Project Vista Kick-Off CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO November 16, 2005
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 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 Growth 13,362 Students (Est.) 1,329 Sections 639 Faculty
Future 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 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? 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?
Campus Edition myWebCT Not Customizable
Vista myWebCT Very customizable
Campus Edition Homepage Lots of Clicks
Vista Homepage
Campus Edition File Manager Lots of Clicks
Vista File Manager Role of Course Designer
Campus Edition Gradebook
Vista Gradebook Role of instructor
Student Performance Report From Vista Gradebook
Vista Migration Message Log
Vista Selective Release Role of Course Designer
Vista organizational structure & levels WebCT Vista Server CSU, Chico College of Natural Sciences ChemistryPhysics CHEM 100CHEM Domain level = server Institution level = university Division level = college Group level = department Courses = master course Sections = individual class
Vista 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.
Vista has many roles for help desk
Vista settings at the Division level
Targets & 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
Timeline Fall 2005 Vista Installed Staff Training Develop Migration Processes Develop Faculty Training Plan Spring Pilot
Pilot 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
Timeline Intersession 2006 Migrate Pilot Courses Train Pilot Faculty Group Develop support materials
Timeline 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
Timeline Summer 2006 Summer Pilot Training Migration Support
Timeline Fall 2006 Vista in Full Production Half of WebCT Courses migrated Training, Migration, & Support
Timeline Spring 2007 All WebCT Courses on Vista Production System Summer 2007 Complete any remaining migrations Retire Campus Edition
Campus Involvement Enrollment Management Deans and Dept. Chairs Accreditation and Program Assessment AURA Committee Faculty Students
Vista improvements over CE Gradebook - scrolling grades, freeze frame Student profiles, all grades in one place Gradable discussions Shared chat/whiteboard combo tool File sharing for student groups Web page assignments Migration choices - content or whole course Content sharing among faculty/depts
Next 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, Chico Vista Web site