course hub
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Course Hub
Adam FrancoSenior Software Engineer - Web Application Development
Alex ChapinPrincipal Curricular
Technologist
Research Findings
many faculty do not create course sitesmany faculty are not aware of the platforms available to thema significant number of faculty use multiple platforms to distribute course material and engage studentsmany students complain of not being able to find course sites
Course Hub: Overview
Basic site for all coursesListing of online resources for each courseAggregation of updates many online resourcesDashboard view of activity across all courses
Simple tools for:adding a syllabuscreating resources in connected platformsadding linksadding RSS feeds
Course Hub site
Course Hub Dashboard
Research Findings
many faculty do not create course sitesmany faculty are not aware of the platforms available to thema significant number of faculty use multiple platforms to distribute course material and engage studentsmany students complain of not being able to find course sites
Many faculty do not create course sites
Course Hub automatically creates sites for all courses with basic information including:
course title, description and scheduleinstructor nameschedule
Many faculty are not aware of the platforms available to them
Course Hub allows faculty to create resources using available platforms including:
WordPressLMSERES...
A significant number of faculty use multiple platforms to distribute course material and engage students
Course Hub allows faculty to add RSS feeds from other platforms including:
blogging platformswikisGoogle sitesany platform that uses RSS
Many students complain of not being able to find course sites
Course Hub shows students list of all the courses they are taking and aggregates updates from all courses into a single viewCourse hub sites aggregate updates from all resources created in "connected" platforms
Course Hub > Case Studies
Case Study > Faculty > Biology
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > Updates
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > Updates
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > Updates
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > Resources
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > Resources
Case Study > BIOL 0323A > WordPress
Future work
Personal RSS feed -- one feed for everything
More connectors:LMS (Moodle or Sakai) for MiddleburyMoodle for MIISMediaWikiCourse folders?Class Email?
MIIS deployment
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