WebCT presentation for C&T 1/14/99

WebCT

WebCT Presentation
for C&T 1/14/99

Where have we been with WebCT

Statistics

Not including "testing areas" 36 courses for 272 students since April 1998. That's 29.4 MB of "course files," 83.8 MB of "internal files," 66.6 MB of "backup files," for 179.8 MB total file space.

View the monthly distribution of courses created in 1998.

Talk about Metrics and passwords protection... and how they are used within the dynamic of the class.

Student Tracking, Page Tracking

Query by student information to generate student information lists

General main tools--discus them and tell how they are limiting and expanding instruction.

My Record, My Progress, Search, Compile, Glossary, Resume Session, BB extension of classroom discussion an a cheep way to contact fellow students who live at long distances.

There is still no good way to proctor an online exam--reducing them to learning rather than evaluative tools <sarcasm>

Default organizational structure in WebCT outline based and rigid--can be bypassed.

Question of how much to use technology--traditional vs. augmented vs. online.

Because it's password protected you may use any part of WebCT in a traditional course and that part will be secure and generate metrics.

Philosophical ramifications

Where are we going with WebCT

New WebCT tools:

Ability to interface with removable media (like a CD) as part of the WebCT course (you can link to files on removable media).

Whiteboard

Compiled C++ vs. perl (slightly smaller course sizes and faster speeds when displaying pages)

WebCT vs. CBT

WebCT to DataPortal

What mechanism can we provide faculty who want to take their grades from WebCT (or Excel) and import them into DataPortal?

Support of WebCT

I have started a program of project based support where students (and staff) who work with faculty to develop courses will also provide support throughout the semester (for the course(s) they worked on).

FrontPage and WebCT on cougar

A WebCT license key for cougar

Move courses

Set redirects from bobcat to cougar

Get FP extensions working with WebCT on cougar

Time for questions and discussion.

What are the challenges and what are we doing to meet the needs?

I see the primarily challenge to C&T as dealing with the time it takes to get a course into WebCT--I am training/hiring students to work with faculty on this. I recommend we require faculty to pay the students (or do chargebacks) as part of their course development monies. I intend to train 3-4 students to provide faculty with a number of scheduling options for development and support.

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