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Project Vista Kick-Off. November 16, 2005. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO. Welcome!. What’s this “Project Vista” all about? Moving Chico to an Enterprise LMS Next Generation Online Learning Helping faculty and departments manage courses and content - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Project Vista Kick-Off Project Vista Kick-Off
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
November 16, 2005
Welcome!Welcome!
What’s this “Project Vista” all about?
Moving Chico to an Enterprise LMS Next Generation Online Learning Helping faculty and departments
manage courses and content Improving students’ learning
experiences
Current LMS Status at CSU ChicoCurrent LMS Status at CSU Chico
WebCT Campus Edition Version 4.1
Lots of clicks Each course is self-contained Difficult to collaborate Difficult to manage content Cumbersome gradebook
WebCT GrowthWebCT Growth
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Spring2003
Fall2003
Spring2004
Fall2004
Spring2005
Faculty UsingWebCTStudents UsingWebCT (10s)Course SectionsUsing WebCT
13,362 Students (Est.)
1,329 Sections
639 Faculty
Future Enterprise LMSFuture Enterprise LMS
WebCT Vista Version 4.0 All faculty (1,000) and students
(16,000) using WebCT Reporting capabilities Supports institutional hierarchy Ease of use – contemporary Web
interface
Vision for Project VistaVision for Project Vista
Provide leading academic technology for the university’s core mission of teaching and learning
Offer faculty and students rich tools for communication, collaboration, assessment and workflow management
Support important teaching and learning tools and best practices, including the use and integration of content repositories, streaming and multimedia technologies
Meet demands for future growth (scalable, sustainable)
What Defines Success?What Defines Success?
Stable, Integrated, Enterprise System Course Content Migration Least impact on faculty and students Leverage more of the new system’s
features and capabilities Faculty & Students Department & Colleges University-wide
What do YOU want to know about Vista?
What do YOU want to know about Vista?
Campus Edition myWebCTCampus Edition myWebCT
Not Customizable
Vista myWebCTVista myWebCTVery customizable
Campus Edition HomepageCampus Edition Homepage Lots of
Clicks
Vista HomepageVista Homepage
Campus Edition File ManagerCampus Edition File Manager
Lots of Clicks
Vista File ManagerVista File Manager
Role of Course Designer
Campus Edition GradebookCampus Edition Gradebook
Vista GradebookVista Gradebook
Role of instructor
Student Performance ReportStudent Performance Report
From Vista Gradebook
Vista Migration Message LogVista Migration Message Log
Vista Selective ReleaseVista Selective Release
Role of Course Designer
Vista organizational structure & levelsVista organizational structure & levels
WebCT Vista Server
CSU, Chico
College of Natural Sciences
Chemistry Physics
CHEM 100 CHEM 107
01
03
05
02
04
06
01
03
02
04
Domain level = server
Institution level = university
Division level = college
Group level = department
Courses = master course
Sections = individual class
Vista roles at organization levelsVista roles at organization levels
Admin
Help Desk
Designer
Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Student
Auditor
These roles are available at the many organizational levels of domain, institution, division, group, course and section.
Targets & MilestonesTargets & Milestones
Fall 2005 – Installation & Training Intersession 2006 – Train & develop
pilots Spring 2006 – Run Pilots; Integration Summer 2006 – Migrate courses, test
integration Fall 2006 – half courses in Vista Spring 2007 – all courses in Vista Summer 2007 – Clean-up & wrap up
TimelineTimeline
Fall 2005 Vista Installed Staff Training Develop Migration Processes Develop Faculty Training Plan Spring Pilot
Pilot GroupPilot Group
Bill Bergman, Kinesiology Becky Damazo, Nursing Cris Guenter, Education Jeff Jiang, Recreation Lorraine Gardiner, Accounting &
MIS Terry Miller-Herringer, Psychology Rita Mulholland, Special Ed. Terry Noel, Management Michael Spiess, Agriculture
TimelineTimeline
Intersession 2006 Migrate Pilot Courses Train Pilot Faculty Group Develop support materials
TimelineTimeline
Spring 2006 10 Pilot Courses Integrate with CMS / Portal / LDAP,
etc. Refine training, migration and
support Meet with depts./colleges to prep
for migration either Spring or Summer
Begin departmental training and course migrations
TimelineTimeline
Summer 2006 Summer Pilot Training Migration Support
TimelineTimeline
Fall 2006 Vista in Full Production Half of WebCT Courses
migrated Training, Migration, & Support
TimelineTimeline
Spring 2007 All WebCT Courses on Vista
Production System
Summer 2007 Complete any remaining
migrations Retire Campus Edition
Campus InvolvementCampus Involvement
Enrollment Management Deans and Dept. Chairs
Accreditation and Program Assessment
AURA Committee Faculty Students
Next StepsNext Steps
Meet with Deans to discuss Vista capabilities college-wide (by March 1)
Meet with Departments to discuss training/migration of programs/options (March – July)
Customize training as needed
CSU, ChicoVista Web site
www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista