Southwest Users Conference, UNLV

Southwest Vista Users Conference
Collaboration... The Road to Success
March 14-15, 2007
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

AmeriSuites, Las Vegas

Carlos and Thomas

Peter and Scott

Attending from Chico:
Laura Sederberg, Peter DiFalco, Scott Kodai, Thom Somma, and Carlos Araya

Thursday, March 15th

Session	Presenter	Description	Resources
General Session: Collaboration	Dr. Lori Temple Vice Provost of Information Technology, UNLV	Interactive session about our need for collaboration. We each wrote down and then shared the following. Lists will be posted online. Example of going it alone Reasons for going it alone Benefits of collaborating	http://nln.nevada.edu/Conference
Online WebCampus Workshops for Faculty	Sam McCool, Jennifer Harrington, and LisaMarie Johnson, NSC	The InTech team at Nevada State College shared examples of online workshops and strategies for meeting needs of faculty at a distance. They rolled out Vista 4 in fall 2006. Needed online workshops as well as face-to-face. Online workshops are moderated, but only asynchronous, week-long. The consortium in Nevada agreed upon the new name of WebCampus Vista. Shared Vista with UNLV and the Nevada Learning Network. PowerLinks used are SmartThinking and ePortfolio.	nsc.nevada.edu/administration/intech nscintech@nsc.nevada.edu nsc.nevada.edu/administration/intech
Vista Training Review	Laura Sederberg and Peter DiFalco, CSU, Chico	Review of Chico's decisions to create their own training materials, workshops, and brief view of the, Web site, and VEW DVD.	www.csuchico.edu/tlp www.csuchico.edu/tlp/vista PowerPoint Presentation Link
You and Blackboard: A Discussion About Working Together	Phil Chatterton, Matt Painter, Manager Client Support, and Rob Shea Blackboard, Inc.	Discussion about issues we have with Blackboard and a glimpse of what's to come in Ap Pack 2. They they described where they've been, what they've done since, where they are today, and where they are going with Vista and customer support. Glossary import/export Enhanced Test statistics myVista Terms Better workflow and search of users/courses Easier to reorganize course structure Character limits are being upped to 4,000 in assignment tool External Wiki is being built at "Behind the Bb." For feature requests, it is recommended with open a ticket to track.	www.blackboard.com Phil wants to hear if the Browser Checker is NOT giving back enough information to users.
Introducing Blackboard Scholar	John Morrison, Director, Blackboard Beyond User Communities, Blackboard, Inc.	Demonstration of a free social bookmarking service customized for education. It is first implemented as a PowerLink to create accounts on Bb server. Then it exists as a stand alone. It has an RSS feed. Easy way to tag links, organize and share links.	wiki.scholar.com http://www.scholar.com/

Friday, March 16th Visit at UNLV

Where	Who	About What	Resources
Teaching and Learning Center, TLC Lied Library Laura and Peter visited	Dr. Leora Baron-Nixon, Director Salley Sawyer, Ph.D. and Michael Wilder, Learning Technology Specialists Keoni Everington, E-Learning Coordinator	They shared their faculty-development and training program with us. Their library training space is open and flexible for set up with laptops in a wireless environment. No faculty lab. They offer a line up of pedagogical workshops as well as Vista workshops. They offer special sessions, similar to our TILT sessions.	See handouts. tlc.unlv.edu
Distance Education Laura and Peter visited	Mauri Collins, D. Ed., Instructional Designer Sue Armitage, Instructional Designer	They shared their roles at the university, working with distance education faculty and helping to develop courses (using empowerment). They had the videoography in their unit.
WebCT Coordination and Operation Scott and Carlos visited	Wonda Yuhasz, WebCT Coordinator and conference coordinator	Review of Chico's decisions to create their own training materials, workshops, and brief view of the, Web site, and VEW DVD.
University of New Mexico	Jane Erlandson, Instructional Media Specialist	Jane talked about the New Media & Extended Learning division where she worked. They've employed the ROI.	newmedia.unm.edu
University of Nevada, Reno	Jill Wallace, WebCT Support Manager	Jill would like to visit Chico and see our operation, and I would like to go to Reno to see hers.

Web site updated 3/16/07
Laura Sederberg