WebCT OWL Update Project Team (OWL Flight Plan) Jean Savage Shawn Foster Deanna Grogan Corey Meingarten Jane Winkler

Overview Today’s OWL Tomorrow’s OWL Getting There (OWL Flight Plan)

Today’s OWL Blackboard Learn Vista – Formerly WebCT, since – 3,996 active sections – 2,326 instructors – 42,829 students – 227,665 enrollments October 2009 – 1,707,260 logins – 3,359 concurrent users on Oct 13 th 2009 at 10pm

Keeping The OWL Flying Cluster of servers handle user requests Data stored in redundant databases Databases hosted on redundant disk environments

Beyond the Academic Student Success Centre – Summer Academic Orientation – LAMP – Mature Students – SOCS Human Resources – Accessibility and Disability Training – Occupational Health & Safety (ex. WHMIS) – Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) PeopleSoft Training – STANG Campus Community Police Services – In-Service Training – Foot Patrol Housing and Food Services – Hospitality Training – Residence Clerks – Residence Conduct – Residents Council Executive – Reznet

Beyond the Academic (cont.) Emergency Management & Response – Business Continuity Team – Emergency Responders – Emergency Information – Virtual EOCG Research Western – Animal Care and Training Admissions Testing – Music – Huron Writing External Collaboration – Preceptor Education Program – Interprofessional Education Continuing Studies – All courses offered in dedicated institution Schulich – Continuing Professional Development – Administrative Content Sharing

Supporting Teaching & Learning Announcements Assessments Assignments Calendar Chat Content Discussions Grades Group Management Mail Media Library Tracking Turnitin.com Wiki Wimba Live Classroom Wimba Voice Tools

The Many Wings of the OWL Class Photos ScanExam Results Final Grade Export Wiki Wimba Tools one45 PeopleSoft HE Integration Turnitin.com Publisher ePacks Registrar Exam Schedule Certificates of Achievement Library Off- Campus Access

Tomorrow’s OWL Current platform is unsupported as of Jan 2013 Vendor roadmap is to Blackboard Learn 9 Represents a significant change technically and to campus users Opportunity to assess campus needs and plot our direction

Change, change, change All paths lead to substantial changes Re-do documentation & training materials Re-train everyone Migrate every course Re-organize technical infrastructure Re-do customizations and development

Other Institutions Many institutions considering the possibilities – Queen’s, Ottawa, UBC, Waterloo Some have already made the move – Brock: WebCT  Sakai – Saskatchewan: WebCT  Blackboard Learn 9 – Wilfrid Laurier: WebCT  Desire2Learn Major Platforms – Blackboard, Sakai, Desire2Learn, Moodle

Trends To Keep In Mind Mobile devices Open Education Virtual classrooms & virtual worlds Lecture capture Identifying at-risk students Life-long learning and portfolios Textbook publishers as digital service providers Personal Learning Environments / Networks

Timelines TimeframeTasks March 2010 – Dec 2010 Establish project web presence Needs Analysis Survey Consultations Request for Information Evaluation Jan 2011 – May 2011 Demonstrations Short-listing Selection May 2011 – Sept 2012 Implementation Migration Pilot Sept 2012 Future OWL goes live Jan 2013 End of vendor support for WebCT

Needs Analysis Web Presence: The OWL Flight Plan Surveys – Staff – Faculty – Students Open Forum – User Voice

Questions? OWL Flight Plan Project Team