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VO: a Beginning. Support and enhance the building of community Provide opportunities for interaction Begin to build a shared context for community at UD Facilitate and enrich the transition to college
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VO: a Beginning • Support and enhance the building of community • Provide opportunities for interaction • Begin to build a shared context for community at UD • Facilitate and enrich the transition to college • Provide a high level of service and an information-rich resource by unifying all areas of the UD experience prior to a student’s arrival on campus • Maintain a personal and readily available connection • Highly personalized, dynamic, interactive online educational and social orientation
VO: Four Years Later • 1999: on-line course selection for incoming students created • 2000: Math Placement Exam added, Virtual Room created • 2001: Virtual Orientation realized • Announcements, FAQs, parent’s section • Expanded academic resource information • Language Placement Exams • Personal profiles w/ messaging/chat capabilities • Student services w/ interactive chats hosted by UD officials • “Personalized” bookstore interface • Customizable personal space • Academic orientation to Humanities Base curriculum • 2002: A new look and expanded functionality • Added threaded discussions and an expanded Virtual Room • Integrated smart search capability and enhanced navigation • Enhanced Language Placement Exams • Improved management interface including an auto-schedule component • Expanded bookstore interface with merchandise and personal printers
VO 2002: by the Numbers • Site life-span: 130 days (April 18 – August 25) • User population: 1,687 • ~99% of all incoming students logged-in* • ~3,950 average logins/week; top ten ~8.6 logins/week • ~72,900 total logins • 1,217 profiles posted; ~72.1% • 13,342 messages exchanged between students • 677 threaded discussions created; 8,853 posts • 14,809 chat sessions launched *based on 1,662 students as of 8/25/2002
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