Distance Learning

Online Course Design Help

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• Montana University System Online
• Are my students ready to learn online?
• Montana Tech Syllabus Guidelines [PDF]
• Rapid Online Course Design [PDF]
• Steps to Design Online Course (SUNY) [PDF]

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Course Quality

• Quality Matters
• Accessibility

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Use of Forums

• Tips for overcoming Online Discussion Board Challenges

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Rubrics

• RubiStar - Free tool to create rubrics

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Learning Repositories

• Merlot - Mulitmedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
• Hippocampus - Homework and Study Help

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Academic Integrity

How can I try to prevent cheating in my online class?

• Best Practice Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity in Online Education
• Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education
• Writing Multiple Choice Items which Require Comprehension

What is considered Academic Dishonesty at Montana Tech?

• Refer to the Academic Dishonesty policy in the Montana Tech Student Handbook [PDF]

What do I do if I discover instances of academic dishonesty?

All cases need to be reported to the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs: Provost Doug Abbott, MG 301, or call 406.496.4127.

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Copyright

• U.S. Copyright Office
• The Copyright and Fair Use Web Site of the Stanford University Libraries
• Creative Commons
• Copyright Crash Course - University of Texas Libraries
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Intellectual Property Law Issues in Legal and Academic Writing (Professor Eve Rosenbam)

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism.org
• Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab
• WriteCheck