1. Innovation and Outcomes: Voices of Experience Purdue University Calumet Midwest Educause Conference Monday, March 13, 2006 Heather L. Zamojski: Course Management System Specialist, Purdue University Calumet Keith Giltner: Regional Sales Manager, WebCT Matthew Davis: Regional Sales Manager, WebCT

2. History of CMS  Spring 1998  Web Course in a Box  Fall 2001  BlackBoard  Fall 2003  WebCT Vista

3. How did we get to WebCT?  Out grown our Blackboard system.  Four Campus Implementation  Purdue University  Purdue University Calumet  Purdue University North Central  Indiana University/Purdue University Fort Wayne

4. History of WebCT Vista Implementation  Support  Course Management System Specialist  Course Management Implementation and Support Team (CMIST)  Faculty Member from each school  Academic Technology Operations Group (ATOG)

5. History of WebCT Vista Implementation  WebCT Vista 2.0  Pilot semester (Fall 2003)  51 Courses  37 Faculty  601 Students  First Full Semester (Spring 2004)  145 Courses  56 Faculty  2,107 Students

6. What happened?  Stability Issues  User Issues  Faculty going back to Blackboard  We extended our Blackboard contract another year.

7. WebCT came to campus  WebCT came to campus to address the issues  Day 1  Nursing situation  Review of their commitment to us  Users forum  Day 2  Overview of issues  Demo’s

8. Starting Over Again  WebCT 2 nd visit to campus  David Sculley: Sr. Consultant  Redevelopment of Implementation  Training  WebCT Hosted Site  WebCT Support  Fall 2004 & Spring 2005  Student  Faculty

9. Trying Again  Fall 2004  WebCT Vista 3.0  First few weeks were rough  The system was a lot better  Still had some unhappy faculty

10. WebCT came to campus again  WebCT 3 rd campus Visit  Matt Davis  Familiar with BlackBoard  Worked with the Faculty  Templates  Changed training  BlackBoard to Vista overview

11. Tools that helped us to succeed  WebCT Vista User Group Meetings  Monthly  Complaints to Ideas  Features Topic  Standard Purdue Calumet Template  Organized  Student Modules  Course Policies

12. Standard Purdue Calumet Template

13. Tools that helped us to succeed  Training  Standard Purdue Calumet Template  Basic Tools  Blackboard Users Training  New to CMS Training  Student Modules  Put into every course

14. Where are we now  Retired BlackBoard in May 2005  Vista  Spring 2006  463 Courses  245 Faculty  6,561 Students  Computing Service and Support Center  Student Support

15. Where are we now  Learning how to leverage the tools to help students succeed.  Selective Release  Assessment  Vista Tips  Answers to commonly asked questions

16. WebCT Vista not just for classes!  Advising  Meeting Spaces  Intranet  Content Sharing

17. Issues we still face  Course Development  Browser Issues  Instructional Software  Breeze  eInstruction  Turnitin  Training

18. Comment from Faculty  “ I think that Vista and other online program software is still in the improvement stages. Some of the functions that are more cumbersome will probably become easier. Right now, Vista serves our purposes well.”

19. Comment from Students  “It is a very helpful program, because I am able to access all of the notes and announcements I need. However, some professors do not know how to use this program very well and our homepages end up to be a mess & that makes it difficult to find the information we need. Perhaps more training would be helpful????”

20. Course Comparison

21. Instructor Comparison

22. Student Comparison

23. Contact Heather Zamojski: zamojski@calumet.purdue.edu zamojski@calumet.purdue.edu

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