I am getting quite a few emails about how the lessons I am offering at Joggles.com work. So I decided to post the answers here. The crazy quilting class will be starting on February 16 running for 6 weeks and there are places still available.
There are two major components of online classes; the lessons themselves and the forum. The lessons are the guts of the class. They explain both the design and “how to” of making and embellishing a block. They are structured so that you move from stage to stage in coherent manner. The include illustrations and step by step instructions about the process so everything is visually demonstrated. I have also pointed to stitches in my stitch dictionary for stitches as I did not want to simply re-hash what is already online.
The lessons are an Adobe PDF document are disseminated to the students by joggles.com. Each student is given a User ID and password as well as the URL to the class webpage where they are expected to go and download each lesson. There is a one lesson per week.
The expectation is that the students download each lesson weekly and progress through the class. I have included quite a bit of information and ideas in each lesson but I do not expect students to try absolutely everything I have covered. Crazy quilting is a ‘pick and choose’ form of activity. Each week I expect people to pick an idea they like and work it into their block. They can choose to just do a few hours on their block or more. It’s up to the student. Some people are busier than others so I am very flexible.
Each student is invited to register at the forums which is where all class communication takes place. While not real time chat, they can post messages. I will be checking the forum daily to answer questions and join in on he chat. Here too students can post images of their work so I can give them feedback.
Participation in the forums is totally voluntary and Barbara a Joggles.com tells me that not everyone bothers with it. Some people are not interested in chatting and posting of messages part but I think this will be a really fun part of the process as students from all over the globe have joined up.
I hope I have clarified how they work and what is expected.
Linda at Chloe’s place has kindly blogged her reactions to my lessons for class. Linda’s response can be read here
thank you sharon for the information
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Every time someone else whose name I reognise signs up for this class I get a little more excited – It really is turning into quite a party
Well I for one can’t wait to start your classes Sharon. Thank you for the information about the classes though, it did clear up a few queries I had and made some items a bit clearer.
Thanks, Sharon, for explaining how the classes work! Can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to them. See you there!
Sherry in Little Rock