…an open, online community for people like you SCoPE 2009 Moodle Moot Edmonton, Alberta Sylvia Currie, BCcampus

Today Overview Activities Site - customization and integration Communication with members Work that is needed

Overview

Activities

Site - customization and integration

Communication with members

Work that is needed

About SCoPE Launch fall, 2005 Free, open to the public Volunteers! Encourage the use of SCoPE for research on online communities

Launch fall, 2005

Free, open to the public

Volunteers!

Encourage the use of SCoPE for research on online communities

Why Moodle? We want to: Allow people to follow and enter discussions easily Move things around Have a sense of place See people!

We want to:

Allow people to follow and enter discussions easily

Move things around

Have a sense of place

See people!

Starting Point Essential communication tools Careful not to “over design” before launch Began with discussion about the community Core activity: monthly seminar discussions Designed for busy people No obligations No guilt allowed!

Essential communication tools

Careful not to “over design” before launch

Began with discussion about the community

Core activity: monthly seminar discussions

Designed for busy people

No obligations

No guilt allowed!

Participation 2,593 members 63 countries 40 Special Interest Groups (SIGS) have been created Over 70 members have volunteered to facilitate 10,491 posts 1,757,091 guest views

2,593 members

63 countries

40 Special Interest Groups (SIGS) have been created

Over 70 members have volunteered to facilitate

10,491 posts

1,757,091 guest views

Activities Seminars Special Interest Groups Conferences

Seminars

Special Interest Groups

Conferences

Archives available forever All facilitators are volunteers Forums, wikis, polls, etc clustered together by topic

Upcoming seminars Co-constructed wiki

RSS feed from relevant discussions Access to other tools like Elluminate

Full online conference… in a course: 226 delegates

The Site Using tools in different ways Customizations Integration

Using tools in different ways

Customizations

Integration

Freeform highlight section ideal for quick overview See at a glance who has been active lately Random glossary used for profiles Twitter helps to get information out about events

Replace words and phrases associated with a course management system

Personalize messages automatically generated from the site Add tips in context based on feedback from members

Make people feel more at home!

These folks are presenting right now in the next room :-)

Marginalia annotation tool integrated into SCoPE forums Excellent tool for moderators for identifying themes, tracking items for follow up, etc

Provide as much information as possible without requiring login. Visitors become members at the point they see value in joining Allow visitors to the site to see who SCoPE members are and who is frequenting the iste Let Google in! SCoPE profiles and forum posts show up in searches

Communication With Members Newsletter RSS All forums sitewide feed all seminar discussions into a single feed Messaging Welcome new members Help Twitter

Newsletter

RSS

All forums

sitewide feed

all seminar discussions into a single feed

Messaging

Welcome new members

Help

Twitter

Forum tool works well for a newsletter Several options for readers to subscribe: RSS, email, Web

The work that is needed Sort and view forum posts in different ways (like all posts chronologically) Casual conversations Management of resources generated through participation Integration with Learn Together Collaboratory Continue to advance our work together Celebrate our accomplishments

Sort and view forum posts in different ways (like all posts chronologically)

Casual conversations

Management of resources generated through participation

Integration with Learn Together Collaboratory

Continue to advance our work together

Celebrate our accomplishments

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