Organizing your online course for maximum effect
Janie Sullivan

If you are going to deliver a course online, it helps to have a plan in place for organizing that course so both you and your students have the best possible experience. You will need to explore ways to present the class format, content, syllabus, time line, use of technology, assessments, and evaluations. This article will help you put together a comprehensive organization plan for any online course, making the delivery of that course as smooth as possible.

Link: http://www.examiner.com/x-19260-Phoenix-Online-Lea…

bFree is a free java-based tool for Blackboard™, created by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which can be used to open a course archive file and display an outline of the course. It can also preview and extract individual content items, or extract any or all content as an independent web site that mimics the original Blackboard™ course.

Link: http://its.unc.edu/tl/tli/bFree/index.php

Zamzar is an online tool that converts files between different formats without the need to install anything. This includes documents, images, music, video, compressed archives, and even files on the web. See their page on conversion types for a full list on the possible conversions.

Link: http://www.zamzar.com