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Classes.Yale.edu

Classes.Yale.edu. Classes.Yale.edu Essentials. Syllabus, web page, materials distribution, class email list, homework upload, chat, threaded discussion, etc. Easy and direct access from Classes web space to other web resources Simplicity, ease of use, low threshold to get started

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Classes.Yale.edu

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  1. Classes.Yale.edu

  2. Classes.Yale.edu Essentials • Syllabus, web page, materials distribution, class email list, homework upload, chat, threaded discussion, etc. • Easy and direct access from Classes web space to other web resources • Simplicity, ease of use, low threshold to get started • Student self-registration • Automatic creation of account based on class schedule • Standard Yale NetID authentication • High reliability/availability • Secure web-based course evaluation • Future secure faculty access to course evaluations • Mid-term “course feedback”

  3. Classes.Yale.edu Snapshot • Usage: • 450+ non-seminar classes per semester • 478 syllabi posted (fall) of which approx 400 do something more • 330 syllabi as of this morning • Materials posted range from a few 100K to multiple GBs • Staff requirements • Designed and written in approx 1.5 FTE years • Ongoing support 1/3 FTE • Ongoing development ¼ FTE • Support • Support workshops: initial page in 90 minutes • Standard “faculty support program”

  4. Advantages’ • Unique Issues • Shopping period • Fast response to requests • Class photo pilot • Course evaluation pilot • Course feedback • Research.yale.edu • Committees.yale.edu

  5. Application Components of Stellar

  6. UI Portal Course Pages Accessibility Tools Palm Pilot/PCS Other Content Outline Aggregate Course Content and Pedagogical Elements Assignment Mgmt Turn-in, Collect, Return, Pick up Assessment Tool Create, Take, Grade, Online Quizzes and Tests Comm. and Collab. Chat, Email, Shared White Boards, etc. Other GradeBook, Calendar, Survey, etc. Backbone UIs User interfaces for backbone components should be modular Stellar Modules Course Instance Mgmt (Associates Basic Elements with Course) Authentication (Modular Plug-ins) Authorization (ACL/Roles) Backbone Architecture User Profile Management Digital Content Mgmt (Arcs) Group Management Other… Data Abstraction and Interface Layers Warehouse Data Stellar Local Data Filespace/URLs Other Sources/Repositories

  7. Other Systems • Harvard’s instructional tool kit with course web system • MIT and Stanford’s Mellon funded Stellor project • Commercial systems provide a “package of tools” which may conflict with institutional systems • Email, calendaring, list processing, etc.

  8. Our needs • A set of well know tools • Serge: 80% of faculty will never use more than 20% of the features • The ability to integrate them into a simple, low threshold system • That can be easily attached to our registration and related systems • And fit within nebulous portal potentials • Scalability • Q: what is the experience • Ownership, storage and archival of course material • Course web support is core to institution’s instructional mission • The ability for us to quickly and easily make local adjustments

  9. Futures • More sophisticated tools • Particularly media tools: digitization and mounting • But completely easy to use, no advance training required! • Eventual market maturation • Like the Library catalog market? • Hard to make money with R1 schools? • A clear opportunity – what to do? • Do it ourselves, ala Stellar? • Partner with a vendor, ala Prometheus?

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