ucla syllabus presentation
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SYLLABUS PREVIEW PROJECT AUG 6, 2013
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
OUTLINE
1. Background 2. Walkthrough 3. Lessons learned
1. BACKGROUND
• History • Instructor concerns • Students concerns
• Our “solution”
HISTORY
• IEI fee – renewed in 2007, seed funding for CCLE • Students expecting more from class websites
• Increasing time until graduation
• Difficulty in getting classes • Anderson School joining CCLE
• Needed way to tag syllabi for student course shopping
INSTRUCTOR CONCERNS
• Intellectual thievery • My syllabus is my intellectual property • I have had other schools “take” my course without
permission • Course “shopping”
• “Shopping” for courses? Are they for sale? • Students who pre-read syllabi are trying to find the “easier”
class to take. • Extra chore
• It is really annoying to get those messages asking, asking, asking for a syllabus in advance
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
OUR “SOLUTION”
• Allow instructors to control access to syllabi • Identify courses with syllabi • Flag “preview” syllabi
2. WALKTHROUGH
• How instructors can upload a syllabus • How students access syllabi • Future plans
REMINDER
SYLLABUS MANAGER
ADDING A RESTRICTED SYLLABUS
ADDING AN “UNRESTRICTED” SYLLABUS
MANAGING SYLLABI
VIEWING A SYLLABUS
SYLLABI BROWSING
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS
• Integrate with UCLA Registrar course listings • Integrate with MyUCLA class planner
UCLA REGISTRAR COURSE LISTINGS
MYUCLA CLASS PLANNER
3. LESSONS LEARNED
• No one reads email! • Defaults matter • “Marketing”
NO ONE READS EMAIL!
Adding syllabus reminder
0 20 40 60 80
Courses w/ syllabi
General public
Logged in
Restricted
Spring 2013 Winter 2013
~2X increase!
A problem
DEFAULTS MATTER
0 20 40 60 80
General public
Logged in
Restricted
Summer 2013 Spring 2013
DEFAULTS MATTER
“MARKETING”
• Choose words carefully • “Course shopping”
• Sell, Advertise, Promote • Expectations, Appropriate, “Time to degree”
• Who’s job is it get faculty post early syllabi?
CONCLUSION/QUESTIONS?
Github: https://github.com/ucla/moodle-local_syllabus Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/rexlorenzo My info: Rex Lorenzo <[email protected]>