Use of Student Technology Assistants (STARs)

Tasks for STARs

recommended by Noni Stukel and Nick Strachan, who have used STARs to support their online delivery.

• Answer student email messages of an administrative nature (i.e. I can't find Blackboard or My password doesn't work etc.)
• Forward (to me) student email messages of an academic nature (i.e. How do you format a business letter?  What's the rule for using a semicolon?)
• Send routine email messages (i.e. reminding students that assignments are due, asking students why they have not been attending class, etc.)
• Post, alter and/or delete grades and assignments on/from Blackboard
• Create a pool of quiz questions, and develop quizzes bases on my question list and post them for several course sections.
• Copy over external links from one course to another and create/post the brief description of the links.
• Assist in PowerPoint by creating a template standard for a course and implementing throughout my lecture slides, help develop slide shows that incorporate direct links to print and broadcast media examples.
• Assist in the development on departmental PowerPoint slide shows to be used at open houses etc. (example was a graduation show)
• Post course info. that is received though college communications, such as exam schedules etc.
• post meeting minutes, communicate announcements, load up competition data and associated links for our OCMC (Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition) organization site.

Notes from an online discussion from TLT Group on the use of STARs.