Vace Kundakci CSG Workshop May 2003
Pre Prometheus Evaluate WebCT Evaluate Blackboard Roll our own - Directory of Classes –Pencil book –Course catalog –Registrar data
Directory of Classes Registrar data –LDAP affiliations –Course shopping –Faculty info Course management use –URLs to ITC directories –Reserve material –Discussion boards
DoC Replacement Evaluate Prometheus - Spring ‘01 Decision, design, promotion - Fall ‘01 AcIS, CCNMTL CUL, Schools, Student Services Business School, Teachers College Some customizations - authentication, templates
First Semester Approximately 600 courses More customizations DoC look
Prometheus Features Discussion boards Calendar Chat Text/equation editor File manager integration PDA support Testing, grading Streaming media Online help eReserves Scalable Cold Fusion code Customizable UNIs Solaris, Oracle
Investments Prometheus Replicated servers Storage Oracle One new Cold Fusion programmer
Customizations Vocabulary Permissions (Columbia Interactive) Integration (UNI, LDAP, Kerberos, SIS)
Spring 2003 Over 1000 courses 2850 Courses in 4 semesters 500 Public courses users unique logins per month
New Changes Administrative Control Course, University, and Guest access Course Migration Study Tools Third Space Reserves Competencies Gradebook upload
Next Voyager integration Course evaluation Facebook Improve Faculty/Student feed quality Gradebook integration Exit Strategy
Vace Kundakci CSG Workshop May 2003