Instructional Design Portfolio

Faculty member
Gary Ozanich

A course web site including a scavenger hunt program was developed to allow a large undergraduate class, "Introduction to the Internet", to practice their Internet search skills.

Launch site

How do you teach a class of 200+ students how to use and understand the Internet? Naturally, in order for the instruction to be effective, it's imperative that the students use the Internet to supplement the instruction of the course. However, with a class size that large, it is not possible for students to use the Internet during the scheduled class time. This was the problem Professor Gary Ozanich was faced with in his course "Introduction to the Internet."

With guidance from Professor Ozanich, an interactive web site was designed that would help support the teaching modules of the course. Ozanich also uses the UBLearns course management system for the essentials and communication tools. The course web site provides technology and classroom support including a Search Engine assignment that students submit over the web, a Browser Tune-up, and guides to Web Design and Usability.

The Instructional Support team helped Ozanich design a project called the "Internet Scavenger Hunt." Ozanich wanted the students to use the search techniques and information about search engines that they learned during class. Ozanich was able to keep track of each student's attempt using their individual student numbers. The students were given a randomly assigned search question and then given the opportunity to answer the question using the Internet and search techniques they learned in during class.