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Innovation and Outcomes: Innovation and Outcomes: Voices of ExperienceVoices of ExperiencePurdue University CalumetPurdue University Calumet
Midwest Educause Conference Monday, March 13, 2006Midwest Educause Conference Monday, March 13, 2006
Heather L. Zamojski: Course Management System Specialist, Purdue University Calumet
Keith Giltner: Regional Sales Manager, WebCTMatthew Davis: Regional Sales Manager, WebCT
History of CMSHistory of CMS
Spring 1998Web Course in a Box
Fall 2001BlackBoard
Fall 2003WebCT Vista
How did we get to How did we get to WebCT?WebCT?
Out grown our Blackboard system.Four Campus Implementation
Purdue University Purdue University Calumet Purdue University North Central Indiana University/Purdue University
Fort Wayne
History of WebCT Vista History of WebCT Vista ImplementationImplementation
SupportCourse Management System
SpecialistCourse Management
Implementation and Support Team (CMIST)Faculty Member from each schoolAcademic Technology Operations
Group (ATOG)
History of WebCT Vista History of WebCT Vista ImplementationImplementation
WebCT Vista 2.0Pilot semester (Fall 2003)
51 Courses37 Faculty601 Students
First Full Semester (Spring 2004)145 Courses56 Faculty2,107 Students
What happened?What happened?
Stability Issues
User Issues
Faculty going back to Blackboard
We extended our Blackboard contract another year.
WebCT came to campusWebCT came to campus
WebCT came to campus to address the issues Day 1
Nursing situationReview of their commitment to usUsers forum
Day 2Overview of issuesDemo’s
Starting Over AgainStarting Over Again
WebCT 2nd visit to campusDavid Sculley: Sr. Consultant
Redevelopment of Implementation Training WebCT Hosted Site WebCT Support
Fall 2004 & Spring 2005 Student Faculty
Trying AgainTrying Again
Fall 2004WebCT Vista 3.0First few weeks were roughThe system was a lot betterStill had some unhappy faculty
WebCT came to campus WebCT came to campus againagain
WebCT 3rd campus VisitMatt Davis
Familiar with BlackBoardWorked with the FacultyTemplates Changed trainingBlackBoard to Vista overview
Tools that helped us to Tools that helped us to succeedsucceed
WebCT Vista User Group MeetingsMonthlyComplaints to IdeasFeatures Topic
Standard Purdue Calumet TemplateOrganizedStudent ModulesCourse Policies
Tools that helped us to Tools that helped us to succeedsucceed
TrainingStandard Purdue Calumet TemplateBasic ToolsBlackboard Users TrainingNew to CMS Training
Student ModulesPut into every course
Where are we nowWhere are we now
Retired BlackBoard in May 2005Vista
Spring 2006463 Courses245 Faculty6,561 Students
Computing Service and Support CenterStudent Support
Where are we nowWhere are we now
Learning how to leverage the tools to help students succeed.Selective ReleaseAssessment
Vista TipsAnswers to commonly asked
questions
WebCT Vista not just for WebCT Vista not just for classes!classes!
Advising
Meeting Spaces
Intranet
Content Sharing
Issues we still faceIssues we still face
Course DevelopmentBrowser IssuesInstructional Software
BreezeeInstructionTurnitin
Training
Comment from FacultyComment from Faculty
“I think that Vista and other online program software is still in the improvement stages. Some of the functions that are more cumbersome will probably become easier. Right now, Vista serves our purposes well.”
Comment from Comment from StudentsStudents
“It is a very helpful program, because I am able to access all of the notes and announcements I need. However, some professors do not know how to use this program very well and our homepages end up to be a mess & that makes it difficult to find the information we need. Perhaps more training would be helpful????”
Course ComparisonCourse Comparison
0
3924 32
78
106123
50
175
281
389
417 422
315
355
204
51
145 148
226
453467
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
Spring1998
Fall1998
Spring1999
Fall1999
Spring2000
Fall2000
Spring2001
Fall2001
Spring2002
Fall2002
Spring2003
Fall2003
Spring2004
Fall2004
Spring2005
Fall2005
Spring2006
WCB
Blackboard
Vista
Instructor ComparisonInstructor Comparison
0
3022 25
54
6980
34
76
154
279 285297
312
190
142
37
56 55
117
201
248
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Spring1998
Fall1998
Spring1999
Fall1999
Spring2000
Fall2000
Spring2001
Fall2001
Spring2002
Fall2002
Spring2003
Fall2003
Spring2004
Fall2004
Spring2005
Fall2005
Spring2006
WCB
Blackboard
Vista
Student ComparisonStudent Comparison
3,174
4,513 4,449 4,519
3,644
4,281
3,754
601
2,107
2,472
3,723
6,337
6,619
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
Spring 2002 Fall 2002 Spring 2003 Fall 2003 Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006
Blackboard
Vista
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