{"id":553,"date":"2019-04-30T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T00:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/?p=553"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T04:39:56","slug":"topic-rollover-in-flo-start-thinking-about-semester-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2019\/04\/30\/topic-rollover-in-flo-start-thinking-about-semester-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic Rollover in FLO \u2013 Start thinking about Semester 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you thinking about your Semester 2 FLO topics yet? The Online Learning and Teaching (OLT) team are and would like to encourage all Topic Coordinators to give them some thought too.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon we\u2019ll be in touch about how you want your S2 FLO topic sites set up so it pays to be aware of some key dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13 May: Teaching teams get access to the S2 FLO topic sites.<\/li>\n<li>12 July: Last day to set up S2 shared topics.<\/li>\n<li>22 July: Students get access to their S2 FLO topic sites.<\/li>\n<li>29 July: S2 teaching starts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What you need to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you\u2019re a Topic Coordinator (as listed in the Student Management System), keep a look out for an email during the first week of May.<\/li>\n<li>Complete and submit the online form with details of any topic preparations you want completed, including setting up shared topics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don\u2019t respond within two weeks of receiving the email, eLearning teams will copy content from the previous teaching site.<\/p>\n<p>You will receive a confirmation email when your topic has been \u2018rolled over\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>For non-semester (NS) topics, with non-standard start dates, requests should be sent no later than two (2) weeks prior to the start of teaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic has been rolled over, now what to do?<br \/>\n<\/strong>This is a window of opportunity (mid-May to mid-July) to cull, tidy up and generally make your new topic site more usable from a student and teacher perspective.<\/p>\n<p>If you have lots of items hidden in your topic, students won\u2019t see them, but you \/ other teachers will, and it can be tedious working in a topic site that you need to wade through to make sense of. This clutter also makes it difficult for new teaching staff who teach into your topic.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a topic coordinator, this is the time to think about your topic\u2019s design \/ redesign \u2013 content, activities leading to assessment, and support resources. College Learning Designers can help advise on this process of renewal. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/serviceone.flinders.edu.au\/flo-query\/\">Service One<\/a> to set up a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>So why not look at rollover time as an \u2018autumn clean\u2019?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is unnecessary?<\/li>\n<li>What can be improved, or discarded?<\/li>\n<li>What needs updating? (eg out-of-date resources, activity dates \/ settings, broken links)<\/li>\n<li>Is there something that didn\u2019t work recently that you want to rethink?<\/li>\n<li>How can you incorporate feedback from students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional support resources are also available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flo.flinders.edu.au\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=1600\">College learning designer\/eLearning support team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flo.flinders.edu.au\/mod\/url\/view.php?id=54757\">Preparing for teaching in FLO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flo.flinders.edu.au\/course\/view.php?id=151\">eLearning Gateway<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Written by David Bain<br \/>\neLearning Project manager (OLT team)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you thinking about your Semester 2 FLO topics yet? 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