scope.bccampus.ca

…an open, online community for people like you

2009 Moodle MootEdmonton, AlbertaSylvia Currie, BCcampus

SCoPE

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Today

• Overview• Activities• Site - customization and integration• Communication with members • Work that is needed

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About SCoPE

• Launch fall, 2005

• Free, open to the public

• Volunteers!

• Encourage the use of SCoPE for research on online communities

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Why Moodle?

We want to:• Allow people to follow and enter

discussions easily• Move things around• Have a sense of place• See people!

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Starting Point

• Essential communication tools• Careful not to “over design” before launch• Began with discussion about the community• Core activity: monthly seminar discussions• Designed for busy people

– No obligations– No guilt allowed!

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Participation

• 2,593 members• 63 countries• 40 Special Interest Groups

(SIGS) have been created• Over 70 members have

volunteered to facilitate• 10,491 posts• 1,757,091 guest views

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Activities

• Seminars

• Special Interest Groups

• Conferences

Archives available foreverArchives available forever

All facilitators are volunteers

All facilitators are volunteers

Forums, wikis, polls, etc clustered together

by topic

Forums, wikis, polls, etc clustered together

by topic

Upcoming seminarsUpcoming seminars

Co-constructed wikiCo-constructed wiki

RSS feed from relevant discussions

RSS feed from relevant discussions

Access to other tools like Elluminate

Access to other tools like Elluminate

Full online conference…in a course: 226 delegatesFull online conference…in a course: 226 delegates

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The Site

• Using tools in different ways

• Customizations

• Integration

Freeform highlight section ideal for quick overview

Freeform highlight section ideal for quick overview

See at a glance who has been active latelySee at a glance who has been active lately

Random glossary used for profiles

Random glossary used for profiles

Twitter helps to get information out about events

Twitter helps to get information out about events

Replace words and phrases associated with a course management system

Replace words and phrases associated with a course management system

Personalize messages automatically generated from the site

Personalize messages automatically generated from the site

Add tips in context based on feedback from members Add tips in context based

on feedback from members

Make people feel more at home! Make people feel more at home!

These folks are presenting right now

in the next room :-)

These folks are presenting right now

in the next room :-)

Marginalia annotation tool integrated into SCoPE forums

Marginalia annotation tool integrated into SCoPE forums

Excellent tool for moderators for identifying

themes, tracking items for follow up, etc

Excellent tool for moderators for identifying

themes, tracking items for follow up, etc

Provide as much information as possible without requiring login.

Visitors become members at the point they see value in joining

Provide as much information as possible without requiring login.

Visitors become members at the point they see value in joining

Allow visitors to the site to see who SCoPE members are and who is

frequenting the iste

Allow visitors to the site to see who SCoPE members are and who is

frequenting the iste

Let Google in! SCoPE profiles and forum posts show up in searches

Let Google in! SCoPE profiles and forum posts show up in searches

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Communication With Members

• Newsletter• RSS

– All forums– sitewide feed– all seminar discussions into a single feed

• Messaging– Welcome new members– Help

• Twitter

Forum tool works well for a newsletter

Forum tool works well for a newsletter

Several options for readers to subscribe: RSS, email, Web

Several options for readers to subscribe: RSS, email, Web

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The work that is needed

• Sort and view forum posts in different ways (like all posts chronologically)

• Casual conversations• Management of resources generated through

participation • Integration with Learn Together Collaboratory• Continue to advance our work together• Celebrate our accomplishments

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Join us!

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