1. LT3 Open House on WCMS: WebCT and Blackboard at UW 13 December 2000 Andrea Chappell (LT3/IST) Zal Petrowich (LT3) Vivian Rossner-Merrill (LT3) John Thompson (LT3)

2. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS2 Web Course Management Systems WebCT & Blackboard two of many Basic feature set: –Course note structuring –Online discussion forums –Chat –Whiteboard –Quizzes –Online marks (and management)

3. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS3 The big “non-feature” Not course content creators Create outside WCMS, in HTML editor or other document tool Facilitate building of some basic pages (syllabus, contacts, etc.) Generally, upload or point to content Advantage in organization and navigation of content

4. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS4 Today’s Situation Course sites everywhere A different look and feel to each Maintenance hassles for both instructors and computing support Patchwork of tools for the popular features Username/password chaos for students!

5. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS5 Objective in Choosing a WCMS Provide one common, supported, Web course environment for campus use “Umbrella” solution for the popular Web course tools –one username/password for online discussion, content access, marks access, etc. –not necessarily best of each feature, but good solid instances of the features Ease maintenance of course sites

6. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS6 Why WebCT and Blackboard? WebCT: popular choice and currently has cheap 17-Ontario-institution price Blackboard: good reports and DE has experience with it Others: –WBT Systems TopClass: Of interest, but didn’t make the cut to two –IBM/Lotus Learning Space: Of interest, but a lot of additional Lotus overhead, unsupported at UW

7. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS7 Expected Differentiates Robustness Support from vendor Ease of Use Fit to campus (PeopleSoft student information system, capacity, etc.) Directions (IMS, authentication, student info systems) Cost

8. 13 December 2000LT3 Open House on WCMS8 Evaluation/Implementation Plan Prototypes in F2000: –Accountancy, HIST108, GER101, GER305 –Whiteboard, chat, discussion, content, quizzes Now pilot to campus W2001 –instructors try out systems –LT3 receives feedback from instructors, students, computing staff Initial support by LT3/IST, then to Faculty areas in Faculties interested