Concurrent Implementation of WebCT and SCT Luminis: Systems administration and faculty development issues

Wednesday, 14 July 2004

This presentation is part of H-13: WebCT and SCT: Integrating SCT Luminus and Banner with WebCT

Concurrent Implementation of WebCT and SCT Luminis: Systems administration and faculty development issues

Description: This session focuses on the transformation of campus systems and campus culture that occurred over the course of a summer. We will highlight some of the technical issues as well as the faculty development strategies we incorporated to prepare the faculty and students for a new portal and new course management system.
Presentation Format: Oral
Topic: Integrating the campus: Technical solutions and extended uses
Target Audience: System Administrators, Senior Administrators, E-learning Managers
Appropriate Audience Level: Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version:
Abstract Text: In the Fall of 2002, the idea of a course management system came into the forefront among the faculty and key staff at LaSalle University. After careful deliberation with several key administrators, the decision was made to purchase WebCT 3.8 campus edition. The installation process started in the Spring of 2003 and most of that semester was spent preparing and learning the system from several viewpoints: as a system administrator, course designer and as a student. A great deal of time was also spent developing a training curriculum, schedules and training materials. Our hope was to have 25 courses developed in a hybrid format for the Fall 2003 semester.
By the beginning of the Fall semester, there were over 150 courses that were using WebCT as a component and over 75 designers. Our presentation will focus on how we handled the number of courses, designers and students and how we assessed the success of that first semester. We will also talk about the results of the assessment, and the measures we have taken to not only ensure that the faculty get continuous support but also that the students aren’t subjected to poor courses, both in the design of the course and the use of the course tools. We will also talk about some of the technological issues that arose because of the simultaneous integration of the Luminis portal system during the same time frame. We will highlight the integration and instructional uses of other systems on campus, namely Banner and iNotes, our campus e-mail system, and interesting uses for WebCT. We will also talk about our strategy for upgrading to 4.0 and fully implementing WebCT with the other university systems.

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Description:	This session focuses on the transformation of campus systems and campus culture that occurred over the course of a summer. We will highlight some of the technical issues as well as the faculty development strategies we incorporated to prepare the faculty and students for a new portal and new course management system.
Presentation Format:	Oral
Topic:	Integrating the campus: Technical solutions and extended uses
Target Audience:	System Administrators, Senior Administrators, E-learning Managers
Appropriate Audience Level:	Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version:
Abstract Text:	In the Fall of 2002, the idea of a course management system came into the forefront among the faculty and key staff at LaSalle University. After careful deliberation with several key administrators, the decision was made to purchase WebCT 3.8 campus edition. The installation process started in the Spring of 2003 and most of that semester was spent preparing and learning the system from several viewpoints: as a system administrator, course designer and as a student. A great deal of time was also spent developing a training curriculum, schedules and training materials. Our hope was to have 25 courses developed in a hybrid format for the Fall 2003 semester. By the beginning of the Fall semester, there were over 150 courses that were using WebCT as a component and over 75 designers. Our presentation will focus on how we handled the number of courses, designers and students and how we assessed the success of that first semester. We will also talk about the results of the assessment, and the measures we have taken to not only ensure that the faculty get continuous support but also that the students aren’t subjected to poor courses, both in the design of the course and the use of the course tools. We will also talk about some of the technological issues that arose because of the simultaneous integration of the Luminis portal system during the same time frame. We will highlight the integration and instructional uses of other systems on campus, namely Banner and iNotes, our campus e-mail system, and interesting uses for WebCT. We will also talk about our strategy for upgrading to 4.0 and fully implementing WebCT with the other university systems.