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Syllabus Preview Project

Syllabus Preview Project. Aug 6, 2013. About me. SlideShare : http:// www.slideshare.net / rexlorenzo CCLE lead developer (Common Collaboration & Learning Environment) at UCLA Working with Moodle since 2011 Particularly helper Moodler. Outline. Background Walkthrough Lessons learned.

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Syllabus Preview Project

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  1. Syllabus Preview Project Aug 6, 2013

  2. About me • SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo • CCLE lead developer (Common Collaboration & Learning Environment) at UCLA • Working with Moodle since 2011 • Particularly helper Moodler

  3. Outline • Background • Walkthrough • Lessons learned

  4. 1. Background • History • Instructor concerns • Students concerns • Our “solution”

  5. History • IEI fee – renewed in 2007, seed funding for CCLE • Students expecting more from class websites • Increasing time until graduation • Difficulty in getting classes • Anderson School joining CCLE • Needed way to tag syllabi for student course shopping

  6. Instructor Concerns • Intellectual thievery • My syllabus is my intellectual property • I have had other schools “take” my course without permission • Course “shopping” • “Shopping” for courses? Are they for sale? • Students who pre-read syllabi are trying to find the “easier” class to take. • Extra chore • It is really annoying to get those messages asking, asking, asking for a syllabus in advance

  7. Student concerns • Unable to make informed decisions • Look at past syllabus • Word of mouth • Bruinwalk • Want to find courses that “fit” • Don’t just want “easy” courses • Want balance

  8. Our “solution” • Allow instructors to control access to syllabi • Identify courses with syllabi • Flag “preview” syllabi

  9. 2. Walkthrough • How instructors can upload a syllabus • How students access syllabi • Future plans

  10. Reminder

  11. Syllabus Manager

  12. Adding a restricted syllabus

  13. Adding an “Unrestricted” syllabus

  14. Managing syllabi

  15. Viewing a syllabus

  16. Syllabi Browsing Public UCLA Enrolled only

  17. Future Development Plans • Integrate with UCLA Registrar course listings • Integrate with MyUCLA class planner

  18. UCLA Registrar course listings

  19. MyUCLA class planner

  20. 3. Lessons Learned • No one reads email! • Defaults matter • “Marketing”

  21. No one reads email! • Adding syllabus reminder A problem ~2X increase!

  22. Defaults matter

  23. Defaults matter

  24. “marketing” • Choose words carefully • “Course shopping” • Sell, Advertise, Promote • Expectations, Appropriate, “Time to degree” • Who’s job is it get faculty post early syllabi?

  25. Conclusion/Questions? • Github • https://github.com/ucla/moodle-local_syllabus • Slides • http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo • http://goo.gl/R01p2r • My info: Rex Lorenzo <rex@oid.ucla.edu>

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