Cindy Vinson

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Using Angel for Online Instruction

• Cindy Vinson
• March 26, 2009
• For audio call Toll Free 1-888-886-3951
• and use PIN/code 640598

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Housekeeping

• Maximize your CCC Confer window.
• Mute your phone (6) if you have visitors or
  noise in your office.
• Please note phone audio may be in presenter-only
  mode.
• Ask questions over the phone when the presenter
  prompts.
• Ask questions throughout presentation via the
  chat window.
• Turn on or off Closed Captioning by clicking on
  the icon.
• Save the presentation or chat by clicking on the
  icon.
• Vote Yes or No by using the icon.

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How to use VoIP

• 1) To listen, adjust your speaker volume (left
  bottom of window)
• 2) To speak youll need a microphone or USB
  headset.
• a) First, run the audio wizard Tools/Audio/Audio
  Setup Wizard.
• b) Second, press on the mic icon when it is free
  (release when finished speaking)

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About Me

• Distance Learning Coordinator at Mission College
  since 2004 (when faculty position was created)
• Work closely with a team of people specifically
  instructional designer and my counterparts at
  West Valley College
• Distance Learning has grown from about 2000
  enrollments to about 7500 enrollments over the
  past 5 years
• Web-enabled classes is biggest change in the
  district

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About this Presentation

• This session will NOT teach you how to use Angel
• High level overview of the product
• Reasons why this tool was selected at WVM
• Pricing and contact information
• Answer questions

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Audience Analysis

• I have used a Course Management System (CMS)
  before such as Moodle, ETUDES, Blackboard, WebCT,
  Angel or other.
• Yes
• No

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Audience Analysis

• My college uses one CMS that is integrated with
  our student information system. This
  automatically creates courses shells and student
  accounts for all classeswhether distance or not.
• Yes
• No

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Audience Analysis

• I regularly use a CMS for classes, groups, or
  professional activities.
• Yes
• No

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Audience Analysis

• My current position is one of the following (pick
  the one that most applies)
• A. Faculty
• B. Faculty teaching DL Courses
• C. Distance Learning Coordinator (either faculty
  position or not)
• D. Administrator
• E. Staff

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Audience Analysis

• The CMS that I am most familiar is
• A. Blackboard
• B. WebCT
• C. Moodle
• D. ETUDES
• E. Angel

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Why We Selected Angel

• Each college on different system
• Faculty driven team selected Angel
• Ease of use
• References
• Inclusion of learning object repository
• Angel support team (they work harder and have
  excellent customer relations)
• Standards based
• While not open source, the data base is open for
  customization
• Cost for unlimited license (make available to all
  classes)

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Cost for Annual Unlimited License

• 2,000 FTE  23,300
• 3,000 FTE 28,100
• 5,000 FTE  35,500
• 7,500 FTE 41,900
• 10,000 FTE 48,300
• Is willing to offer pricing reduction when moving
  from one LMS to Angel

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Silver Hosting

• 2,000 users 22,800
• 3,000 users 27,100
• 5,000 users 34,300
• 7,500 users 40,400
• 10,000 users 46,300

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Contact Information

• Christine Wyatt
• Senior Account Manager
• ANGEL Learning
• cwyatt_at_angellearning.com
• 909-657-3319

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Open Source or Commercial

• Angel is ODBC compliant (standards based)
• Provide complete APIs for customization
• Uses a SQL database making Angel fully extensible
• Can be easily integrated into Datatel, banner,
  PeopleSoft, or homegrown system

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Features

• All standard features for CMS
• Upload tool for all files
• HTML editor
• E-mail (all e-mail addresses are copied from SIS)
• Gradebook
• Quizzes and Assessments (learning outcomes
  tracking)
• Drop boxes
• Calendar
• Reports
• Customizations for look and feel
• Discussion forums

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Features of Angel

• Blogging tool
• Learning Object Repository
• Who Dun It
• Agents tool (not currently in use at WVM)
• Next version will have grading rubrics
• Chat rooms
• IM

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QA

• Cindy Vinson
• Distance Learning Coordinator
• Mission College
• Cindy_vinson_at_wvm.edu
• [phone]

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Evaluation Survey Link

• http//tinyurl.com/ONEeval-09SpAngel

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Thanks for Attending

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