1. Slice of Life June 2003 TUSK: The Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (formerly the HSDB): A Knowledge Management System Susan Albright Tarik Alkasab

2. Slice of Life June 2003 TUSK Perspecitives Faculty Students Curriculum Planners

3. Slice of Life June 2003 TUSK Features Overview Content HTML/XML Documents Images PDF Files Audio (Real, Quicktime, MP3) Video (Real, Quicktime) Animations Zoomable images Course Management Course description and objectives Announcements Faculty list Reading list Grading policy Teaching sites Indexing/Searching UMLS Full-text Course Author Curriculum Support Schedules Quizzes Evaluations Announcements Discussion Groups

4. Slice of Life June 2003 Open Source Perspective Built on open source software –MySQL, Apache, mod_perl Beta test of TUSK system portability –NYMC –University of Natal, Durban SA Future: –Distributed development

5. Slice of Life June 2003 Faculty Perspective Easy metadata input Markup for special significance Search and include relevant text, multimedia from colleagues Concept mapping: find documents with like objectives – make connections across the curriculum

6. Slice of Life June 2003 Search/Include Content

7. Slice of Life June 2003 XML Markup for Meaning

8. Slice of Life June 2003 Select UMLS Keywords

9. Slice of Life June 2003 Link to Curricular Objectives

10. Slice of Life June 2003 Create Concept Maps

11. Slice of Life June 2003 Student Perspective Personal notes through the curriculum Personal collections of TUSK data Personal information carried forward through 4 years of med school and beyond

12. Slice of Life June 2003 Student Views Log in page Home page Discussions Announcements Content of various types

13. Slice of Life June 2003 Student Home Page

14. Slice of Life June 2003 Curriculum Planner Where are things taught in the curriculum Where are the connections – concept mapping What are the prerequisites learning objectives for each course

15. Slice of Life June 2003 Content Management

16. Slice of Life June 2003 CMS Site Map

17. Slice of Life June 2003 The Future Link TUSK to the Rest of the World –Open archive linkages—e.g., to HEAL –Shibboleth authentication –UMLS-indexed external material represented in TUSK –Seamless searching of Tufts-licensed material from within TUSK

18. Slice of Life June 2003 The Future Concept Maps –Web of curricular information Personal annotations ubiquitous within TUSK and external content