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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). Web Course Management Systems. WebCT & Blackboard two of many Basic feature set: Course note structuring
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LT3 Open House on WCMS:WebCT and Blackboard at UW13 December 2000 Andrea Chappell (LT3/IST)Zal Petrowich (LT3)Vivian Rossner-Merrill (LT3)John Thompson (LT3)
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) LT3 Open House on WCMS
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 LT3 Open House on WCMS
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! LT3 Open House on WCMS
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 LT3 Open House on WCMS
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 LT3 Open House on WCMS
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 LT3 Open House on WCMS
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 LT3 Open House on WCMS