always wanted to know about Course Management Systems (… but didn’t know to ask) January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge Goldstein, Princeton University CIT Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Decisions, Decisions n Black. Board, Web. CT, which of these? u Features: 80/20 rule « u u n http: //www. marshall. edu/it/cit/webct/compare/comparison. html Cost Integration Easy! Common Issues u u u Courses Faculty Students January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Hard! Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Course. Ware at Princeton n 1 K Faculty, 1 K courses, 4 K U/1. 5 K G, 10 K total Semester Fall 1996 Spri 1997 Fall 1997 Course. Ware 0 0 17 Course. Info 0 0 0 Other 101 91 116 Total 101 91 133 Spri 1998 Fall 1998 Spri 1999 Fall 1999 Spri 2000 Fall 2000 37 69 0 0 0 49 152 186 950 96 87 93 56 41 40 133 156 142 208 227 990 January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Course. Info 4. 0 n n n 1 K Faculty, 1 K courses, 4 K U/1. 5 K G, 10 K total Enterprise 450/2 -400, 2 Gig/180 Gig, Solaris 2. 6 Support: 1 Full, 2 Part, 10 TA n In-Office Faculty Visits (50/semester) n In-Department Staff Training Develop: 1 Programmer n Perl 5, My. SQL Future: Black. Board 5, People. Soft January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Why Course. Info? n Ease-of-Use, Ease-of Use Faculty bake-off u Stability, usability u n What we like: Ease-of-use u Can muck with guts (shhhhhhh) u n What we don’t like: Ugly u Not modular u January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Course Decisions n What is a Course? u Courses versus Sections versus Seminars « At what level do you create a Web site? « Course=Web site? Section=Web site? u Registrar (for-credit), non-Registrar « Who gets to create course? « Naming conventions « Who gets to list courses? u n Non-course use. Who owns a course? u How much work do you do? Does faculty do? u Copyright! « Access restrictions (Faculty buy-in) January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Course Decisions n n When does a Course start? u Faculty prep time « When do faculty get back to campus? « Offline faculty access (disable student access) u Student enrollment « When in Course? When in site? u Pre-enrollment activities « Surveys « Marketing/Sales When does a Course end? u What happens to the Course? Course Data? u What happens to the Students? Student data? u Archive? Re-cycle (copyright issues)? January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Faculty Decisions n n n Who are the faculty? u University ID? Visiting? u Jointly taught with other Institution? What can faculty do? u Create courses? « Naming conventions u Enroll students? « Policy (What is a student? ) What can be done to protect faculty? u Email overload! u Too much work « Automate!!!! Prebuild!!!! January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Student Decisions n n Who are the students? u Incoming? Outgoing? u Auditors? (ID? ) u Other Institutions? (ID? ) What can students do? u Edit site? u Submit work? u Chat … not just for distance ed. When deleted? u What happens to work? u Ownership? Pictures! January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Conclusions n Before you buy: u Know how courses REALLY work at your institution! « Most u IT, and MANY FACULTY don’t. Know what faculty really need, not just what they say they want. « Watch them teach. « Talk to students. u Know what students really need, not just what they say they want. « Talk January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University to Faculty, Deans, Advisors. Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
Conclusions n Gotchas: u Large-enrollment course issues: « Unmanageable lists. « Is it better than email? u Enrollment/Unenrollment « Delete nothing! Inactivate. Ownership! u Access restrictions u Open access (no login possible)? u Important to your faculty? u January 11, 2000 CSG Duke University Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton U. CIT
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