The www.courses.miami.edu
Course Management System
Presentation for the Provost
May 1, 2001
Bill VilbergInstructional Advancement Center
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Agenda
History & Vision
Current Uses
Instructor Demonstration
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UM TimelineMay 1998: Began work at UM to “encourage and support the faculty in appropriate uses of technology to enhance instruction.”Fall 1998: Identified need for Course Management System (CMS)Spring 1999: Evaluated alternatives, recommended Blackboard’s CourseInfo, received authorization, acquired hardware, installed systemSummer 2000: First use
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Principal Selection Criteria
Security of student information
Ease of use by faculty
Ease of use by students
Capabilities
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System Usage
Summer 1999: 12 courses (CI 2)
Fall 1999: 110 courses
Spring 2000: 220 courses (CI 4)
Fall 2000: 350 courses (50% of students)
Spring 2001: 350 courses
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Student Satisfaction Surveys(Fall 1999: 741 students; Spring 2000: 530 students)
90% overall satisfaction rate
87% want other courses to use it
64% believe it has enhanced their learning
93% indicated the instructor was comfortable using the system
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Faculty Satisfaction Survey(Spring 2001: 67 faculty)
93% overall satisfaction rate
90% look forward to using it again
84% think other faculty should use it
73% believe it has enhanced student learning
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Vision
>70% of courses actively use the system
Schools/colleges, departments, organizations, committees have sites
Automated processes (course site creation/enrollment)
Primary source for academic (and organizational) interaction
Actual UM Sites
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CHM201 – Keith Wellman
Announcements
Learning materialsSee Course Documents chapters 9, 11, and 13
Practice exams
Exam results summary
Top student quizzes
Gradebook
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PSY403 – Ed Green
Course Documents3D neuroanatomy animations
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PSY110 – Amy Schaffer
Syllabus
Learning materials
On-line quizzes *
Gradebook
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NUR420 – Pat Livingstone and Rosemary Hall
Announcements
Course Documents
External Links
Groups (for e-mail access) *
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EPS603 – Carol-Anne Phekoo
Syllabus
Course Documents
Discussion Board *
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NUR623 – Elaine Kauschinger
Background: 13 students in 26 clinical sites each semester
Announcements
Course Information
Presentations (PowerPoint) *
Discussion Board (case studies) *
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PTS541 – Rose Marie Rine
Course Information *
Course Documents *Well Organized
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ENG330 – Wes Glassgow
Course Documents(see “Bad News Letter”)
Groups (e-mail access)Used to communicate with students by an adjunct faculty who is not on campus as frequently as he would like to be
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REL101 – Stephen Sapp
Announcements
Course Documents, SappMultiple file types to increase accessibility
PowerPoint, Word notes, PDF slides
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ENG107 – Maranto Gina
Background: IMPaCT program; one site for all students
Student Papers in Course Documents
External Links to generate interest and ideas
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BSL696 – Ann Morales
Announcements
News articles (Course Documents)Prelecture reading for understanding
Postlecture application of learning
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MGT681 & 682 – James Shultz
Syllabus
PowerPoint lecturesIncluding student presentations *
External Links *
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CIS681 – Stanley Goldstein
AnnouncementsTopics to be covered in class
Table of Contents (in Course Information)
Discussion BoardSee sections 8, 9, and 13
Look at Sandra Gonzalez
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EPS621 – Kent Burnett
Banner at top of Announcements
Course Information
Staff Information
External LinksSmart Mice/Smart People *
Discussion BoardSmart Mice/Smart People *
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EPS512 – Kent Burnett
External LinkClassroom Video *
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IRB – Paul Braunschweiger
Multi-institutional training site
Federally mandated training
Anytime/anywhere access
Sequential control of material
Thousands of users
