Brescia has two OWL templates for you to choose from. Not only are these templates beautiful and easy to use, but they incorporate online learning best practices. In particular, the templates use Brescia colours, images and fonts, and twelve blank lessons for you to customize with your own content.
The Simple template is best for instructors looking for a 'plug and play' course site. Simply edit the sample content with your own course information and you're good to go.
The Advanced template is for instructors who are comfortable with adding and editing OWL Lessons features. We also recommend using the Advanced template if you want two 'layers' of Lesson subpages (e.g. Landing page: Week Pages: Lesson pages).
To request a template, email brescia.curriculum@uwo.ca. In your email, indicate:
Support with OWL templates is being provided by Beryl Ivey Library, so please do not directly email Mike (Thanks!).
You will be asked to add your Dean's Team contact person to your OWL site as a Secondary Instructor. To add a user follow the steps listed here (website).
The video below shows you how to revise the Brescia OWL templates.
The Dean's Team asks that you add content and revise Lesson features within your new templates pages on your own. For example, if you want your lesson to include multiple choice questions, links to asssignments, columns, or other features, please use the resources below to make these changes.
Click the links below to watch Heather's tutorial videos on YouTube. Pleaste note: these videos were created for our faculty course, Learning to Teach Online.
Lesson Videos |
OWL Feature Videos |
Still having trouble? Find additional help and resources on the next tab.
Western has created an enormous number of text-based instructions for navigating OWL/Sakai. These include:
Most of your questions can be answered by exploring the above resources
Request HelpFor online course assistance and more immediate help from Brescia staff, please create a ticket through our online form (website). The Dean's Team will triage your request either to members of our team or the appropriate group on main campus.