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Comprehensive Faculty Bio and Expertise Database - Streamlining Information for Visitors and Faculty

This session explores the goals, strategies, and perspectives involved in developing a comprehensive faculty bio and expertise database. It covers the perspectives of website visitors, faculty, administrators, and college webmasters, and addresses content discrepancies and limitations. The session also discusses the integration of Blackboard and Ektron CMS to provide a seamless user experience.

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Comprehensive Faculty Bio and Expertise Database - Streamlining Information for Visitors and Faculty

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  1. Faculty Bio and Expertise Database Learning Session

  2. Agenda • Goals and Strategy • Perspectives • Demo: Using the system • web site visitor’s perspective (view from the web) • faculty perspective (Blackboard) • admins perspective (Blackboard) • college web master’s perspective (CMS) “This is MY name, and my name is wrong!” • Relationships between components • Dealing with content discrepancies

  3. Goals • Faculty Bio and Expertise on the web • Make it Simple • Visitors • Faculty • Staff • Support • Webmasters • Avoid ‘yet another’ database island • Avoid existing limitations in Ektron CMS • Resolve ‘old content’ problem

  4. Blackboard Strategy • Banner CMS Reuse what exists, Create what doesn’t, Integrate.

  5. Perspectives - Visitor • Visitor – using the UNF website • Dynamic university faculty directory • Dynamic college pages • Faculty Specific Bio • Intuitive navigation and URL structure

  6. Perspectives - Faculty • Faculty – maintain own content (self service) • UNF Developed Blackboard Building Block • Hides complexity • Allows faculty to use Blackboard • Login to Blackboard • Click “Edit Bio”.

  7. Perspectives - Admin • Admins – provide faculty support • Use Blackboard to update multiple bios • Includes Blackboard user search • The same tool is used by faculty • Login to Blackboard 1a. Add Facbio module to view (one time only) • Search for faculty • Edit the content

  8. Perspectives - Webmaster • College Webmaster – reuse content • Use Ektron CMS to reuse dynamic bio content • UNF Developed EktronPagebuilder Widget • Drag n’ Drop • Configurable filter option • Various display layout options • Self Maintaining Content

  9. Support in depth – knowing the data Blackboard Ektron CMS Bio DB Directory Banner HR Banner Finance Phone Directory

  10. Data Expertise Education Biography Awards Affiliations Grants Publications Photo 2nd Title E-mail* Hours URL Bio DB Location: Phone Sys Phone #: Phone Sys Name: HR Title: HR Department: Fin College: Dept Directory DB

  11. Issues • Wrong Directory Information • HR: name, title, department (pay) • Contact HR or college administration • IT: Phone number, location • Submit an ITSR • Wrong Bio Information • 1st level: Self Service • 2nd level: CIRT, Admin Webmasters • Departmental Cross Listing – outstanding issue • Administrative Faculty

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