Name Robert A. Rozier MScPosition Senior LecturerE-mail address [email protected]
What is the context Our Educational programmes are organised in Blocks or Themes
• Packages consisting of 5 -7 modules that are inter-related• 50 – 250 students • 5 – 15 teachers
Block: 1 Block: 2 Block: 3 Block: 4 Web programming
Business Process Modeling
Databases 1 Unified Modeling
Language Web programming
IT service & security management
IT Service management IT-Infrastructures ICT & law Social Engineering &
Ethics
Information systems
Human computer Interfaces
Configuration management
Object Oriented Programming
Business Process Modeling
Data analysis & data visualisation
Databases 2 Data visualisation
Communication skills 1 English/Intercultural
competences Project management 1
Communication skills 2 English/Intercultural
competences Academic counseling 1 Research 1
Mathematics Project Management 2
Communication skills 3 Statistics Academic counseling 2 Research 2
Total EC 15 Total EC 15 Total EC 15 Total EC 15
Worst case scenarioFifteen different teachers and up to 250 students in up to 10 different classes each divided into 5 project groups will want to communicate on:• Changes in schedules• Home work assignments• Test results• Etc.
PLUS: BB is still largely used as a Bulletin Board
The Announcement feature is often the only option we are familiar with
What would the requirements be for a solution?
• Intuitive Navigation• Targeted Communication• Getting your colleagues to jump on the bandwagon
Behaviour and Usage Control
• Announcements are solely aimed at the whole population.• Use a fresh course every year (think through what codes and names to
use)• Pre-define groups and subgroups that fit the needs of all teachers• Target communication using the email function or the IM function
Groups and subgroups
• Take the class (20 -25 students) as a starting point• It is possible to copy groups from other courses• Let students self-enroll into sub groups (use a class prefix) f.i. Class 2A
has sub group 2A1 ….2A5.
Use of the Grade Centre in our context
• Can be used to register attendance, pass/fail, grades• Will automatically create a column when assignments and test are handed
out• Can be batch-filled with a .CSV• Can be used to batch-fill other Learning Systems
Use of the Grade Centre in our context
..But usually ends up being a colossal jungle only comprehensible to its makers.
Grade Centre Tips
• Create smart views based on groups• Create smart views based on columns • Create favourite smart views • Create categories and grading schemes
• Has a vast amount of helpful features that can hugely teaching and learning processes.
BB Learn …..
…but could improve on UX