From: Karen Miles (karen@media.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 09:39:16 PDT
Scot -- you raise a good question. I'll try to clarify things for you.
CourseWeb is system that was build by engineers on the Berkeley campus. It
integrates information from several campus resources and creates a basic
website for every course automatically. The key word here is basic. I like
to think of CourseWeb as a starting point for instructors who aren't quite
sure they want to build a site, but know that it is useful for students to
have a central place to go online to find things like office hours, course
descriptions, and a course syllabus. We encourage every instructor to
update their CourseWeb sites as this is most likely the first stop a
student will make on the way to finding a more detailed course website.
Blackboard is a full featured Learning Management System (LMS). As such, it
provides tools to help instructors organize content, share files with
students, encourage online discussions, and assess student learning. An
instructor who is planning to use a course website as a supplement to his
or her teaching during the semester is likely to use an LMS such as
Blackboard. It is a place for students to go to read announcements, learn
about upcoming assignments, interact with their classmates online, and find
links to additional online resources. Students will likely use this site
frequently during the semester. We also recommend this type of system to
instructors who are concerned about keeping their copyrighted materials
available only to students -- the system can require a log in for users,
making it more secure than the public CourseWeb site.
The other element you mention is building a free-form site to provide
custom services. The decision to build a free-form site over using an LMS
like Blackboard is usually based on need. Sometimes an instructor wants to
implement a certain functionality or behavior in a course website that
cannot currently be accomplished by an LMS. In that case, the best option
is to build something from scratch.
I hope that helps clear things up for you. Let me know if you have more
questions.
Karen
At 11:29 AM 8/1/2002 -0700, Scot Hacker wrote:
>Karen - Can you briefly describe the difference between CourseWeb and
>BlackBoard? ( blackboard.berkeley.edu ) . Why might a professor choose one
>service over the other?
>
>I'm sometimes torn between implementing custom services (such as online
>quizzes) on the jschool site and sending profs to blackboard - on one hand
>it's nice to have everything under one roof. On the other, why build
>something that's already been built and is available free?
>
>Scot
>
>
>
>
>On 7/26/02 2:54 PM, Karen Miles wrote:
>
> > The CourseWeb system that was demonstrated by Educational Technology
> Services
> > (ETS) at the June 14 WebNet meeting is now available for faculty and
> students.
> >
> > CourseWeb is the gateway to Berkeley's teaching and learning
> environment. By
> > pulling information from various systems on campus, a basic website has
> been
> > created for all Berkeley courses. Instructors can log in to CourseWeb to
> > provide additional details for their CourseWeb sites; students can access
> > CourseWeb sites from the Online Schedule of Classes.
> >
> > What CourseWeb does automatically:
> > * displays instructor name, email, and phone number (if available)
> > * provides course title, time, and location
> > * displays course catalog descriptions
> > * lists related campus links
> > What instructors can do with CourseWeb:
> > * add a bio
> > * link to a photo
> > * add an extended course description
> > * post office hours
> > * provide a syllabus
> > * view or download an up-to-date roster (updated every 24 hours)
> > * send email to enrolled, waitlisted, or all students
> > What instructors can't do with CourseWeb:
> > * upload and store documents to share with students
> > * delegate admin rights to another user
> > * create customized email groups
> > You can access CourseWeb from http://courseweb.berkeley.edu
> > <http://courseweb.berkeley.edu/> .
> > An online tour is available at http://media.berkeley.edu/courseweb/.
> >
> > If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
> > Karen
> >
> > ^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^
> > Karen Miles
> > Educational Technology Services
> > University of California, Berkeley
> >
> > email: karen@media.berkeley.edu
> > phone: 510-642-8596
> > http://ets.berkeley.edu <http://ets.berkeley.edu/>
> > ^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^.^^
> >
> >
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