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Weblearn User Group Presentation – July 7 2011. Lessons learned from the Politics WebLearn migration. 400 Graduate Students 80 Academics 23 Members of Administration Staff. POLITICS DEPARTMENT. The Politics WEBSITE REDESIGN PROJECT. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE POLITICS WEBLEARN MIGRATION
Weblearn User Group Presentation – July 7 2011
POLITICS DEPARTMENT 400 Graduate Students 80 Academics 23 Members of Administration Staff
THE POLITICS WEBSITE REDESIGN PROJECT
THE ORIGINAL SITE Contained Information for Current Students
(Reading Lists, Notes of Guidance etc) Only University IP Address Could Access Information for Staff – Password Protected Area Custom Made Class Booking System Move onto Weblearn www.politics.ox.ac.uk = External Information https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk = Internal
Information
EXISTING DEPARTMENTAL WEBLEARN USAGE
Liz Frazer and Scot Peterson – Weblearn Award
DESIGN PROCESS Meetings with Politics Staff to Plan
Structure
SITE SETUP & CONTENT MIGRATION Spread Out Over 2 – 3 Months Bursary Student Finished Couple of Weeks Before Term
THE FINISHED PRODUCT
WWW.POLITICS.OX.AC.UK
THE PRESENT DAY Only Resource for Most of Information 1,200+ People Using The System Ticking Along Quite Nicely Dropbox Exams Class Sign Up Survey Announcements Search Site Stats Schedule
POSITIVES Everything There Single Sign On Weblearn Team Very Helpful Used Many of The Tools WYSIWYG Editing System Is Familiar to
Our Users Control of Design Ease of Use
CHALLENGES
Permissions Created By Problem Staff Handbook – Could Do With Specific
URL’s Can Be Clunky Page Height Control of Design My Active Sites Next Academic Year
EVALUATION Great Success Certain Amount of Resistance from
Some Academics Some Teething Problems Seems to Be Working Well Moving onto Other Departments
CONCLUSIONThank you For Listening