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MyUB: UB’s Personalized Intranet Portal Hugh Jarvis (PhD, MLS) Creative Services
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What is MyUB? Proactive, customizable portal to useful & timely online information at UB.
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This talk… Overview Behind the Scenes
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Overview…
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What is MyUB? Built in-house (Oracle, Cold-Fusion, Perl, XML, RSS) Integrated with back-end systems Team Project w/ many partners & stakeholders 2,000 resources, 660 “virtual thoughts” +++ critical announcements academic tools links to campus services & resources news, events, & sports feeds Time-based & fine-grained delivery
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Penetration Rolled out to students -- Fall ’00/’01 93% of undergraduates used MyUB (of 18,000) 70% of graduate students (of 7,400) 62% of professional students (of 2,000)
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(penetration cont’d) Rolled out to faculty -- Spring ‘03 37% faculty have used MyUB (of 8,700)
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(penetration cont’d) Rolled out to staff -- Summer ‘03 56% have used MyUB (of 6,500)
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Students Are Using: Registration / Grades - 31% UBLearns - 18% Library resources - 13% News - 11% Critical alerts - 9% Planning - 8% Computing resources - 5% (Fall ‘03 data)
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MyUB Student Survey Results 89% graded MyUB good to excellent 37% used everyday (34% a few times a week) 98% felt contained useful information 41% easy to find information (54% satisfactory) Spring 2004 user survey (12,000 students)
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Requests for New Services Closer integration UBLearns WebMail course schedule & registration Single sign-on 24/7 More personalization Library book renewals More customized department content Custom calendar / scheduler More news & events Spring ’04 user survey (12,000 students, 850 faculty, 700 staff)
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Behind the Scenes…
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Portal Content User Feedback Search Reports Link Reports User-Testing Stakeholders Users Surveys Development
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Guest Access & Project Information: http://www.buffalo.edu/aboutmyub/ Email: UBInfo@buffalo.edu
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