments
- Sharing resources with students, TAs and colleagues
- Automating processes and reducing paperwork
- Sharing and organizing classroom presentations
For instance, if you'd like to distribute your course materials electronically and improve communication with your students, try using the Resource tool to store and share store your materials and hold online the Chat tool to talk with students during your office hours Chat.
Resources
Assignments
Mail Tool
Chat
Site Info
How do I create a SmartSite?
Please visit smartsite.ucdavis.edu to learn how to create your sites.
Where do I get help?
Is there training available?
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