Page Comparison

Announcements

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Assignments

Grades linked to Gradebook

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Blogging

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Version available in 2.3 but not ready for widespread use.
Should we recommend free / commercial alternatives?

Chat

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Class mailing list

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In SmartSite, course mailing lists are set up automatically, with no wait involved. You can also set your mailing list to have any mail ID you wish,for example FoodAndCulture@smartsite.ucdavis.edu or Physics10@smartsite.ucdavis.edu. These tend to be easier to remember than the mailing list IDs generated by MyUCDavis.

Discussion Forums

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Drop Box

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E-mail archive

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Gradebook

points

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Gradebook

letter grades

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Gradebook

weighting

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SmartSite will support weighting of grades by the end of calendar year 2007.

Gradebook

Can set item due date

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Gradebook

Can create categories, in which GradeBook performs a grade calculation per the category

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SmartSite will support categories by the end of calendar year 2007.

Gradebook

Can create items and sub-items

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Gradebook

Can import from spreadsheets

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Gradebook

Can import grades directly from tools

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Gradebook

section management

can grade by section or by class

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Gradebook

Can upload Grades from spreadsheet

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Gradebook

Can submit grades to Registrar

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Gradebook

Can assign extra credit categories with GradeBook performing the grade calculations

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Gradebook

Can create items with score modifiers, e.g, drop points for a particular student for late submittal

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Gradebook

Can drop low item scores from category with Gradebook performing the grade calculation

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Gradebook

Can set some items to use equal item weighting while others do not

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Gradebook

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Gradebook

Can set a category or item to include extra credit

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Message Center

Can assign grades to Gradebook on individual message responses

Mneme Test Center Authoring

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Mneme Test Center Delivery

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Mneme Test Center Test Manager

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Podcasting (Akamai)

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Benefits: Distributed delivery - no network or server impact, automated lecture titling

Podcasting (SmartSite)

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Available in 2.3 but not for general use. Benefits: Secure delivery, quick deletion, very simple, associated with a SmartSite.

PostEm

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Section Management

Can combine sections from multiple section course offereing

Resources/WebSite Builder

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Schedule

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Site Info

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Site Info

Add participants

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MyUCDavis only allows proxy access to site, Instructor can provide Instructor-level access to other people with SmartSite

Site Management Tools

general

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Site Info in SmartSite eases management of participants, access, tools, exports and imports.

Syllabus

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In MyUCDavis, syllabus can be uploaded as a file or as a web page. SmartSite has an entire tool dedicated to syllabus creation.

Test & Quizzes

Can accommodate 50+ concurrent users

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2.4 + Mneme abilities

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Tests & Quizzes

question pools

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Tests & Quizzes

random draw from question pool(s)

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In 2.4, random draws can provide random per incident versus random per student as in 2.3.

Tests & Quizzes

test templates

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Template deltas are described here: https://smartsite.ucdavis.edu:8443/access/content/user/faith/Samigo
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Tests & Quizzes

surveys (e.g. with Likert scale)

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Tests & Quizzes

automated feedback to students

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Wiki

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Benefits: collaborative learning and writing possibility# opportunity to track changes and revert to previous versions.

Compatible browsers

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