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Title: Ellingsburg University


1
Ellingsburg University
  • Project Portal
  • Bringing the Community
  • Closer Together

LaKima Garnett Edris Jackson Dino Raso
Home of the Vikings
2
What Are Portals?
  • A portal is a main website that has links to
    other sites and contains a search engine.
  • Portals allow for single users to go to the main
    website and sign-on using a username and
    password. This allows for access to information
    through the use of one site.
  • It acts essentially as a gateway to the internet
    and intranet. Examples include Banner, Webmail,
    and WebCT.

3
What Are Portals?
  • A single user can customize the information
    presented on the screen to cater to his/her needs
    and wants.
  • Universities are able to provide information that
    is relevant to the individual student which
    promotes a feeling of relationship and customer
    care.
  • Campus databases as well as external links can be
    utilized through the one main site.

4
What Can Portals Do?
  • Provide 24 hour access to the university
    community.
  • Allow students the flexibility of being able to
    navigate the webpage as well as search external
    links without leaving the main web page.
  • Provide personalized information that is specific
    to the individual user.
  • Provide students access to resources such as
    academic classes, grades, campus and local
    events, career services, chat rooms, e-mail, and
    different university interests such as clubs and
    organizations.

5
Current Situation
  • Small liberal arts college steeped in tradition
  • However, website is disjointed and inefficient
  • Administration wants to revamp website to
    maximize its web presence
  • The Technical Director has appointed our team to
    propose a portal scenario as a solution
  • Started by forming a committee

6
Committee Members
  • President of the faculty senate
  • Director of Residential Life
  • Director of Student Activities
  • Representative from the Communications Department
  • Student Representative from SGA
  • Member of the Registrars Office
  • Member from Library Services

7
What should be the first steps
  • 1) We sent out an announcement letter to all
    students, staff, and faculty that has access to
    our computers using our current database emailing
    system. This was an introduction to the fact
    that we will be performing a small pilot project.
  • This was necessary in order to get buy-in and
    campus support.
  • 2) We set up a presentation with IBM for members
    of our community who wanted a better explanation
    of what we were trying to accomplish.
  • 3) We conducted a student, faculty, and staff
    survey on portals and distributed them during
    breakfast, lunch, and dinner for three days at
    the main cafeteria.

8
First Steps
  • 4) A focus group for students and one for
    faculty and staff was organized from the feedback
    on the surveys.
  • 5) The information gathered was used by the
    committee to come up with the prototype portal
    page and link system.
  • 6) The portal site was then test implemented for
    use by those in the education department.
    Feedback was collected as a result of their use
    of the system.
  • This small group was used in order for any
    failures to affect only a small number of users.
  • 7) This is the model we present to you today

9
Portal Prototype
  • Homepage
  • http//www.ellingsburguniversity.com/
  • Login
  • http//www.ellingsburguniversity.com/login.html
  • Customize
  • http//www.ellingsburguniversity.com/customization
    .html

Home of the Vikings
(right click on link to see prototype)
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What portals do we recommend?
  • We believe that we should build an in house
    system to maintain control over the portal
    system. This will help maintain Ellingsburgs
    identity.
  • However, since we are a small institution, we
    suggest a partnership with the current JA-SIG
    consortium of universities that have attempted to
    implement their own system.
  • If this is not feasible, we must seek out a
    carrier that may want control over advertising
    which is the form usually taken. We will seek
    out the track record of the company before any
    decisions are made.

11
Google
  • We will be using the Google search engine
    because
  • They are an established corporation with a sound
    track record for educational institutions.
  • They have provided an up front cost schematic
    instead of an advertising based model.
  • Googles known track record of community
    involvement and partnerships follows the mission
    of the University.

12
How do you get feedback on what goes on in the
portal system and how should it be organized?
  • There will be a tech support contact for specific
    questions about the system.
  • There will be a trouble shooter (Help Function)
    that the administrator can access and update or
    fix any issues or problems.
  • There will always be a portal link to a customer
    suggestion box and customer survey.

13
What technology-based systems need to be able to
communicate using the portal?
  • Single sign on or login for email and student
    information
  • Creation of a login/ user name and password
  • Database access for things like student records.

14
Organization of portal pages-directly copied from
the internet
  • Some Popular Campus Portal Products
  • uPortal Consortiumhttp//www.uportal.org 
  • Luminous formerly Pipelinehttp//www.sct.com/Ed
    ucation/products/p_l_prod_family.html
    http//www.sct.com/Education/products/p_cl_campusp
    ipeline.html 
  • PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal http//www.peoplesoft
    .com/corp/en/products/dev_integration_portals/modu
    le/enterprise_portal.jsp 
  • OracleAS 10g Portal http//www.oracle.com/technolo
    gy/products/ias/portal/index.html 
  • Microsoft Sharepointhttp//www.microsoft.com/shar
    epoint/default.asp

