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Project Vista Kick-Off. November 16, 2005. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO. Welcome!. What’s this “Project Vista” all about? Moving Chico to an Enterprise LMS Next Generation Online Learning Helping faculty and departments manage courses and content
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Project Vista Kick-Off November 16, 2005 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
Welcome! What’s this “Project Vista” all about? • Moving Chico to an Enterprise LMS • Next Generation Online Learning • Helping faculty and departments manage courses and content • Improving students’ learning experiences
Current LMS Status at CSU Chico WebCT Campus Edition Version 4.1 • Lots of clicks • Each course is self-contained • Difficult to collaborate • Difficult to manage content • Cumbersome gradebook
639 Faculty WebCT Growth 13,362 Students (Est.) 1,329 Sections
Future Enterprise LMS WebCT Vista Version 4.0 • All faculty (1,000) and students (16,000) using WebCT • Reporting capabilities • Supports institutional hierarchy • Ease of use – contemporary Web interface
Vision for Project Vista • Provide leading academic technology for the university’s core mission of teaching and learning • Offer faculty and students rich tools for communication, collaboration, assessment and workflow management • Support important teaching and learning tools and best practices, including the use and integration of content repositories, streaming and multimedia technologies • Meet demands for future growth (scalable, sustainable)
What Defines Success? • Stable, Integrated, Enterprise System • Course Content Migration • Least impact on faculty and students • Leverage more of the new system’s features and capabilities • Faculty & Students • Department & Colleges • University-wide
Not Customizable Campus Edition myWebCT
Vista myWebCT Very customizable
Lots of Clicks Campus Edition Homepage
Lots of Clicks Campus Edition File Manager
Role of Course Designer Vista File Manager
Role of instructor Vista Gradebook
From Vista Gradebook Student Performance Report
Role of Course Designer Vista Selective Release
WebCT Vista Server CSU, Chico College of Natural Sciences Chemistry Physics CHEM 100 CHEM 107 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 06 Vista organizational structure & levels Domain level = server Institution level = university Division level = college Group level = department Courses = master course Sections = individual class
Vista roles at organization levels • Admin • Help Desk • Designer • Instructor • Teaching Assistant • Student • Auditor These roles are available at the many organizational levels of domain, institution, division, group, course and section.
Targets & Milestones • Fall 2005 – Installation & Training • Intersession 2006 – Train & develop pilots • Spring 2006 – Run Pilots; Integration • Summer 2006 – Migrate courses, test integration • Fall 2006 – half courses in Vista • Spring 2007 – all courses in Vista • Summer 2007 –Clean-up & wrap up
Timeline Fall 2005 • Vista Installed • Staff Training • Develop Migration Processes • Develop Faculty Training • Plan Spring Pilot
Pilot Group • Bill Bergman, Kinesiology • Becky Damazo, Nursing • Cris Guenter, Education • Jeff Jiang, Recreation • Lorraine Gardiner, Accounting & MIS • Terry Miller-Herringer, Psychology • Rita Mulholland, Special Ed. • Terry Noel, Management • Michael Spiess, Agriculture
Timeline Intersession 2006 • Migrate Pilot Courses • Train Pilot Faculty Group • Develop support materials
Timeline Spring 2006 • 10 Pilot Courses • Integrate with CMS / Portal / LDAP, etc. • Refine training, migration and support • Meet with depts./colleges to prep for migration either Spring or Summer • Begin departmental training and course migrations
Timeline Summer 2006 • Summer Pilot • Training • Migration • Support
Timeline Fall 2006 • Vista in Full Production • Half of WebCT Courses migrated • Training, Migration, & Support
Timeline Spring 2007 • All WebCT Courses on Vista Production System Summer 2007 • Complete any remaining migrations • Retire Campus Edition
Campus Involvement • Enrollment Management • Deans and Dept. Chairs • Accreditation and Program Assessment • AURA Committee • Faculty • Students
Next Steps • Meet with Deans to discuss Vista capabilities college-wide (by March 1) • Meet with Departments to discuss training/migration of programs/options (March – July) • Customize training as needed
CSU, ChicoVista Web site www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista