1. HOUSE BILL 2504 Syllabi Upload Process

2. HISTORY OF LCC AND HB2504 Oct. 2009 – LCC to upload a copy of syllabus per course immediately Action was taken without a long-term strategy in place

3. ACTION TAKEN Instructor provided syllabus Secretaries uploaded syllabus using our CMS IT created program to read list of uploaded syllabus

4. CHALLENGE Instructors got overwhelmed with the extra tasks IT provided regular CMS trainings Secretaries uploaded what they could, as they were getting the needed information (workshops failed) Syllabi listing got confusing due to the inconsistency of the file naming Deadline wasn’t being reached

5. REVAMP ATTEMPTS IT analyzed the issue and developed guidelines: – Syllabus would be converted to PDF – Syllabus would follow a file naming convention IT* continued with regular trainings

6. CHALLENGE The additional preparation tasks took longer for instructors to deliver syllabus and consequently: – Syllabus was being uploaded without following the file naming convention or pdf conversion – Syllabus was being uploaded late – Syllabus was being uploaded once per related course – Syllabus was NOT being uploaded IT* continued with regular trainings

7. REVAMP ATTEMPTS IT analyzed the issue and: – Decommissioned CMS tool – Listing of all courses was displayed using the Banner database, with a color indicator for courses with missing syllabus – Syllabus would follow a file naming convention – IT would upload all syllabus for quality control purposes for the first time

8. RESULTS AND CURRENT CHALLENGES With the missing-syllabus-color indicator: – Staff realized that a syllabus file could not be used for another course on a different course section – Syllabus had to be duplicated and renamed accordingly for related courses and accompanying labs – Syllabi were being distributed late to IT

9. ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES Instructors wait on the syllabus, due to the consistent updates of the original template

10. OBSERVATIONS AND PROPOSITIONS IT analyzes the issue again – An automated-based implementation could be helpful in uploading, naming, and updating of the file. – To develop a solution that uploads multiple syllabus at the same time, names them accordingly and are independent of the original hard copy.

11. Instructor logs in and only sees his/her courses Instructor only fills up the general information and submits. Working demo: http://www.laredo.edu/hb2504/wraper_syllabi.phphttp://www.laredo.edu/hb2504/wraper_syllabi.php

12. Program could be extended so that secretaries could log-in and impersonate an instructor Secretary logs in and only sees instructors in her department, then she can click on one to impersonate the instructor selected. Working demo: http://www.laredo.edu/hb2504/inpersonate.phphttp://www.laredo.edu/hb2504/inpersonate.php

13. What do you think? What can be done?