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==How to prepare a Rotisserie session== | ==How to prepare a Rotisserie session== | ||
This section provide guidance for instructors to prepare new Rotisserie sessions for new classes. | |||
While the self-taught course does not foresee live tutoring or moderation to answer to substantial copyright questions from the learners, the platforms are meant to ensure sustainable self-training and interactive discussion without administrative or technical intervention during the session. However, if desirable, an administrator can modify the Rotisserie deadlines or add more rounds, for instance if one question raises a very interesting discussion that deserves to be continued by more comments. | |||
'''Creating an account:''' | '''Creating an account:''' | ||
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2.Click on the link “Register now”; | 2.Click on the link “Register now”; | ||
3.Fill in the form with your personal information or with information about your institution; | 3.Fill in the form with your personal information as an instructor or with information about your institution; | ||
4.After filling in the form, select the “Register” button; | 4.After filling in the form, select the “Register” button; | ||
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5.Read the “General Registration License”and select the button “I accept the policy”; | 5.Read the “General Registration License”and select the button “I accept the policy”; | ||
6. | 6.Open another window to check your email and read the “Registration Confirmation Email” message sent to the email address that you typed into the form; | ||
7.Using the “Confirmation Key” from you email, type in your new password and select the button “Activate Password”; | 7.Using the “Confirmation Key” from you email, type in your new password and select the button “Activate Password”; | ||
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'''Filling in the [http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/index.jsp Rotisserie]and setting up the questions''' | '''Filling in the [http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/index.jsp Rotisserie]and setting up the questions''' | ||
1.The [http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/index.jsp Rotisserie] offers | 1.The [http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/index.jsp Rotisserie] offers many options: project home, syllabus, reading, resources, rotisserie discussions, message boards, and manage project. | ||
2.Select each of these topics and click on the Edit links to fill in each page according to what you intend to | 2.Select each of these topics and click on the Edit links to fill in each page according to what you intend to indicate in your project page. | ||
3.To set up the questions for your course, select “Rotisserie Discussions” and, then, “Add a Rotisserie Discussion”. | 3.To set up the questions for your course, select “Rotisserie Discussions” and, then, “Add a Rotisserie Discussion”. | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 1 September 2008
How to prepare a Rotisserie session
This section provide guidance for instructors to prepare new Rotisserie sessions for new classes.
While the self-taught course does not foresee live tutoring or moderation to answer to substantial copyright questions from the learners, the platforms are meant to ensure sustainable self-training and interactive discussion without administrative or technical intervention during the session. However, if desirable, an administrator can modify the Rotisserie deadlines or add more rounds, for instance if one question raises a very interesting discussion that deserves to be continued by more comments.
Creating an account:
1.Go to the Rotisserie website;
2.Click on the link “Register now”;
3.Fill in the form with your personal information as an instructor or with information about your institution;
4.After filling in the form, select the “Register” button;
5.Read the “General Registration License”and select the button “I accept the policy”;
6.Open another window to check your email and read the “Registration Confirmation Email” message sent to the email address that you typed into the form;
7.Using the “Confirmation Key” from you email, type in your new password and select the button “Activate Password”;
8.You are logged in and all set to start creating your own Rotisserie. All you got to do is start preparing the questions and organizing the dates when these questions will be sent to your students.
Creating a project
1.After having created your account in the Rotisserie, go to the Overview page and select the “Create a project” link;
2.Fill in the form with the project's name, the starting and ending dates, the registration deadline, affiliation and keywords. After having written your project's description and settled your preferences in the project's options section, select the button create a project.
3.Go through the Project Licence Agreement and answer if you agree or not with the terms presented to you;
4.After having prepared your project, it is time to fill in the available sections on the Rotisserie;
Filling in the Rotisserieand setting up the questions
1.The Rotisserie offers many options: project home, syllabus, reading, resources, rotisserie discussions, message boards, and manage project.
2.Select each of these topics and click on the Edit links to fill in each page according to what you intend to indicate in your project page.
3.To set up the questions for your course, select “Rotisserie Discussions” and, then, “Add a Rotisserie Discussion”.
4.Fill in the options available in the "Create Rotisserie" section, and create as many rounds of discussions as you want.
5.To select the response type, the type of routing and/or to add a poll for each round, select “Manage”
6.When setting up the schedule for the beginning of the Rotisserie, be aware that once the Rotisserie starts, there is no gap between each round. Whenever a round ends (according to the selected due dates), the next round will begin, launching a new question to the participants e-mails.
7.After having the Rotisserieorganized, select “Create Rotisserie”.
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