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Enhancing Community Building and Orientation Experience at UD

This project focuses on fostering a sense of community at UD through personalized support and interaction opportunities for incoming students. By creating an information-rich resource and enhancing the online orientation experience, we aim to streamline students’ transition to college life. Innovations such as interactive chats, customized profiles, and academic resource information will ensure that students feel connected and informed from their initial arrival on campus. Our goal is to ensure a welcoming environment that encourages engagement and builds shared experiences.

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Enhancing Community Building and Orientation Experience at UD

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  1. VO: a Beginning • Support and enhance the building of community • Provide opportunities for interaction • Begin to build a shared context for community at UD • Facilitate and enrich the transition to college • Provide a high level of service and an information-rich resource by unifying all areas of the UD experience prior to a student’s arrival on campus • Maintain a personal and readily available connection • Highly personalized, dynamic, interactive online educational and social orientation

  2. VO: Four Years Later • 1999: on-line course selection for incoming students created • 2000: Math Placement Exam added, Virtual Room created • 2001: Virtual Orientation realized • Announcements, FAQs, parent’s section • Expanded academic resource information • Language Placement Exams • Personal profiles w/ messaging/chat capabilities • Student services w/ interactive chats hosted by UD officials • “Personalized” bookstore interface • Customizable personal space • Academic orientation to Humanities Base curriculum • 2002: A new look and expanded functionality • Added threaded discussions and an expanded Virtual Room • Integrated smart search capability and enhanced navigation • Enhanced Language Placement Exams • Improved management interface including an auto-schedule component • Expanded bookstore interface with merchandise and personal printers

  3. VO 2002: by the Numbers • Site life-span: 130 days (April 18 – August 25) • User population: 1,687 • ~99% of all incoming students logged-in* • ~3,950 average logins/week; top ten ~8.6 logins/week • ~72,900 total logins • 1,217 profiles posted; ~72.1% • 13,342 messages exchanged between students • 677 threaded discussions created; 8,853 posts • 14,809 chat sessions launched *based on 1,662 students as of 8/25/2002

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  5. VO: Encouraging Recognition

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