Course Management System Coordinating Committee (CMSCC)
Initiated in 2006, this committee coordinates changes and upgrades to the university's course managment system, Webcampus, also known as WebCT.
Learn more about this committee and its functions by clicking on the links below.
CMSCC Function
- Develop, maintain, and keep current the campus Course
Management System - Coordinate transitions to upgrades to the course management system
- Respond to implementation issues
- Evaluate requests for enhancements to system and requests for access for non-credit academic experiences
- Review policies regarding the course management system and oversee the policy approval process
Membership
- Don Diener, Associate Provost, Information Technology
- Teresa Jordan, Professor, Educational Leadership
- Louis Kavouras, Professor/Chair, Dance
- Raelynn Lee, Assistant Registrar, Curriculum & Scheduling
- Joel Lieberman, Associate Professor/Chair, Criminal Justice
- Judith Osterman, Director, Distance Education
- Gail Sammons, Professor, Hotel Management
- Salley Sawyer, Interim Director, Teaching & Learning Center
- Wendy Starkweather, Director, UNLV Libraries User Services Division
- Lori Temple, Chair of Committee & Vice Provost, Information Technology
- Wonda Yuhasz, WebCT Coordinator, Information Technology
Staff
- Jo-Anne Lancellotti, Executive Program Manager, Information Technology
Accomplishments
- Transitioned the campus from WebCT Campus Edition to WebCampus (WebVISTA) via pilot program, faculty training sessions, open labs, email notices to faculty and instructors/chairs/deans
- Several members attended annual WebCT conference, 4/07
Evaluated 24/7 help desk support via Presidium; service initiated 3/07 - Nearly doubled the number of courses offered from Fall ’05 to Fall ‘06
- OIT staff installed Service Pack fixes and conducted ongoing testing of system’s robustness to ensure non-interruption of services
- Participation in Southwest VISTA Conference at UNLV, 3/14/07 & 3/15/07, by several members of the group
Agenda Topics
- Explore peer-to-peer support
- Determine best approaches to integrating links from courses to library resources
- Discuss ways to accommodate students with special needs, e.g., requiring extra time to complete exams
- Explore the feasibility of offering training to non-teaching professional staff, administrative classified staff, and staff that support non-credit academic experiences
- Discuss possibility of offering in-depth WebCampus workshop at new student orientation
- Continue to review the ongoing collaboration with vendor, Presidium, providing 24/7 help desk support for WebCampus
- Develop mechanisms for eliciting faculty/instructor feedback
- Respond to feedback from Impediments to Teaching Task Force report
- Consider developing Webinairs
