The CUNY Central made the administrative adjustments necessary to accommodate online learning such as ease of registration for online students, technical support for the courseware package, and procedures for the administrative details. I have run courses from my own Web pages using the HTML languages. Once the initial conversion is behind you, the workload eases off, although you will have to update material often. Once a response is posted, it is filed away by student name and is dated. The next student may respond to the original posting.
All students can read and post comments.
The faculty who reads student texts can download them into Microsoft Word, inserts comments, and then upload the texts for student reading and revision. With carefully planning and focused discussions, it can be a powerful learning tool. It is a valuable addition to a course, facilitates learning and enhances communications. It is available for telephone assistance for all CUNY online students. Converting a Course You need to develop your syllabus, class schedule, assignments, class notes and other introductory materials, and post them to your virtual classroom Web site.