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New Electronic Educational Environment Workshops

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Electronic Educational Environment’s (EEE‘s) new Internet Web Design workshop has been a great success in assisting faculty with their course web pages. In this workshop, instructors learn the principles of effective web page layout and design that enhance organization and presentation of instructional materials. The topics covered include establishing layout and navigation, effective use of typography and color, using graphics and images on the web, utilizing tables in design, and an introduction to frames.

Individuals who are interested in taking this workshop can attend every 3rd and 8th week of each quarter. To sign up and view the available workshops, go to http://e3.uci.edu/workshops/

UCI EEE staff also is available to meet with individuals on a one-on-one basis or to teach the workshop for specific departments. To make an appointment or to schedule a workshop within a department, send e-mail to eee@uci.edu.

New Tools on E3 (EEE)

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E3 made several improvements to its tools and website at the start of spring quarter. Many of the enhancements have come as a direct result of faculty comments and suggestions.

The new “Toolbox” link off the main site gives instructors the ability to access any particular tool directly without having to login through the main site.

An “Edit” feature has been added to SiteManager. Now it is possible to edit the HTML code of any course web page directly on SiteManager. All changes will take place immediately after they are submitted on SiteManager.

New features have been added to Gradebook, making it more versatile and easier to use. Gradebook now supports multiple gradebooks for a given course on a single web page. The Gradebook feature can also be used without having to create a course website.

Instructors who access their WebRosters are now able to view not just enrolled students, but also extension students (UCI Access students) and students on the WaitList.

Noteboard is now available for use for every class without requesting a web page. All users can now specify if their posted message is a question, solution, urgent, or class information.

Instructors can now view and configure the mailing list options for all their courses on one screen. It is no longer necessary to log in and log out repeatedly to manage multiple courses, as all the courses are listed and accessible on one page. Changes to mailing list options will continue to take place the following morning.

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E3 (EEE) Newsletter

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Each quarter E3 posts news articles on topics suggested by faculty or important information that may assist instructors. Currently, there are two new articles on “Computer Ergonomics” and “What’s New for Spring 2000” on E3. To subscribe to the E3 News mailing list, go to http://e3.uci.edu/news/ and fill out the online form.

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NACS Electronic Educational Environment Staffing Update

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NACS’ participation in UCI’s Electronic Educational Environment is once again in full swing after a series of staffing challenges earlier in the year. Shohreh Bozorgmehri, NACS’ principal EEE coordinator, has returned from a few months away on maternity leave. Eric Friedman and Leonard Megliola, who left to accept jobs in the commercial sector, have been replaced by Eric Carter and David Baskin.

Eric, a former NACS student staff member, joins NACS once again after a year working for the UCI school of Humanities. Eric is EEE’s system administrator and helps support EEE Web tools. He is currently working on a pilot program with other EEE team members to evaluate the “WebCT” web course software.

David Baskin joins NACS from USC-Wrigley Institute, where he was their Webmaster. He was previously responsible for the National Academy of Sciences Web site for the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. David is helping plan and teach EEE workshops, providing assistance to instructors, and is participating in the enhancement of the EEE Web site to improve usability and functionality.

Fall Quarter EEE Activities

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UCI’s Electronic Education Environment (EEE) team is working with interested instructors on a pilot program to evaluate the WebCT web-based course development package (see http://www.webct.com). WebCT provides faculty with a set of web-browser software tools for developing course web pages. WebCT also provides a wide array of additional features that can be added to a course, including a conferencing system, on-line chat, student progress tracking, grade maintenance, and other tools.

EEE introduced a variety of new workshops during fall quarter including “Using EEE Tools to Compliment Class Instruction”, “Introduction to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)”, and “Creating Images for the Web.” Seehttp://eee.uci.edu/doc/workshops for schedules and registration information; send queries about EEE to EEE@UCI.EDU.

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