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Example #3, continued:

Here Is What to Do

1. Ask the course manager to lend you a copy of the Course
Manager Manual booklet for this course.

2. Review the table of contents to note the types of infor-
mation contained in the manual.

3. Read the section labeled “Module Notes.” Note the types
of information and comments included there.

4. Review your own Course Control Documents booklet.
What type of information included there would help an
instructor to administer your module?

5. Borrow the module of a colleague who is also working
through this course. Pretend that you will be teaching
that module as part of your own course. List the types of
additional information that you would want to have
before administering the module to a group of students
in your learning environment.

6. If you have followed the steps described above, you
should be ready to tackle the instructor directions for
your own module. It may be easier to do if you break the
task into four sections and deal with them one at a time.

a. Materials Collection
In a large number of instances, a module will simply
need to be made available to students; not only is the
module self-contained, but all the items needed to