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WebCT Vista Training
Strategy: a Consortium Perspective
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strategy in 206 slides or less!
WebCT
Vista Training Strategy: a Consortium Perspective
Robby
Ambler
WebCT
Vista Institutional Administrator, Georgia Southern University
Jeanne
Ann Davidson
Project
Manager, WebCT Vista Training and Non-Academic Support Board of Regents
of the University System of Georgia
Doug
Hyche
Project
Manager, Emerging Instructional Technology
Board
of Regents of the University System of Georgia
David
Lloyd
WebCT
Vista Domain Administrator/DBA, Georgia Southern University
Expectations
When you walk away
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A General
Understanding of the GeorgiaVIEW Project
Knowledge
of the training opportunities available to institutions in the consortium
Knowledge
of the Strategic Partnership between the University System of Georgia
and Georgia Southern University
Knowledge
of the benefits of having such a strategy implemented in your system
Background
Board of Regents
of the University
System of Georgia
Oversees 35 Public
Colleges & Universities
of Georgia and the
Public Libraries of the
159 counties.
Background
The Board
oversees 35 institutions:
4 research universities, 2 regional universities, 13 state universities,
3 state colleges, and 13 two-year colleges. These institutions enroll
more than 250,000 students and employ more than 9,500 faculty and 35,000
employees to provide teaching and related services to students and the
communities in which they are located.
3.x Infrastructure
2 Production
Sites
1 Testing
and Training Site
Building a Strategic
Partnership: Testing and Training Site
Leverage the
resources of a University System Institution
Proven track-record
in supporting Online Learning Endeavors (Functional/Support/IT)
Willingness
to provide services and resources to the University System
Flexibility
Fulfill institutional
training requests
Nurturing a Strategic
Partnership
Regular Communication
Quarterly
Strategic Meetings
Joint Decision-Making
Roles and
Responsibilities
Standard Business
Practices
Successful
use of physical resources
Flexibility,
Flexibility, Flexibility
Sandbox
Environment
Sandbox was
released in Feb 05
This instance
is the initial window to new versions and features and functionality
Helps create
new, updated training materials
Test PowerLinks
Used to create
scripts for testing
Environment
may go down at any time
We can blow
it up
Training
Environment
Training was
released in June 05
Custom scripts
provide easy creation of sections and enrollments
Independent
training
No development
Further testing
of PowerLinks
Repository
for training documentation and templates
Training materials
are both WebCT official or in-house developed
WebCT
Certified
Trainer Opportunity
Private offering
of WebCT00 official program
Three week
online course plus three day face to face evaluation
Opportunity
offered to thirty institutional personnel
Implemented
50 / 50 cost sharing model
Hosted by
Strategic Partner 00Georgia Southern University
Benefits
The opportunity
provided maximum creditability for our training programs
Group setting
offered synergy among attendees
Pool of certified
trainers offers us resources for the entire state
Better equipped
institutions for their implementations
Enhanced our
relationship with WebCT
One WebCT Certified
Trainer
WebCT Certified Trainer
Distribution
Multiple WebCT Certified
Trainers
WebCT Certified Trainer
Opportunity - Images
Certified
Trainer Survey Results
92.6% were
satisfied with the program
96.4% found
the program valuable in their Vista implementation
88.9% would
recommend this program for others
96.4% have
incorporated the knowledge obtained into their training programs
Institutional
Administrator Certification Program
Developed
by WebCT
Customized
by University System of Georgia
Fully online
portion and hands-on sample institution
Required
of all system institutional administrators
Joint Certification
00USG / WebCT
Institutional Administrator
Responsibilities
Administers
WebCT Vista
Manages settings
Assigns usernames
and passwords to all users of the system
Be familiar
with business processes
Self-paced, completely
online
Instructional Course
(Student role)
readings
simulations
Tests and
scored practice quizzes
Hands-on Course (Institutional
Admin)
hands-on exercises
Course Content
Create
and manage learning contexts
Configure
Tool and Administration settings
Add and enroll
users
Manage templates,
files and folders
Migrate courses
from WebCT CE to WebCT Vista
Concept mastery
of administrative duties
Written exam
(40 question, objective, timed)
Applied exam
(Test competencies in live course)
WebCT
Vista Institutional Administrator Certification Course
Offered for
12 weeks
Average time
15 hours
Average number
of sessions 17
Inside the numbers:
University
System of Georgia 0041
United States
0042
International
008
Benefits
Ensures competency
of all administrators throughout the state
The opportunity
provided maximum creditability for our institutions
Better equipped
institutions for their implementations
Enhanced our
relationship with WebCT
The more official
training and certifications, the better!
Annual WebCT Vista Institutional
Admin Meeting
November 12th,
2004
Hosted by
Georgia Southern University
45 Representatives
from 29 Institutions
Discussed
Fundamentals 00Project Organization, Expectations, Roles and Responsibilities,
Communication Channels
Annual timeline
established
Lessons Learned
An Opportunity
to Meet Face to Face/Networking
Distribute
and Discuss Standard Practices
Introduce
Participants to the Testing and Training Site
Discuss Roles
and Responsibilities
Individual requests for
Training
Requests for
faculty training of Vista functionality
Requests for
administrator training / train the trainer
Handled by
Testing and Training Site with failover to Certified Trainer pool
Useful for
sites w/o Certified Trainer or just implementing Vista
Communication Channels
Program/Project
Teams
Listservs
(VAT-L, VISN-L, VAT-TRAIN)
Weekly Institutional
Call, Focused Institutional Call
Week in Review
WebCT 00
Continuous Relationship
GAVIEW Resource
Gateway
WebCT Vista
Announcement Mailer
Events/Meetings/Trainings
Accomplishment
Document
Tie it all together!
Training
Strategy
Certified
Training Program
Testing
and Training Site
Communication
Channels
Certified
Administrator Program
Contact
Info
Robby Ambler
rambler@georgiasouthern.edu
Jeanne Ann
Davidson
- jeanne.davidson@usg.edu
Doug Hyche
doug.hyche@usg.edu
David Lloyd
dlloyd@georgiasouthern.edu
GaVIEW Site:
http://alt.usg.edu/gaview/index.phtml
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