Now that you have seen what other people did in creating their units, is there anything that you might do differently if you were to redesign your own unit?
I'm not sure Ning was the best platform for our Introduction to 2D Design course. It is really meant as a social networking site so it lacks many of the features that a course management system has such as an assignments tab or a calendar. It also doesn't have a main/homepage that everyone lands on. Kristin and I ended up using the blog post feature to add our assignments which added a level of complication in that we had to change the posting date/time to make everything appear in the correct order. I do think, that for an art course, Ning's options for themes were great. Our site is very visual and the colors, layout, and the banner art reflect this. But the regular Ning is really not designed for education.
If I were to do it again, I think I would spend a little more time exploring different learning platforms earlier in the project...ones that could really support an art course. It looked like Canvas/Instructure, one that I hadn't heard of until I saw Donna and Sarah's curriculum, has potential. I'm sure there are other platforms available that really lend themselves to a course that is mostly visual.
I'm not sure Ning was the best platform for our Introduction to 2D Design course. It is really meant as a social networking site so it lacks many of the features that a course management system has such as an assignments tab or a calendar. It also doesn't have a main/homepage that everyone lands on. Kristin and I ended up using the blog post feature to add our assignments which added a level of complication in that we had to change the posting date/time to make everything appear in the correct order. I do think, that for an art course, Ning's options for themes were great. Our site is very visual and the colors, layout, and the banner art reflect this. But the regular Ning is really not designed for education.
If I were to do it again, I think I would spend a little more time exploring different learning platforms earlier in the project...ones that could really support an art course. It looked like Canvas/Instructure, one that I hadn't heard of until I saw Donna and Sarah's curriculum, has potential. I'm sure there are other platforms available that really lend themselves to a course that is mostly visual.
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