This semester I asked students when they did their self introduction to include a best practice for Web courses that they saw in other courses, had heard about or just what they would like to see me do.
In my 2 Web courses the most often cited item was prompt feedback.
Several students mentioned other courses where they waited up to 2 weeks for an answer to a question.
Several more mentioned that they had to submit a second assignment before the teacher had graded the first one and so were unsure how they would do.
Many cited hating a course with multiple graded events spread out through each week. Especially when the teacher only grades once a week or less often. They prefer all graded events due on one day.
Others liked the fact that they could access all the different tools many ways in my courses.
For examples they can get to quizzes and tests by going to Assessments, the course calendar, or through learning modules. Some mentioned courses where the teacher forced students to navigate to certain things certain ways.
Others mentioned they like it when they have access to the whole course immediately. They explained that in some courses they have to wait each week to see what they will do the next week because it is only available one week at a time. They did not know if the teacher was building the course or if the teacher just wanted the student to only see part of it.
So give it a try...force your students to provide a best practice and see what you can learn about making your course better.
John
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