Collaborative Redesign of New Student Orientation
Eve Walden & Josh Murdock
One on-campus fire-hose session of information dissemination
No Faculty Involvement
One presenter and 2 advisors
Advising was not meta-major specific
Personal Connection among students not facilitated
Lecture format; less interaction
Experiences varied from campus to campus
QEP: Quality Enhancement Plan – Defined by Pathways, All students can learn under the right conditions. Experience is part of the learning process.
“More students are arriving to the on-campus orientation session fully informed about their status regarding the business side of college enrollment –financial aid, payment options, tuition rates. This allows us the work with them on a much more meaningful level in terms of academic advising and making connections.” – Mary McGowan
Development of a pre-on-campus orientation (Part 1: Online Orientation)
Redesign of the face to face orientation sessions (Part 2: On-Campus Orientation
Content & Delivery
All NSO coordinators and their Deans (East, Osceola, West, Winter Park)
NSO advisors/advisors
Career Program Advisors (CPA’s)
Answer Center staff
Student Leaders
NSE faculty
Transitions
Technology & Design
OIT – Atlas/Banner
OIT – Instructional Design
OIT – Valencia Production
Student Affairs – Technical Team
Marketing
What’s needed prior to coming to orientation?
What issues are reoccurring at on-campus orientation that might be solved prior?
What documentation or paperwork is needed for registration to happen at on-campus orientation?
What could we teach them online, so they don’t have to learn about it on campus?
How will we assess them?
Methodology: Learning Centered Model
Section 1 – Residency, Meta-Major
Section 2 – AA AS, Math Pathway, Math Review
Section 3 – Valencia Campuses, Freshman Comp, Reading Review
Section 4 – Dev. Ed., Financial Aid, LASSI, NSE, Next Steps
Register for On-Campus Orientation
Engages students via Blackboard (platform utilized by professors at Valencia)
Addresses various learning styles
Saves time
Avoids frustration
Gives students foundation in the language of higher education
Equips students with more informed questions
Clarifies AA/AS major prior to coming onto campus
Writing Scripts & Storyboarding
Choosing types of media and interactions
Reviewing Content & Testing with Staff & Students
Blackboard
Storyline
Powtoon
Camtasia
YouVisit
Audicity
• Auto enrollment and export of scores
• Combine reviews and sections for NSO
• Adaptive release
• Introduces students to our LMS and all students have accounts.
• SCORM – Works with Blackboard Grade Center
• All various media to be integrated
• Create pathways, triggers, interactions, and layers
• Lots of options, including to force completion to move forward
• Examples: http://valenciacollege.edu/orientation/parents.cfm
• Animated Presentation Builder
• Easy to use animations and creation tool
• Export as MP4 video to integrate into orientation
• Examples: https://www.powtoon.com/online-
presentation/dxTILyjSnGF/scheduling/?mode=movie#/
• Add screencasts, add audio, add videos, and images to timeline
• Zoom, callouts, transitions
• Export as MP4 or other formats
http://www.youvisit.com/tour/valencia/80818
• Used by Marketing and Recruitment
• Virtual Tour of various campuses.
• Can be converted to a format for Google Cardboard
• FREE Audio Tool
• Great for editing audio and recording scripts
• Export as MP3 or other formats
Implemented prior in a separate Blackboard course. Now integrated into Part 1: Online Orientation.
Career Review, Mathematics Academic Review, Reading and Writing Academic Review, and LASSI (Learning & Study Strategies Inventory)
These are using in helping determine course selection and used in New Student Experience.
Completed orientation score automatically sent to Banner to trigger enrollment access to on-campus orientation in Atlas.
Text-messages for student who haven’t completed online orientation yet.
Text-messages for student who completed online orientation but haven’t registration or completed on campus orientation.
Continue to update based on edits needed for each semester
International Students – Lots of changes and new voices for several parts to fit the culture and needs of our international student population.
Office for Student with Disabilities (additional ADA compliant material)
Orientation Facilitator Training (so they know what students go through)
Coming Soon: Bachelors of Science
Coming Soon: Dual Enrollment
Coming Soon: EAP
“Because many of the foundational concepts are covered in the online orientation, students arriving to the on-campus session are coming with more informed, higher quality questions. Before the online orientation was added, many students were coming in confused about the different degree options we offer, and mystified about the whole “meta-major” topic. Now students are coming in knowing that they need to change their major, and knowing which major they need to pursue.” – Mary McGowan
Bill 1720 – Florida High School Diploma = College Readiness
Intentional ChangeAdjust job descriptions for NSO Coordinators
Hire NSE faculty and advisors
Emphasize community
Introduce intrusive advising
Engage students in interactive learning experiences
Create deliberate leaning outcomes related to college success skills
AREA RATED COMPLETION
OF AREA VERY
EASY/EASY
FALL 2014
RATED COMPLETION
OF AREA VERY
EASY/EASY
FALL 2015
PERCENTAGE
INCREASE
Florida Residency 42% 51% 9%
Assessment 53% 58% 5%
New Student Orientation 73% 78% 5%
Registration for Classes 69% 71% 2%
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