6. Activities and Resources

The core elements of the Virtual Classrooms are the activities and resources. These are added by the facilitators or the classroom assistants. If it is an activity, you will be instructed what to do in response. Resources are generally materials that can be downloaded or links to external materials.

Common activities are:

Assignments – Enable participants to upload files on which the facilitators can give comments.

Feedback – Allows the facilitators to collect feedback, such as for evaluations.

Forum – Allows participants to have asynchronous discussions.

Workshop – Another way for submitting assignments that allows for peer assessment.

Common resources are:

File – A picture, a pdf document, a spreadsheet, a sound file, a video file.

Folder – Contains several files/documents.

Page – The participant sees a single, scrollable screen that a facilitator or class assistant creates. This is where embedded recorded videos of previous classes can be found.

URL –Any place that can be reached through a web browser, for example, Wikipedia.