1. Migrating from WebCT Campus Edition 4 to Vista 4 Kathy Fernandes Laura Sederberg Bill Evans California State University, Chico

2. Agenda  Chico profile  LMS selection process  Project approach  Kick-Off  Program  System/ops/integration  Project management  Prepping/readiness for roll-out  Support

3. Chico’s Profile  30-year history in distance education  Started with WebCT 1.3 in 1998  One of the original 14 WebCT Institutes  Designed training program and shared it with CSUs  Rubric for Online Instruction

4. WebCT Growth 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Spring 2003 Spring 2004 Spring 2005 Faculty Using WebCT Students Using WebCT (10s) Course Sections Using WebCT 13,362 Students (Est.) 1,329 Sections 639 Faculty

5. Targets & Milestones  Fall 2005 – Installation & Training  Intersession 2006 – Train & develop pilots  Spring 2006 – Run Pilots; Integration  Summer 2006 – Migrate courses, test integration  Fall 2006 – half courses in Vista  Spring 2007 – all courses in Vista  Summer 2007 – Clean-up & wrap up

6. Selection of Vista  LMS needs analysis and rubric www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2 www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2  Decision to create own training materials  How to get campus involved?  Departmental groups  Advantages  Training cohorts

7. Hours spent

8. Best Fit Rubric

9. Pass/Fail Rubric

10. Department Migrations Why?  More fun to learn with people you know  Good teaching and learning principles  Less confusion for students  Easier management of change  Vista is a better department tool  Group decisions/communication  Sharing resources  Program assessment goals

11. Pilot Testing  2 Pilot Test groups  Spring 2006 - 8 courses, 250 students  Summer 2006 - 7 courses, 150 students  Spring Pilot group helped test training

12. Training Program  Transition to Vista migration module  2 -1/2 hours, experience with WebCT CE required  Fill out survey  Foundation series  Vista 101 through 105 (beginners welcome)  Intermediate modules  “List of Electives” by topic

13. Survey Faculty before Transition to Vista training

15. Foundation Series  Vista 101: Introduction to Vista  Vista 102: Communicating with students  Vista 103: Creating & Managing Content  Vista 104: Assessments & Assignments  Vista 105: Vista Gradebook

16. Training Aids  Posters  Graphics for Vista tools  Wear hats for Build, Teach and Student tabs  Keep the coffee on and treats

17. Training with Props Chico trainers demonstrate three view tabs in Vista, with hats: Build = construction hat Teach = Mortar board Student View = Chico ball cap

19. Migration Choices  For those wanting to teach in Vista, decisions need to be made  Migration method  One course, or more  Departmental support  Training and consultation

21. Resource Links  Chico’s Vista Web site www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista  LMS needs analysis and rubric www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2 www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2  Chico’s Academic Technologies  www.csuchico.edu/atec www.csuchico.edu/atec

22. Contact Us Kathy Fernandes Kfernandes@csuchico.edu Bill Evans Bevans@csuchico.edu Laura Sederberg lsederberg@csuchico.edu

23. MISC  Possible images to use in presentation