- Posted by maedstudent on April 20, 2008
More of what to expect in an online class
By now, you got a little teaser of what to expect in an online class, but let’s go back a step or two and talk about the computer environment for a minute.
Most online schools use some sort of newsgroups environment for the classes. A
newsgroup is an asynchronous environment where one can post information. The school that I will be talking about has four-sub folders that require postings either daily, or weekly, or some time during the week.
Chat room- this is self-explanatory. Basically, this newsgroup is used to display any information that is non-class related. The chat room is basically a place to get to know your worldly classmates. The student has read/write access to this folder.
Assignments write only folder- Generally, this is where one would send any classroom related assignments that only require feedback from the instructor and this is a write only folder meaning that the instructor is the only one with read and write access so as to retrieve and evaluate your assignments.
Group folder- In an online class there are depending on the school approximately 8-15 students’ between three to four groups each class. In the specific group folder one will posts ones assignment and reply to others postings related to group work and group projects. The student has read/write access to this folder.
Main folder- This is where the biographies are posted and anything that the student wants to share with the class about an experience that may be relevant to the current or past assignments, or other postings etc. Also, the ends of week discussion questions are usually posted here so as to generate discussion for future weeks. Lastly, all other assignments that require feedback would be posted here for other classmates to respond to. The student has read/write access to this folder.