Syllabus Preview Project
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SYLLABUS PREVIEW PROJECTAUG 6, 2013
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ABOUT ME• SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo• CCLE lead developer (Common Collaboration & Learning
Environment) at UCLA• Working with Moodle since 2011• Particularly helper Moodler
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OUTLINE1. Background2. Walkthrough3. Lessons learned
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1. BACKGROUND• History• Instructor concerns• Students concerns• Our “solution”
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HISTORY1. IEI fee – renewed in 2007, seed funding for CCLE
• Students expecting more from class websites2. Increasing time until graduation
• Difficulty in getting classes3. Anderson School joining CCLE
• Needed way to tag syllabi for student course shopping
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INSTRUCTOR CONCERNS1. Intellectual thievery
• My syllabus is my intellectual property• I have had other schools “take” my course without
permission2. Course “shopping”
• “Shopping” for courses? Are they for sale?• Students who pre-read syllabi are trying to find the “easier”
class to take.3. Extra chore
• It is really annoying to get those messages asking, asking, asking for a syllabus in advance
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STUDENT CONCERNS• Unable to make informed decisions
• Look at past syllabus• Word of mouth• Bruinwalk
• Want to find courses that “fit”• Don’t just want “easy” courses• Want balance
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OUR “SOLUTION”• Allow instructors to control access to syllabi• Identify courses with syllabi• Flag “preview” syllabi
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2. WALKTHROUGH• How instructors can upload a syllabus• How students access syllabi• Future plans
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REMINDER
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SYLLABUS MANAGER
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ADDING A RESTRICTED SYLLABUS
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ADDING AN “UNRESTRICTED” SYLLABUS
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MANAGING SYLLABI
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VIEWING A SYLLABUS
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SYLLABI BROWSING
Public
UCLA
Enrolled only
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS• Integrate with UCLA Registrar course listings• Integrate with MyUCLA class planner
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UCLA REGISTRAR COURSE LISTINGS
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MYUCLA CLASS PLANNER
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3. LESSONS LEARNED• No one reads email!• Defaults matter• “Marketing”
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NO ONE READS EMAIL!Adding syllabus reminder
Courses w/ syllabi
General public
Logged in
Restricted
0 1020304050607080
Spring 2013Winter 2013
~2X increase!
A problem
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DEFAULTS MATTER
General public
Logged in
Restricted
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Summer 2013Spring 2013
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DEFAULTS MATTER
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“MARKETING”• Choose words carefully
• “Course shopping”• Sell, Advertise, Promote• Expectations, Appropriate, “Time to degree”
• Who’s job is it get faculty post early syllabi?
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CONCLUSION/QUESTIONS?Github
• https://github.com/ucla/moodle-local_syllabusSlides
• http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo• http://goo.gl/R01p2r
My info: Rex Lorenzo <[email protected]>