Syllabus Preview Project
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SYLLABUS PREVIEW PROJECT AUG 6, 2013
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Syllabus Preview Project. Aug 6, 2013. About me. SlideShare : http:// www.slideshare.net / rexlorenzo CCLE lead developer (Common Collaboration & Learning Environment) at UCLA Working with Moodle since 2011 Particularly helper Moodler. Outline. Background Walkthrough Lessons learned. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SYLLABUS PREVIEW PROJECTAUG 6, 2013
ABOUT ME• SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo• CCLE lead developer (Common Collaboration & Learning
Environment) at UCLA• Working with Moodle since 2011• Particularly helper Moodler
OUTLINE1. Background2. Walkthrough3. Lessons learned
1. BACKGROUND• History• Instructor concerns• Students concerns• Our “solution”
HISTORY1. IEI fee – renewed in 2007, seed funding for CCLE
• Students expecting more from class websites2. Increasing time until graduation
• Difficulty in getting classes3. Anderson School joining CCLE
• Needed way to tag syllabi for student course shopping
INSTRUCTOR CONCERNS1. Intellectual thievery
• My syllabus is my intellectual property• I have had other schools “take” my course without
permission2. Course “shopping”
• “Shopping” for courses? Are they for sale?• Students who pre-read syllabi are trying to find the “easier”
class to take.3. Extra chore
• It is really annoying to get those messages asking, asking, asking for a syllabus in advance
STUDENT CONCERNS• Unable to make informed decisions
• Look at past syllabus• Word of mouth• Bruinwalk
• Want to find courses that “fit”• Don’t just want “easy” courses• Want balance
OUR “SOLUTION”• Allow instructors to control access to syllabi• Identify courses with syllabi• Flag “preview” syllabi
2. WALKTHROUGH• How instructors can upload a syllabus• How students access syllabi• Future plans
REMINDER
SYLLABUS MANAGER
ADDING A RESTRICTED SYLLABUS
ADDING AN “UNRESTRICTED” SYLLABUS
MANAGING SYLLABI
VIEWING A SYLLABUS
SYLLABI BROWSING
Public
UCLA
Enrolled only
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS• Integrate with UCLA Registrar course listings• Integrate with MyUCLA class planner
UCLA REGISTRAR COURSE LISTINGS
MYUCLA CLASS PLANNER
3. LESSONS LEARNED• No one reads email!• Defaults matter• “Marketing”
NO ONE READS EMAIL!Adding syllabus reminder
Courses w/ syllabi
General public
Logged in
Restricted
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Spring 2013Winter 2013
~2X increase!
A problem
DEFAULTS MATTER
General public
Logged in
Restricted
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Summer 2013Spring 2013
DEFAULTS MATTER
“MARKETING”• Choose words carefully
• “Course shopping”• Sell, Advertise, Promote• Expectations, Appropriate, “Time to degree”
• Who’s job is it get faculty post early syllabi?
CONCLUSION/QUESTIONS?Github
• https://github.com/ucla/moodle-local_syllabusSlides
• http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo• http://goo.gl/R01p2r
My info: Rex Lorenzo <[email protected]>
