Transcript Digital Fieldwork Portfolio - Web Server

The Use of WebCT to aid
Fieldwork Learning and
Teaching:
Digital Student Portfolios
T.Y. Lee, Fieldwork Coordinator BSW
Department of Applied Social Studies
City University of Hong Kong
2000
Three web sites
SS3291, SS4292 & SS3291A
• Fieldwork A, Fieldwork B and Introduction to
Fieldwork Learning have been constructed (to be
refined).
• All student portfolios have to be submitted in
digital format to the site from 1999 onward.
• All fieldwork documents, reference materials,
learning aids, handouts, questionnaires, and forms
can be found in SS3291A.
Access Right to the web site
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Instructors,
students,
Fieldwork Coordinator,
Practice Board members, and
the External Examiner
• will be given the right
these web sites.
to access to
For students, they...
• can read their instructors’ comments and all
evaluation reports.
• can write, fill in, and submit their work
(structured tasks) to the web site.
• can go to another site for on-line help.
• can download or print those forms for use.
• are required to submit all structured tasks
to the appropriate web site.
Students cannot...
• get access to information submitted by other
students.
• So, never disclose your
account and password to
others.
Instructors can...
• get access to students’ submission any time,
anywhere as long as they can get on-line.
• give comments to students’ submission or
upload files that include their comments
without using any paper in the future.
• A digital fieldwork portfolio is a portfolio
without paper.
For the first stage, instructors ..
• Will do everything the same as usual,
except they will submit
• 1. Mid-placement Evaluation Report
• 2. End-of-placement Fieldwork Evaluation
Form
• to the web site!
Instructors cannot get access to ...
• information submitted by students not under
their supervision.
• SFQ data (Student Feedback Questionnaire)
provided by their students.
If instructors have difficulties to
go to the web...
• They may prepare document files which
contain
• Mid-placement Evaluation Report or
• End-of-placement Fieldwork Evaluation
Report (including grading of all items)
• Send e-mail to [email protected]
• Remember to attach the files required.
Basic guidelines for students to
submit their work to the site
• 1. Only structured tasks and statistics on
services rendered by the student.
• 2. Other materials, e.g., weekly log,
program materials, regular or agency
recordings are not allowed to be put on the
web. Give them to your instructor as usual.
• 3. No video- or audio- tape, of course.
• 4. Cannot submit :
– Agency Feedback Form
– Properly signed Client Consent Form
– Human Subject Review Form
• 5. Do not panic when you see this message
• Data Missing
• It might mean a successful submission of your
data
Always Remember to..
• click buttons like:
• update / update student view
• done / submit, etc., after you have uploaded
or written something to the web site.
• Log OUT or shut down when you use
computers in CSC or Library. If not,
someone may use your account and destroy
your submission.
Time Stamp
• There will be deadlines for:
• 1. Student Feedback Questionnaire (MidPlacement)
• 2. Mid-placement Evaluation
• 3. Student Feedback Questionnaire (End-ofplacement)
• 4. End-of-placement Evaluation
• 5
. Student Portfolio
• If you have trouble...
Send e-mail to
[email protected]
A Vote of Thanks to
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Ms Cheung Hokling (WTSS)
Mr. Alan Law, student helper
Sampson, one of our classmates
Please give them a big hand.
Please be patient and thank you
• This is a new development of the Department and
probably the first of its kind in HK.
• We have tried our very best to make it work and
user-friendly.
• If you face trouble, Ms Tang Mei Hing, Ms Paulie
Chan, and Dr. TY LEE are willing to help.
• Thank you for your patience & cooperation.
End of first session
To be continued
Potential Problems
• Hecker
• Virus: This is the most difficult problem.
• Design Problem: Welcome your suggestions
More Potential Problems
• Hardware Problems
– Server Down
– Modem speed too slow
– Disconnect while submitting
• You have typed so much stuff but they
just disappear!
Strategies for instructors
• Use Word Processing software to prepare
comments and feedback
• Keep copies of these documents
• Use copy and paste function to submit
written comments
• Use a form to grade those 99 assessment
items first
• Backup important files
Strategies to prevent from being
infected
• For Students
• When you use the computer in CSC or
library, reboot it before use
• Always check virus
• When you are asked whether to run
“Macro” while you are working on
documents, say “NO!”
For Staff
• The department will install anti-virus
software that can scan while you are online.
• It is better not to download the files from
the web site.
• Do not totally rely on anti-virus software.
Be environmentallyfriendly,
use the web!