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When BB Goes Bigtime

When BB Goes Bigtime. Centralizing Support, Unifying the Message. Used in all schools. UNC-Chapel Hill: The Basic Stats. 2500+ courses each semester 9,000 – 12,000 unique users each day. History. Send email. Post course materials & readings. Post grades. Most popular uses. Bb company.

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When BB Goes Bigtime

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  1. When BB Goes Bigtime Centralizing Support, Unifying the Message

  2. Used in all schools UNC-Chapel Hill: The Basic Stats 2500+ courses each semester 9,000 – 12,000 unique users each day

  3. History

  4. Send email Post course materials &readings Post grades Most popular uses

  5. Bbcompany Faculty/Staff Schools/departments IT ResponseCenter CIT Students Faculty/Staff Past support model

  6. Bbcompany Faculty/Staff Schools/departments CIT IT ResponseCenter Students Faculty/Staff Current support model

  7. CIT involvement with help requests Fall Fall 458 requests Opening Semester Weeks 1-3

  8. How did we do it?Key #1—Planning October 2004 Discussed transition with ITRC and established their buy-in Dec 2004 Announced transition to IT staff in schools/depts Mar 2005 Post announcement to Blackboard.unc.edu News site/log in page Include announcement in personal voicemail Auto-responder for email requests Mention transition to faculty who contact us directly Feb 2005 Mention transition to faculty who contact us directly

  9. Apr 2005 Posted transition reminder on login page Transition: 4/11 Calls forwarded to ITRC Updated auto-responder for email requests Updated personal voicemail Referred faculty who contact us directly to ITRC Post-transition Disconnected phone, with msg referring to ITRC's number Auto-responder Personal voicemail Refer faculty who contact us directly to ITRC

  10. Key #2—Keep it Personalwithout identifying a Bb go-to person Resources • Central help request system • Shared email boxes • Shared phone number

  11. Key #3—Building Trust among Support Staff Resources • Long-term relationships • Training • Agreement for admin access • Visit each other’s locations • Instant messaging • Backing each other up in client cases

  12. Key # 4—Multiple Help Options http://help.unc.edu/?id=5264

  13. Key #5—Communicate Once, Receive Many Ways http://www.unc.edu/cit/bb/bbnews

  14. Feedback • Process went smoothly • No large red flags in faculty feedback However • Some individual cases drop through the cracks • Concerns over self-help options

  15. Wake Forest University • BB Campus since 1998 • Undergrad, Graduate, MBA and Law all on our installation • Roughly 7000 users • Currently 300+ active classes per semester (and lots of non-course classes) • LS Only (Enterprise) running on Linux • BB 6.3 (as of December 2005)

  16. Current BB Support at WFU • Primary training and support rests with the Library • Central Help Desk manages course copy, course delete and password issues • Departmental Instructional Technology folks (ITGs) do some (irregular) support • Support primarily via email and phone (listserv gets some use)

  17. Upcoming Integration • Spring 06 we will be integrating Banner with Blackboard • Summer I will be first semester for automatically generated courses and enrollment management • Use will increase (100% or more??) • Necessitates revision in support structure

  18. New Support Model • Shared support responsibility between main Help Desk and ITGs (Law and MBA have their own support people). • Backup support offered to these groups by library staff • Library continues to provide training • To be in place by August 2006

  19. How Are We Getting There? • Got approval for moving support to Help Desk and ITGs from Help Desk manager and Dean. • Created bbsupport listserv for ALL support people (including sys admin) • Schedule of monthly classes for support people January – August • Training on Course Administrator role planned for the summer • Posting support docs on the Faculty Support web page (open to all).

  20. Our Timeline • August 2005 got approval from the Dean (for ITG support) • September 2005 got approval from Help Desk • September-October worked with Project team to put a plan in place • December had first BB Support meeting • January 2006 – August 2006 Monthly Meetings • August 2006 support will switch completely • Then a miracle happens

  21. How are we doing so far? • B- • Great enthusiasm from the Help Desk • Resistance (not open) from the ITGs • Moderate support from the Dean • No good knowledge base in place currently for us to use • Will spend summer improving documentation

  22. Our Advice to Others • As much as possible do this from the top down • Get the approval from the necessary folks in writing EARLY on • Encourage open discussions of issues • Manage expectations • Make use of a knowledge base if you can

  23. Thank You! Lori Mathis: mathis@email.unc.edu Roz Tedford: tedforrl@wfu.edu

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