Faculty Bio and Expertise Database
Learning Session
Agenda
• Goals and Strategy
• Perspectives
• Demo: Using the system
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web site visitor’s perspective (view from the web)
faculty perspective (Blackboard)
admins perspective (Blackboard)
college web master’s perspective (CMS)
“This is MY name, and my name is wrong!”
• Relationships between components
• Dealing with content discrepancies
Goals
• Faculty Bio and Expertise on the web
• Make it Simple
– Visitors
– Faculty
– Staff
• Support
• Webmasters
• Avoid ‘yet another’ database island
• Avoid existing limitations in Ektron CMS
• Resolve ‘old content’ problem
Strategy
Reuse what exists,
Create what doesn’t,
Integrate.
Blackboard
Banner
CMS
Perspectives - Visitor
• Visitor – using the UNF website
– Dynamic university faculty directory
– Dynamic college pages
– Faculty Specific Bio
– Intuitive navigation and URL structure
Perspectives - Faculty
• Faculty – maintain own content (self service)
– UNF Developed Blackboard Building Block
– Hides complexity
– Allows faculty to use Blackboard
1. Login to Blackboard
2. Click “Edit Bio”.
Perspectives - Admin
• Admins – provide faculty support
– Use Blackboard to update multiple bios
– Includes Blackboard user search
– The same tool is used by faculty
1. Login to Blackboard
1a. Add Facbio module to view (one time only)
2. Search for faculty
3. Edit the content
Perspectives - Webmaster
• College Webmaster – reuse content
– Use Ektron CMS to reuse dynamic bio content
– UNF Developed Ektron Pagebuilder Widget
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Drag n’ Drop
Configurable filter option
Various display layout options
Self Maintaining Content
Support in depth – knowing the data
Blackboard
Ektron CMS
Bio DB
Directory
Banner HR
Banner
Finance
Phone
Directory
Data
Bio DB
Directory DB
Expertise
Education
Biography
Awards
Affiliations
Grants
Publications
Photo
Name: HR
Title: HR
Department: Fin
College: Dept
2nd Title
E-mail*
Hours
URL
Location: Phone Sys
Phone #: Phone Sys
Issues
• Wrong Directory Information
– HR: name, title, department (pay)
• Contact HR or college administration
– IT: Phone number, location
• Submit an ITSR
• Wrong Bio Information
– 1st level: Self Service
– 2nd level: CIRT, Admin Webmasters
• Departmental Cross Listing – outstanding issue
– Administrative Faculty