Redesign ideas

I noticed that on an earlier handout for the hybrid program we were to develop some redesign ideas, which I did, but I don't see that Pat is requiring that for this session. However, it was really useful for me to think about this after watching the McKlusky material and reading some of the other discussion forums. I am concerned about the time limits with a 7 week novel course. I am planning 6 texts, plus a group critical reading and presentation every week. I also want to incorporate a wiki so that students can present their background/context research in one place.
I am concerned about the discussions that are so necessary to the development of critical thinking and analysis re a novel. How many different discussions can I expect to post every week? But perhaps we will do some of that in class?
I also think that one way to bring everything together for this class will be to expand the weekly overview since it will, in essence, be an overview, or a bringing together, of all the materials that are linked to the novel - the PPTs, the discussion, the in-class work, their reading and responses, the background in the wiki, the group presentations of the critical essays, response blog material (which I would establish so that they could think about and respond to what they are reading as they go along and which would include significant quotes), and etc. If I make these longer and more rigorous, they could stand in for the three written papers I usually require for this course. They could also use the overview to make connections between what came before in terms of a comparison-contrast, thus creating links and contributing to seamlessness.