About
Accessibility Information
Visit About Accessibility for information about accessibility accommodations included in the design of this site.
Content Acknowledgements:
- Web Research content
Adapted from Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML, 4th Edition.
- Files and Folders content
Adapted from Web Development Foundations Using XHTML, 2nd Edition.
- Learning Styles Survey
Adapted from material created by the Harper College Department of Instructional Technology
Used with permission of Richard M. Felder, North Carolina State University
- Successful Online Students content
Adapted from http://www.howardcc.edu/academics/distance_learning/faq/rightfor.html and http://www.studyanywhere.txstate.edu/edl_tips_for_success_online
- Some tutorial content is adapted from material created by the Harper College Department of Instructional Technology.
- Thank you to students in WEB 150 (formerly CIS 119) and WEB 240 (formerly CIS 218) for sharing their stories and advice for new online students.
Software Used:
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Web site design and development - Adobe Fireworks CS3
Graphic design and graphic editing - Hemera's 50,000 Photo Collection
Broderbund's Clip Art Professional
Royalty-free photographic images - Microsoft Clip-Art
Royalty-free images - Techsmith Camtasia Studio (Version 5)
Multimedia tutorial design and editing - Hyperionics HyperSnap-DW
Static Screen Capture - Microsoft Office Word 2007
Text Tutorials - Adobe Acrobat
PDF creation
Audio:
- Voice narration by Terry Morris and Karen Felke
- Extraneous dog sounds by Sparky
Background:
- Fall 2004
Terry Morris, 2004-2005 DoIT Faculty Coordinator, and Sarah Stark, DoIT Director, collaborated to create a Blackboard course site: the Student Distance Learning Tutorial.
- Fall 2006
The Harper College Department of Instructional Technology awarded Terry Morris a Faculty Fellowship in Fall 2006 to create a web-based and enhanced version of the materials in the original Student Distance Learning Tutorial, now renamed the Distance Learning Orientation. - Spring 2008
Terry Morris completed a project to update the web site to increase support of accessibility and to comply with the Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act. Revised the Student Success Story Video to provide for optional closed captioning. Updates for new learning management system tutorials are planned for completion after a decision is made about the chosen application. - Fall 2008
Terry Morris updated login, password, and e-mail information due to new student portal, new student e-mail, and new Blackboard student usernames. - Spring 2009
Terry Morris updated the video tutorials and added a section for the Blackboard Messages feature.
For information on the development of this Web site and multimedia tutorials,
contact Terry Morris at Harper College: tmorris@harpercollege.edu.