Courseware Investigative Team Report

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Courseware Investigative Team Report

• April 20, 2007

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Courseware InvestigativeTeam Membership

• James Franceschelli
• Jason Wimmer
• Robert Kennedy
• Dr. Ed Koshmahl
• Dr. Tim Cannon
• Katie Duke
• Christopher Krall

• Andre Oberle
• Aileen McHale
• Eugeniu Grigorescu
• Mark McGivern
• Dr. Terry Sweeney, Dr. Robert McKeage and Dr.
  Ollie Morgan also assisted

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Courseware InvestigativeTeam Charge

• Assess the current courseware tool (Blackboard
  Basic) and determine its sustainability in light
  of competing products and the growing needs of
  the campus community
• Recommend the proper course of action in regards
  to a standardized Courseware Tool at the
  University of Scranton

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Process

• Assessed Faculty needs and interests in regards
  to a Courseware system
• Selected of three most popular products
• Desire2Learn
• ANGEL
• Blackboard
• Invited vendors for presentations and evaluated
  product features, functionality and integration

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Faculty Assessment

• Of the 164 responding faculty members
• The major utilization of Blackboard was for
  posting course syllabi (62.2).
• The ability to share course content information
  among multiple sections of a course would
  encourage 29.3 of those surveyed to utilize the
  courseware system.

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Current Blackboard Uses

• Course Syllabus 62.20
• Delivering Content 50.60
• Assignment Manager 38.40
• Online Grading 35.40

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What would encourage use?

• Ability to share course content among multiple
  sections of a course (29.30)
• Auto creation of all courses into the Blackboard
  System (28.70)
• Making it easier for Faculty to use (22.00)

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Courseware Evaluation Criteria

• Basic features (usability of the product, the
  intuitiveness of the interface, overall
  functionality of its components)
• Advanced components (content repository,
  eportfolio, and assessment)
• System requirements Integration with Banner /
  Luminis
• Company Clients

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Team Recommendation

• ANGEL Learning Systems
• Enhanced Features
• Ease of Use
• Integration
• Cost

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• Introduction to the University Community
• Announcement
• ANGEL Day on May 7, 2007
• Acquire ANGEL Hosting services beginning in May
  2007
• CTLE OIT Staff Training begins
• Setup of hosted environment for users and courses
  

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• Faculty Training
• Introductory Training begins in June 2007 and
  continues through June 2008
• Training offered by CTLE and OIT Staff

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• Training for existing courseware users
• Every Other Week
• Day 1 ANGEL Demo
• Day 1 ANGEL Hands-On Basic Workshop
• Day 2 Conversion Workshop
• Provides faculty with the training environment
  and staff assistance to convert existing
  Blackboard courses into Angel
• Sessions will continue to be offered thru June
  2008

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• New User Training (Users who do NOT currently use
  Blackboard)
• Begins in August 2007
• Provide offerings in Basic to Advanced Features
• Assistance Training through CTLE OIT
• NEW users will only have ANGEL as courseware
  system option

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• Angel System Implementation
• DIR / SSR to collaborate on acquisition and
  implementation
• Acquisition post 6-1-2007
• Integration of User Accounts
• Auto creation of Course Sites
• Integration into Luminis (MyScranton sign on)
• Testing, Backup, Roll Out
• Migration of information from Hosted site to UofS
  servers (Fall 2007 / Intersession 2008)

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Proposed Implementation Plan

• What happens to Blackboard?
• Existing services will continue through the end
  of the Spring 2008 Semester
• Existing Blackboard faculty can continue to
  utilize Blackboard through Spring 2008
• All Blackboard courses archived at the end of
  Spring 2008
• Blackboard System terminated May 31, 2008

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