Project Vista Kick-Off Project Vista Kick-Off

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO

November 16, 2005

Welcome!Welcome!

What’s this “Project Vista” all about?

Moving Chico to an Enterprise LMS Next Generation Online Learning Helping faculty and departments

manage courses and content Improving students’ learning

experiences

Current LMS Status at CSU ChicoCurrent LMS Status at CSU Chico

WebCT Campus Edition Version 4.1

Lots of clicks Each course is self-contained Difficult to collaborate Difficult to manage content Cumbersome gradebook

WebCT GrowthWebCT Growth

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Spring2003

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Spring2004

Fall2004

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Faculty UsingWebCTStudents UsingWebCT (10s)Course SectionsUsing WebCT

13,362 Students (Est.)

1,329 Sections

639 Faculty

Future Enterprise LMSFuture Enterprise LMS

WebCT Vista Version 4.0 All faculty (1,000) and students

(16,000) using WebCT Reporting capabilities Supports institutional hierarchy Ease of use – contemporary Web

interface

Vision for Project VistaVision for Project Vista

Provide leading academic technology for the university’s core mission of teaching and learning

Offer faculty and students rich tools for communication, collaboration, assessment and workflow management

Support important teaching and learning tools and best practices, including the use and integration of content repositories, streaming and multimedia technologies

Meet demands for future growth (scalable, sustainable)

What Defines Success?What Defines Success?

Stable, Integrated, Enterprise System Course Content Migration Least impact on faculty and students Leverage more of the new system’s

features and capabilities Faculty & Students Department & Colleges University-wide

What do YOU want to know about Vista?

What do YOU want to know about Vista?

Campus Edition myWebCTCampus Edition myWebCT

Not Customizable

Vista myWebCTVista myWebCTVery customizable

Campus Edition HomepageCampus Edition Homepage Lots of

Clicks

Vista HomepageVista Homepage

Campus Edition File ManagerCampus Edition File Manager

Lots of Clicks

Vista File ManagerVista File Manager

Role of Course Designer

Campus Edition GradebookCampus Edition Gradebook

Vista GradebookVista Gradebook

Role of instructor

Student Performance ReportStudent Performance Report

From Vista Gradebook

Vista Migration Message LogVista Migration Message Log

Vista Selective ReleaseVista Selective Release

Role of Course Designer

Vista organizational structure & levelsVista organizational structure & levels

WebCT Vista Server

CSU, Chico

College of Natural Sciences

Chemistry Physics

CHEM 100 CHEM 107

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Domain level = server

Institution level = university

Division level = college

Group level = department

Courses = master course

Sections = individual class

Vista roles at organization levelsVista roles at organization levels

Admin

Help Desk

Designer

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

Student

Auditor

These roles are available at the many organizational levels of domain, institution, division, group, course and section.

Targets & MilestonesTargets & Milestones

Fall 2005 – Installation & Training Intersession 2006 – Train & develop

pilots Spring 2006 – Run Pilots; Integration Summer 2006 – Migrate courses, test

integration Fall 2006 – half courses in Vista Spring 2007 – all courses in Vista Summer 2007 – Clean-up & wrap up

TimelineTimeline

Fall 2005 Vista Installed Staff Training Develop Migration Processes Develop Faculty Training Plan Spring Pilot

Pilot GroupPilot Group

Bill Bergman, Kinesiology Becky Damazo, Nursing Cris Guenter, Education Jeff Jiang, Recreation Lorraine Gardiner, Accounting &

MIS Terry Miller-Herringer, Psychology Rita Mulholland, Special Ed. Terry Noel, Management Michael Spiess, Agriculture

TimelineTimeline

Intersession 2006 Migrate Pilot Courses Train Pilot Faculty Group Develop support materials

TimelineTimeline

Spring 2006 10 Pilot Courses Integrate with CMS / Portal / LDAP,

etc. Refine training, migration and

support Meet with depts./colleges to prep

for migration either Spring or Summer

Begin departmental training and course migrations

TimelineTimeline

Summer 2006 Summer Pilot Training Migration Support

TimelineTimeline

Fall 2006 Vista in Full Production Half of WebCT Courses

migrated Training, Migration, & Support

TimelineTimeline

Spring 2007 All WebCT Courses on Vista

Production System

Summer 2007 Complete any remaining

migrations Retire Campus Edition

Campus InvolvementCampus Involvement

Enrollment Management Deans and Dept. Chairs

Accreditation and Program Assessment

AURA Committee Faculty Students

Next StepsNext Steps

Meet with Deans to discuss Vista capabilities college-wide (by March 1)

Meet with Departments to discuss training/migration of programs/options (March – July)

Customize training as needed

CSU, ChicoVista Web site

www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista