COL Documentation - FAQs (Faculty)

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can I have online students work on group projects?

A: Certainly, as long as the projects don't necessarily require students to all be in one place at the same time. The course management application COLWeb of Course OnLine offers collaboration tools such as e-mail, discussion forums, wikis, etc. that you can make available to your students. However, if you can't see how students living in different parts of the country would be able to complete the group project, then it may be a good idea to offer an alternative assignment to those students.

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Page Summary
The VIEW FAQS page displays all your uploaded FAQs for your currently active course (double-check TERM & COURSE SELECTOR). The FAQS OVERVIEW box on top contains a quick summary of how many FAQs you have posted so far and how many of them currently are unavailable to your students, because you set the AVAILABILITY DATE to a date in the future.

From this page you may >> Add, Edit Or Remove A FAQ

List Viewing Types:
You may change the way your FAQs are displayed by choosing between:

Flat List simply displays all your FAQs in chronological order. You can change the order as you like by clicking on any of the underlined column titles.
Grouped by Topic means, you will see your FAQs grouped together if they have the same topic. Each topic is grouped in an expandable and collapsible list. Topic groups with only a single item will appear expanded by default. Items with no topic assigned will also be grouped together.

Detailed Description of FAQs List Columns:
Some FAQs in the list may have the following icon prior to the FAQ name, meaning these FAQs are NOT AVAILABLE TO YOUR STUDENTS yet. In order to change that click on the EDIT button next to the individual FAQ and modify the AVAILABILITY DATE to the current or any preferred date.

FAQ: This is where the title of your FAQ is displayed along with your description if you choose to input one.
File: If your FAQ has a file attached you will view an icon displayed here. Click the icon to view or download the attachment. Note: Not every FAQ will have a file attached to it.
Topic: Only appears in the FLAT LIST view. This section diplays the TOPIC of your FAQ if you choose to input one.
Last Updated: This column displays the date and time the FAQ was last updated by you.