St. Petersburg Online Communicator SPOC

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St. Petersburg Online Communicator (SPOC)
Presented byAlan Shapiro and Nancy Doolittle
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• SPC was granted three congressional awards worth
  over 10 million to build a national model for
• increasing access for students and workforce
  training
• education anywhere, anytime
• 1999-2003 Project Eagle I 5,000,000
• 2003-2007 Project Eagle II 4,470,750
• 2004-2007 Project Eagle I B 1,491,150
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  10,961,900

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http//www.spcollege.edu/eagle/
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St. Petersburg Online Communicator (SPOC)

• SPOC was developed by St. Petersburg College's
  Web Instructional Technology department as a
  suite of tools designed for synchronous and
  asynchronous communications in online classes.
  SPOC users simply need a high speed internet
  connection with a Flash enabled web browser to
  allow real-time collaborative learning from
  anywhere.

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History of SPOC

• Required to offer Speech online
• Click to Meet original synchronous audio/video
  tool - out of business 2003/2004
• Flash Media Server developed and promoted by
  Macromedia
• NTPI bought Flash Media server
• In house development began after attendance at a
  Macromedia Conference in 2003
• First SPOC tool development began in Jan 2005

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SPOC Overview

• Easy to use Only 1 plug-in required - Flash
• Synchronous and asynchronous tools
• Some tools require scheduling while some do not.
• All are managed through SPOC Central
• Often integrates with ANGEL learning management
  system

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Hardware Requirements

• DSL light connection or better (some tools
  require cable modem or higher)
• Computer Windows 95 or higher
• Camera USB eyeball camera
• USB Headset and/or microphone

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SPOC Central

• SPOC central is a management and scheduling
  website developed by the Web and Instructional
  Technology Services department of SPC.
• All SPC employees use their network login
  information to access the tools
• Holds tutorials for all tools
• Allows collection of feedback from users

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Asynchronous Tools

• Faculty video recorder
• Faculty audio recorder
• Student video feedback dropbox tool - Kuzma video
  option for report
• Student audio recorder - dropbox tool

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Synchronous Tools

• Web conferencing tool
• Desktop presenter
• Audio chat archived
• Online Office hours

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SPOC - Faculty Audio Recorder

• Allows you to create short audio snippets and
  easily place them in your course or website.

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SPOC Faculty Video Recorder

• Allows you to create short video snippets up to 4
  minutes in length and easily place them in your
  course or website.

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SPOC Student Video Feedback Dropbox tool

• Allows the student to create a video recording
  within the ANGEL drop box tool and submit the
  video recording. The instructor provides feedback
  within the student video submission. Students can
  review the instructor feedback.

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SPOC Student Audio Recorder Dropbox Tool

• Provides a method for students to record audio
  files and submit them via a dropbox in ANGEL.
  Instructors are able to listen to the file and
  provide a grade and text comments that are
  reviewable by the submitting student. NOTE - This
  tool will generate HTML code that can only be
  used within an ANGEL dropbox tool.

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Web Conferencing Tool

• Allows full audio, video, chat and website
  interaction for up to 12 participants and an
  instructor. Instructors can easily identify and
  manage the participant connections to ensure high
  quality connectivity. This is an excellent tool
  for virtual presentations and meetings for groups
  of 2 to 12 students. All participants need
  webcams and headsets with microphones in order to
  take full advantage of this tool functionality.

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Desktop Presenter

• The Desktop Presenter tool will allow the
  presenter to share in real-time their computer
  desktop to participants. The presenter can share
  an application such as Excel to explain difficult
  concepts or show a PowerPoint presentation.
  Anything on the instructor's computer can be
  displayed to the participants.

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Archived Audio Chat Tool

• Allows one way audio from the instructor and two
  way chat from an unlimited number of
  participants. Sessions are recorded and can be
  reviewed at a later date in their original form.

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Online Office Hours

• Users conduct office hours with individual
  students in an online format. The administrator
  of the office hours is able to text chat as well
  as send video and audio to an individual
  participant. The participants will know when the
  administrator of the office hours is online or
  away. The individuals line up in cue while the
  person conducting the office hours is chatting to
  another individual. The participants "waiting in
  line" know how many people are ahead and behind
  them in line.

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SPOCs Future

• Enrollment management text only - queued list of
  waiting students
• Updated web conferencing tool
• Office hours tool - audio/video one way chat back
• Upgrades to existing tools

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Questions?