General Description:

The Early Childhood Education area of emphasis is available to those who are licensed Early Education (PK-K) teachers, as well as those who are licensed Elementary teachers with no Early Education endorsement.

Option 1: For teachers licensed in Early Education

Core Courses (15 hours)

• EDF 621 Educational Research and Writing or EDF 625 Qualitative Research in Education (3 hrs.)
• EDF 616 Advanced Studies in Human Development (3 hrs.)
• CIEC 534 Applications Software in the Classroom Curriculum Area or CIEC 600 Instructional Design and Technology or CIEC 635 Using the Internet in the Classroom (3 hrs.)
• CI 623 Instructional Models and Assessment Techniques or CI 624 Advanced Instructional Strategies or advisor approved methods course (3 hrs.)
• EDF 612 Educational Evaluation or CI 609 Curriculum in the Modern Elementary School or CI 501 Middle Childhood Curriculum (3 hrs.)

Area of Emphasis Courses (18 hours)

• CI 631 Current Influences on Early Childhood Education (3 hrs.)
• CI 632 Early Childhood Programs (3 hrs.)
• CI 633 Adult Involvement in Early Education (3 hrs.)
• CI 634 Language and Cognition in Early Childhood (3 hrs.)
• CIRG 653 Literacy Acquisition (3 hrs.)
• ECE 603 Current Issues in Child Development or EDF 513 Human Growth and Development Birth to 8 (3 hrs.)

Capstone Courses (6 hours)

• CI 690 Capstone Experience (3 hrs.)
• advisor approved elective

Option 2: For teachers licensed in Elementary (but not Early) Education

Core Courses (15 hours)

• EDF 621 Educational Research and Writing or EDF 625 Qualitative Research in Education (3 hrs.)
• EDF 616 Advanced Studies in Human Development (3 hrs.)
• *CIEC 534 Applications Software in the Classroom Curriculum Area or CIEC 600 Instructional Design and Technology or CIEC 635 Using the Internet in the Classroom (3 hrs.)
• CI 623 Instructional Models and Assessment Techniques or CI 624 Advanced Instructional Strategies or advisor approved methods course (3 hrs.)
• EDF 612 Educational Evaluation or CI 609 Curriculum in the Modern Elementary School or CI 501 Middle Childhood Curriculum (3 hrs.)

Area of Emphasis Courses (18 hours)

• *CI 632 Early Childhood Programs (3 hrs.)
• *CI 633 Adult Involvement in Early Education (3 hrs.)
• *CI 634 Language and Cognition in Early Childhood (3 hrs.)
• *ECE 535 Administration of Early Childhood Programs (3 hrs.)
• *EDF 513 Human Growth and Development Birth-8 (3 hrs.)
• *CI 630 Practicum in Early Childhood Education (3 hrs.)

Capstone Experience (6 hours)

• CI 690 Capstone Experience (3 hrs.)
• advisor approved elective

*Candidates pursuing the added endorsement must complete: CI 632, CI 633, CI 634, CIEC 534 or CIEC 600 or CIEC 635, ECE 535, EDF 513, and CI 630

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Marshall Faculty & Students,

As you may have noticed there is an issue with enrollments in the new MUOnline that has enrolled students into courses that they are currently not taking.
This was caused by a bug that was found while running updated enrollments earlier this week. We are aware of the problem and are in the process of testing a solution from
Blackboard that will address the problem.

We are planning on applying the Blackboard fix during the regular Maintenance Window on Sunday, February 5 between the hours of 7:00AM – 1:00PM.
Correct course enrollments will be reflected in MUOnline by 1:00PM on Sunday.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we continue to improve MUOnline.

Regards,

LMS Administration

If you have students who require access to course data in the older version of MUOnline due to an incomplete, please fill out and submit the following form. Please provide all of the information below, as it will speed the processing of your request. If you have any questions please contact lms@marshall.edu.

This does not apply to a course that was taught during, or after, Spring 2012 semesters.

Marshall University moved from Blackboard Vista 8 to Learn 9.1 for the Spring 2012 semester. Before August 10, please request any course templates or previous sections that you have left in Vista that you would like to use in the new version–if you do not see your course content listed as a development course, with you listed as course builder. Please fill out the fields below including either a template name or section that you would like to migrate.

Please include the course name and numbers (ex. ART 101), the section, and the CRN so that we ensure the proper content is migrated. If you have any questions please contact lms@marshall.edu.

