Session 1: Today the research papers and presentations are due. Please review the requirements listed on week 2. After your presentations we will discuss the direction and features for our E-Learning Web Application Development Project. This project will be delivered in a workshop style through demos during lab time. The goal is to build a functional system with a small subset of tools and features that can be completed by the end of week 10.

In regard to the Instructional Video Production assignment, consider looking for resources that will help you produce instructional video. Here’s an article I found that covers preparation and best-practices:

White Paper – Producing an Educational Video

Also:

HYBRID PEDAGOGY: A Digital Journal of Learning, Teaching, and Technology

Session 2: The rest of the day we will start to work on the design documents for the E-Learning Web Application Development Project. We will be building a simple system for instructors to create projects for students and for students to submit their work for evaluation.

When starting from the ground up building a content management system of any sort, often the best place to start is with the database schema. Before a building is erected scaffolding must be in place. The same is true of CMS, LMS, and many other kinds of applications. Here’s a list of database tables / columns that we will need: