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Class Websites in 60 Seconds

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In just one minute, Faculty can build a class Website — without having to learn HTML or other special Web design tools — by using EZE3. This popular fill-in-the-form tool now has extra features, and is as easy as ever to use.

How easy? Login to EEE, click the WebSiteManager icon in the toolbox on your personalized “MyEEE” page, select a class, and click the “New EZE3” link. There are options for choosing a color scheme, password-protecting your Website, and rearranging content in the order most useful to your students. A push of the Upload button can link a syllabus, lecture notes, study aids, assignments, or additional publisher-prepared Web materials. Students can then obtain these materials online to view, download and/or print. A link to the class Website appears automatically on enrolled students’ MyEEE pages.

Editing the site is also simple and straightforward. Return to your “MyEEE” page, click on “Manage” next to the Website URL, and then click on “Edit Page.” The materials stay in EEE and are accessible until you decide to remove them.

With 1,337 class Websites available this spring, UCI instructors are becoming webmasters in their own right. “I really appreciate the convenience of this tool”, notes Professor Jennifer Terry of Women’s Studies. “Lugging around 600 syllabus papers to the lecture hall is no longer necessary, and we can count on it 24/7 when we need to distribute materials ASAP”. Terry emphasizes the necessity of social interaction within the brick-and-mortar walls of the classroom, while complementing the physical classroom with EEE’s communication tools like EZE3.

Building a class Website with this no-nonsense, fill-in-the-blank method is a popular way to quickly and efficiently get a class Website up and running. Use of EZE3 is growing rapidly: over 30% of the Spring quarter class Websites were created using EZE3.

To see an example of an EZE3 page, visit http://eee.uci.edu/help/eze3/example/

MyEEE Redesigned

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MyEEE, the opening Web page for course management for faculty has been given a new look, in response to client requests.

Instructors use the EEE system to post course materials and assignments, make resources available, provide assessments, and/or extend class communications and collaborative learning beyond the physical classroom. The system has grown in popularity and useful features since its beginnings in 1995. Recent tools such as Chat, Quiz, and Course Evaluations have now joined the virtual office interface. “EEE has grown to be so full-featured, that we suspected some of the course management tools were being overlooked,” says Max Garrick, lead programmer. The redesign brings essential information to the front, making MyEEE much more effective for instructors.

The layout uses a new multi-module design displaying classes, date, time, location, and prominent links such as Course Web site, and tool links. Account owners may opt to customize their page content or reposition the columns and layout of the modules. The EEE Web site can be found at:

http://eee.uci.edu/

The new MyEEE will be the default setting this spring, but if users are comfortable with the old look, they will be able to switch back to “classic view” until fall quarter 2005.

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New Features Sharpen Popular EEE Tools

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UCI’s Electronic Educational Environment (EEE) includes several new enhancements to the Class Mailing List and Mailing List Editor tools.

The Class Mailing List tool provides instructors with an automatically generated, near real-time list, that contains e-mail addresses for all students enrolled in a class. The Mailing List Editor allows instructors to configure their list, add alternate e-mail addresses, add extra e-mail addresses and make other changes.

Previously, instructors would have to wait 24 hours for updates to their Class Mailing List. Now a Class Mailing List reflects adds or drops in just 2 hours. Additions of TAs and other assistants now occur immediately. Other improvements to the Class Mailing List and Editor include:

  • All e-mail is virus scanned
  • Targeted error messages to aid in self-troubleshooting
  • Faster response and delivery
  • New and improved Mailing List Archive look
  • Quarterly Announcement e-mails have been consolidated. Instructors will get one e-mail with all available list addresses (Classes associated later will result in a subsequent e-mail)

The EEE Web development team continues to improve the system based on feedback from students and instructors. For more information on new and upcoming features, see http://eee.uci.edu/news.

New EEE Tool

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The EEE Web development team has launched a new tool for instructors. DropBox allows instructors and students to exchange files securely over the Web.

Instructors can create DropBoxes and select which folders are inside:

  • AssignmentSubmission — All students to instructor
  • AssignmentReturn — Instructor to one student
  • CourseFiles — Instructor to all students
  • SharedStudentFiles — All students to all students

More information on DropBox can be found at: http://eee.uci.edu/help/dropbox/

  • Instructors — Instructors will see a link to DropBox in the Course Tools section of each class and on the MyMenu toolbar of the MyEEE Web page.
  • Students — Students will see a link to DropBox next to each class that is using a DropBox and on the MyMenu toolbar of the MyEEE Web page.

Should you have any additional questions about Dropbox, or any EEE Tools, please e-mail eee@uci.edu or call x42222.

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Introduction to Academic Computing

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NACS and the EEE partners held an orientation program on September 24 for new faculty and their staff.

Presentations by NACS staff covered the range of services NACS provides to faculty and staff. Presentations by staff from the Libraries, the Division of Undergraduate Education, and the Registrar’s office completed the program.

Faculty and presenters also had an opportunity to talk one on one regarding individual needs and opportunities for support.

The powerpoint slides from the NACS presenters are available at http://www.nacs.uci.edu/org/documents/IAC2003-PPT-PresentationSlides.ppt