Product Overview – Campus Solutions Tim Bacon May 16, 2001
What is an “Online Campus”? Every eLearning program needs a unique online home – the place on the Internet where students, faculty, and administrators in a program tie together – to learn, teach, administrate, and socialize.
Campus Solutions Available Configurations: Gateway: Institution-branded homepage for all your eLearning courses and course supplements CampusPortal: Turns an online campus into a place where your constituents will launch ALL of their daily Internet activity, be academic, or social. Premium Package: Adds to an online campus an online brochure, important administrative tools, and relevant academic information Custom Campus: eCollege has the resources to build a campus that meet needs that go beyond our “standard”, flexible configurations.
Campus Solutions Key Product Principles: It’s YOUR Campus Use of eCollege Transparent to End User Extend Brand to Online Environment Support for Multiple Configurations and Hierarchies Different online campus packages depending on needs Useful standard “templates”, custom work e Institutions have programs that need separate administration “Mission Critical” Implementations Dedicated implementation and QA team Rapid and Effective Deployment Benefit from eCollege’s accumulated experience
Campus Solutions Campus Elements General Information and Marketing Enrollment, Payment and Authentication Access to Tools, Community and Courseware Program and Course Administration and Reporting Publishing Features Implementation and Support
Unique Look
Unique URL
Multiple Campuses
Catalog
Admissions
Unique Forms
Registration
Identify Program, Courses, and Schedules
Online Forms and Checkout
Online Payment
Authentication
The Private Side
Campus Solutions CampusPortal Principles: It’s YOUR CampusPortal Easily Configurable Content Branded for Institution Start Page for Internet End User Specific Information Critical Institution Information Rich and Varied Resources Virtual Community Let users (even students) add content
Portal Features/Nuggets Container System Header/Footer, Two or Three Columns Persistent Elements Tabs, Date, , Calendar, My Account, Help, Signoff Content Nuggets Configurable Nuggets Branding elements, Announcements, Topic Boxes, Highlights, Boilerplate Nugget Editors for each of the above - CampusEditor Pre-Packaged Nuggets Date, Welcome Message, NBCI WebSearch, My Web Links (editable), Study Guides from Reindeer.com, Tutoring from Tutor.com, Course Listing, Clubs, Study Groups, Alumni Chapters, Student Unions, Faculty Conference Center, Qwest Yellow Pages, News, Sports, Weather, Stock Portfolio Manager Custom Nugget Service
Persistent Elements
Content Nuggets - Configurable
Nuggets - CampusEditor
Nuggets – Pre-Packaged MORE!