15
What Universities currently have portal
systems-directly copied from the internet
  • Campus Portal Examples
  • University Portals with Demo / Guest Accounts
  • Drexel University Luminous/Pipelinehttp//one.d
    rexel.edu/cp/home/loginf acct/pswd
    guest/guest 
  • University of Delaware uPortalhttp//uportal.ud
    el.edu/student/ demo page offered 
  • University of Buffalo homegrown http//www.buff
    alo.edu/aboutmyub/ student, faculty and staff
    demos available 
  • University of Washington uPortalhttp//myuw.was
    hington.edu/  enter as guest
  •  
  • Drexel University Luminous/PipelineOther Higer
    Education Campus Portals possible future
    reference.
  •  Case Western University Oraclehttp//my.case.e
    du 
  • Cornell uPortalhttp//guest.uportal.cornell.edu
     
  • Uuniversity of California Davis home grown 
    http//my.ucdavis.edu/login/main_frame.cfm 
  • North Dakota University Blackboardhttp//www.on
    line.und.nodak.edu/Bb6/ 

16
Possible Roadblocks
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Can we provide long term support
  • Can we staff the initial content
  • Tradition
  • Budget

17
Why support it?
  • The University is willing to be proactive and has
    given us a budget we feel will fit the
    requirements
  • It is a residential college which means this
    system can provide a one stop shopping
    environment
  • The small size of the University will allow for
    quick and low cost hardware and software
    implementation

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More Reasons to Support Portals
  • Use of this as a main page helps promote loyalty
    and retention
  • Finally, because we are a small university, this
    portal will help with differentiation. Our
    campus has representation from all 50 states and
    the most used form of inquiry has become the
    internet.
  • With a strong web presence, we gain customer
    satisfaction because of the site in and of itself
    while we are simultaneously preparing our
    students for the future technological demands of
    society.

19
Who will BENEFIT from portals?
  • Students- 24 hour access to academic and other
    support, allows students to be more responsible
    and independent
  • The technology remains relevant to student
    education
  • Faculty and staff- through the ability for online
    help, chat, and course offerings
  • Parents- they can know what is going on at the
    university through our open access login
  • Alumni- keep them connected to the university
  • Outside community- have guest access for future
    students or those interested in partnerships, or
    the area community
  • The University- differentiation, new culture and
    campus environment

20
Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs
  • Portals help students engage in active learning.
    The technology is modern and adaptive in nature
    which allows student organizations develop new
    methods of functioning in the campus environment
  • Because we want control over the system, we will
    indirectly help students develop and maintain the
    ethical standards and values of our institution
  • Portals are the future and by our use of the
    system, we are communicating high expectations
    for learning. By learning the portal system our
    students will stay ahead of the competition

21
Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs
  • Portals enhance the learning of our students
    outside the classroom. This translates into
    increased academic performance.
  • Portals are a source of learning. By the use of
    portals we are effectively using our resources to
    achieve institutional missions and goals.
  • Instant faculty messaging as a portal feature
    alone helps forge educational partnerships that
    advance student learning.

22
Final Thoughts
  • Portals are the future and Ellingsburg University
    needs to stay remain ahead of other institutions
    but most importantly, continue to fulfill our
    mission of building a close community!

23
References
  • American College Personnel Association (1997).
    Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs.
    Statement and Inventories Washington ACPA
  • Boston college (2000). Boston College University-
    Wide information portal. Retrieved February 24,
    2005, from http//www.mis2.udel.edu/ja-sig/whitep
    aper.html
  • Portals Magazine Retrieved February 12, 2005 from
    http//www.portalsmag.com
  • University of Houston. Campus portal strategies.
    Retrieved February 23, 2005 from
    http//www.uh.edu/uhportal/team/reference/campus-s
    trategies.htm
  • Upcraft, M. Lee, Terenzini, Patrick (1991)
    Looking Beyond the Horizon Trends Shaping
    Student Affairs-Technology. ACPA -Higher
    Education Trends for the Next Century.

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References
  • Mitchell, S., Mason, J., and Pender, L. (2004).
    Enabling technologies and service designs for
    collaborative internet collection building.
    Library Hi Tech 22 (3) 295-306.
  • Murray, R. (2003). Information portals Casting a
    new light for universities. Campus-Wide
    Information Systems 20(4) 146-151.
  • Groenewegen, D., and Huggard, S. (2003). The
    Answer to all our problems? Trailing a library
    portal. Library Review 52(9) 454-459.
  • Wenyu, D., Boonghee, Y., Ma, L. (2003). Consumer
    patronage of ethnic portals. International
    Marketing Review 20(6) 661-677.

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Websites
  • http//www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/CampusPortalSystem
    s.htm
  • http//bearlink.berkeley.edu/sis/projects/mn_rpt.h
    tml
  • http//www.usmd.edu/Leadership/USMOffice/AdminFina
    nce/itcc/day/iip.doc
  • http//www.wcet.info/resources/publications/guide1
    003/guide/7B3EFA6148-DECB-11D3-9309-005004AD2ACC
    7D_1794.htm
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