Chat with classmates, professors, and campus services with
Blackboard IM. Marshall University has licensed academic chat software called Blackboard IM. It is the only instant messenger designed for educators to advance and promote learning. Blackboard IMincludes unique features to specifically benefit students, teachers, and universities including:

• Student-to-Student Chat Facilitates Collaboration Without MUOnLine
• Instant Access to Campus Services, such as the Writing Center, Library, and Help Desk
• Queued Chat for Tutoring and Office Hours
• Automatic Population of Classmates and Courses
• Application Sharing
• Blended Audio and Video Conferencing
• Instant School-Wide Notifications

Learn more about what Blackboard IM can do for you.

How Do I Get Blackboard IM?

1. Login to MUOnLine.
   1. On the left sidebar, you see a box for Blackboard IM (Instant Messaging). Click
   2. Fill out the form. The Blackboard IM ID defaults to your MUID/901 number. You should change this and make this your name.

• You will receive an email. If you do not, check your SPAM folder. Follow the link and login with your account information.

• Download and install the Blackboard IM software.

Questions about Blackboard IM?

If you have problems logging into Blackboard IM, please contact our IT Service Desk at:
(304) 696 – 3200 or IT Service Desk

Think of the course template as a master course. The course template will never contain student data. You will place all of your course content, quiz questions, syllabi, handouts, etc., in your course template. Within the template you will also determine what tools (mail, discussions, grades, etc.) you would like to add to your course toolbar and make available to your students.

At the start of every new semester, Marshall University’s Learning Management System (LMS) Administrators will create a SECTION (a word Vista uses for “courses”), for each of the course numbers and sections you will be offering. You may assign the TEMPLATE you want to use to the SECTIONS(S) you are teaching (you may also set up a blank course, or apply course content from a previously taught semester course). All of the tools and content you added to your course template will appear in the course section to which your template was assigned. Your student data will be uploaded into the sections, and all of your teaching activities will take place in the SECTION. This is your “live” course

For easy instructions on how to assign your TEMPLATE to a SECTION, click here.

To summarize:

• The instructor builds course template
• Template is applied to section
• Student data is uploaded into section
• Instructor teaches the section

Creating or Editing Course Templates

To access an existing template or to create a new one, please follow these instructions:

1. Start your browser and go to the MUOnLine Login page:http://www.marshall.edu/muonline/
2. Login using your MU ID and PIN
3. All courses and course sections to which you have access will display in yourCourse List
4. Click the title of the course for which you want to edit or create a template

Opening Your Template

1. After you have logged into the course, you will see two tabs: Template Managerand File Manager - Click on Template Manager.
2. Click the title of your template to open it and proceed to the Template Interface step below
3. If you need to create a template, click the Create Template button.
4. On the Create Template screen you will be asked to enter a title, keywords, and a description.
   Tip: Do not use special characters or punctuation in your template title, or Vista will reject it!
5. Click Save. You will be returned to the Template Manager screen and will see your new template title.
6. Click the template title to open it.

Template Interface

When you first login to a newly created template, you will see a default Marshall University Template screen (below). You will not see the Teach or Student View tabs that are available in the SECTION that you teach.

The two tabs at the top of the screen called Build and View Template are the two primary views of the course template interface.

BUILD
When you want to build or add content to the template, you will click theBuild tab. The tools available to you in the course template are identical to the ones in the course section.

VIEW TEMPLATE
When you want to preview the template, you will click the View Templatetab. Because you are working with a template and not the actual course section you will be teaching, you will not be able to practice taking exams or submitting assignments as a student. You will not be able to compose email or discussion messages, or post grades at the template level either.

Now that I have created a template, what do I do?

You have several options.

Icon	Description
	This icon allows you to view the information you included when you created your template. If you want to change the information you will click on the next icon , the edit icon.
	The permission icon allows you to add other people as editors of your template if they have course-level access. If you need to add someone who does not already have course-level access as a designer, you can email our technical staff with your request.
	This icon allows you to copy the template. If you have several variations of the same course and they all include some of the same information, you can create one template, add this information into that template and then copy the template for the other variations.
	If you accidentally created a template in the wrong course area, you can move the template into the correct course area using this icon.
	The last icon is for deleting the template. DO NOT delete any templates. This can create unexpected problems for you. Until further notice, we strongly recommend that you do not delete any templates at all.