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Activity 3: Blog Reflection for Week 6

Reflect on the following items:
You have begun putting together your full course. What has gone well? What has challenged you? What feedback have you received? What feedback have you given? What have you learned from the process of developing instruction in an LMS?
I started putting my course together in week 5 as I am trying not to procrastinate in this class because from week 7 on, I will need to rely on my time management skills.  I am so used to the Blackboard environment so there has been a learning curve as far understanding the structure of Canvas.  I am still not sure how some things work in Canvas but I think I am learning a lot through the development of my course.  For me, there is nothing better than hands-on learning.  The one area I’ve had difficulty with is placing links.  Canvas doesn’t allow for the use of some links and I find that a bit annoying.  The workaround has been for me to create a content page and then enter the link in the text area in the content page. 

I started with the creation of the assignments.  I really like this feature in Canvas as it allows to group assignments together in a chronological order, is a super handy tool.  What I like is that Canvas allows lets you create the structure of the assignment without having to enter all the information right then and there, like Blackboard.  I then went ahead and disabled the course menu items I won’t be needing.  Then finally this week, I spent three days creating my Getting Started module and my first four modules.  I still should go in and create a few more things and get going with my first quiz and add my learning objectives.  I am also working on finalizing my syllabus, although I wish I had my design document back to know what corrections need to be made. 

I have already contacted my partner and have added her as an instructor.  I was very happy with Rana’s review of my instructional design document in week 4 and I am very glad she agreed to work with me again.  I didn’t want to end up having to scramble again trying to find a partner.  I’m confident Rana is going to be very honest with her review and will point things out to me that I might not see. 


I have received some feedback from my instructor as far as the recommended items required for week 6.  I wasn’t sure how to place the theory, purpose, problems and goals and objectives within the design of the course.  The courses in which I have helped construct in the past, the faculty typically takes care of this and I typically see these items in the syllabus.  The only items I have seen outside the syllabus are the learning objectives, which I have seen posted in the weekly modules.  I’m still unsure how to do so but I’m hoping my partner will be able to provide me with some direction.  In all, I’m happy with my progress, particularly since I am keeping up with all the assignments.  

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