From: Scot Hacker (shacker@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 18:22:23 PDT
Thanks for the detailed response, Karen. I'll share this with some profs
here at the jschool who have been considered adding more electronic
dimensions to their teaching.
Short term, I think I'm going to be building a few online quiz systems in
PHP, but long term, I want to encourage professors to use these dedicated
systems where suitable.
Best,
Scot
On 8/6/02 9:39 AM, Karen Miles wrote:
> 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
>>>
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>>> 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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>>>
>>>
>>
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