Transcript Document 7798044

UW-ACE Update
Chairs Forum
23 November 2004
Andrea Chappell, IST
Overview
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What is UW-ACE?
– Features, usage
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Show and Tell
Strategy
– Directions, current activities
– Support model
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What is UW-ACE?
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UW ANGEL Course Environment
Learning/Course Management System
(LMS or CMS)
UW-ACE is based on ANGEL software
from CyberLearning Labs
Other LMS include Blackboard, WebCT,
Desire2Learn
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UW-ACE basic features
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Web-based course management
– Roster, gradebook
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Course materials
– Syllabus, documents (Word files, PPT
slides, Matlab files, etc.), Web links
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Communications to/from students
– Message boards, course email, chat,
announcements
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UW-ACE advanced features
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Assignment dropboxes
Online quizzes (automatically graded)
Surveys and polls
Online discussion facility
Private team areas for group work
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UW-ACE Usage
Spring 2004 Pilot 30 courses
1500 students
1600 enrolments
Fall 2004
230 courses
12,000 students
25,000 enrolments
Winter 2005
140 (so far, not advertised
yet)
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Show and Tell
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STAT 230 – pre- and post-class
quizzes, active learning tasks
ENGL 200A - discussions
GER/FINE 359 – library module, task
MATH 127 – UW-ACE reactions
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Strategy: UW-ACE
Steering Committee
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Membership
– UCIST
– Reps from DE, LT3, Teaching Excellence
Council, undergrad and grad student
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Issues
– Support models, software extensions, UW
“branding,” etc.
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Directions for UW-ACE
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Provide a “rock-solid,” centrally supported,
online course system for general use (UWACE server in IST).
Provide a seamless environment for all
online course uses, on-campus or Distance
Education.
Provide a place to pilot innovations and
new features (UW-ACE Exploration server
in LT3).
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Current activities
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Extensions to ANGEL
– Team management tools
– Course export to CD (esp. for Dist. Ed.)
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Tailoring to UW infrastructure
– Scripts to automate adding courses,
adding class lists, with add/drop
– Final marks submissions
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Tweaking support structures
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UW-ACE Support Model
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1st point of contact: LT3 Faculty Liaison
– In some cases, Faculty consultant involved
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2nd level support: IST UW-ACE Training and
Support Co-ordinator
– Jan Willwerth and backup in Client Services
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System level support
– IST Systems and Production Support personnel
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CyberLearning Labs (vendor)
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UW-ACE Instructor Support
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“How-to” support:
– Documentation
– Hands-on training
– FAQs
– Faculty Liaisons, Jan, Faculty consultants
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UW-ACE Instructional Resources
– Reusable learning modules in an ANGEL
library
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Questions?
Comments?
Concerns?
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