Faculty Bio and Expertise Database

Learning Session

• 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

Agenda

• 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

Goals

Strategy

CMS

BannerBlackboardReuse what exists,

Create what doesn’t,Integrate.

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

Perspectives - Visitor

• Faculty – maintain own content (self service)– UNF Developed Blackboard Building Block– Hides complexity– Allows faculty to use Blackboard

1. Login to Blackboard2. Click “Edit Bio”.

Perspectives - Faculty

• Admins – provide faculty support– Use Blackboard to update multiple bios– Includes Blackboard user search– The same tool is used by faculty

1. Login to Blackboard1a. Add Facbio module to view (one time only)

2. Search for faculty3. Edit the content

Perspectives - Admin

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

Perspectives - Webmaster

Support in depth – knowing the data

Bio DB

Directory

Banner HR Banner Finance

Phone Directory

Blackboard Ektron CMS

Data

ExpertiseEducationBiographyAwards

AffiliationsGrantsPublicationsPhoto

2nd TitleE-mail*HoursURL

Name: HRTitle: HRDepartment: FinCollege: Dept

Location: Phone SysPhone #: Phone Sys

Bio DB

Directory DB

• 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

Issues