Fall 2003 Report by Bill Moss

History

WebCT was selected in May 1998 by the College of Engineering and Science (CES) Laptop Program Committee and the SUCCEED Technology Based Curriculum Development (TBCD) Committee as the application to provide Web-based instructional support for the Laptop Program. The Laptop Program welcomes the use of WebCT by other interested faculty inside and outside the College. For the 2002-2003 academic year, our friends from Lander University will be using our WebCT server. Bill Moss and Corey Ferrier share the systems administration duties, while Bill Moss handles the administrative and training duties.

The CES WebCT servers will cease operation at 1:00 PM, August 8, 2003. Beginning with the fall 2003 semester, DCIT will support a one year comparison of Blackboard, WebCT, and MyCLE. Contact ETS at ETS-L@clemson.edu for more details.

Usage Statistics (11-1-02)

Student enrollments: 15,973
Student Users: 8835
Instructor Users: 394
Teaching Assistants: 47
Number of courses: 393
Number of CES courses: 239
Number of non-CES courses: 154

Usage Statistics (9-1-01)

Student enrollments: 14,424
Student Users: 8101
Instructor Users: 197
Teaching Assistants: 39
Number of courses: 299
Number of CES courses: 200
Number of non-CES courses: 99

Usage Statistics (9-30-00)

Student enrollments: 9900
Student Users: 5700
Instructor Users: 122
Number of courses: 180
Number of CES courses: 111
Number of non-CES courses: 69

Budget

1998-1999:
WebCT license: $3,000 funded by SUCCEED TBCD.
WebCT server: $10,000, Dell Power Edge 4200 running Red Hat Linux, funded by SUCCEED TBCD.
STARS: $3,000 funded by CES.

1999-2000:
WebCT license: $3,000 funded by SUCCEED TBCD.
WebCT server: $10,000, Dell Power Edge 4300 running Red Hat Linux, funded by SUCCEED TBCD.
STARS: $3,000 funded by CES.

2000-2001:
WebCT license: $3,000 funded by SUCCEED TBCD.
STARS: $3,000 funded by CES.

2001-2002:
WebCT license: $5,000 funded by SUCCEED TBCD and the College of Engineering and Science.
STARS: $3,000 funded by CES.

2002-2003:
WebCT license: $7,000 funded by SUCCEED TBCD and the College of Engineering and Science.

Servers

• Development server: webct-test.ces.clemson.edu, Dell PowerEdge 4200, dual Pentium III, 512 MB, Red Hat Linux 7.1, SMP kernet 2.4.9, WebCT 3.6.3.8 Standard Edition, hotfix level 7.
• Production server: webct.ces.clemson.edu, Dell PowerEdge 4300, dual Pentium III, 1024 MB, Red Hat Linux 7.1, SMP kernel 2.4.9, RAID 1 disk array, WebCT 3.6.3.8 Standard Edition, hotfix level 7.

About WebCT

As of June 19, 2002, WebCT had over 2,654 licenses in Institutions of higher education in 84 countries. WebCT has partnered with the leading publishers. These content providers are currently offering e-Packs which can be integrated into WebCT courses. One of these e-Packs will be used in freshman chemistry beginning in the fall of 2002.

Learning Communities

WebCT.com is a higher education web site that offers teaching and learning resources for students and instructors within discipline-specific communities, across course and institutional boundaries. Each community has a library, a newsletter, and discussion forums.

Outreach

As of July 2003, WebCT has been licensed by 29 universities, colleges, technical colleges, and school districts in South Carolina. WebCT courses constructed at Clemson for use at Greenville Technical College and at Tri-County Technical College can easily be moved to the WebCT servers at those institutions. For the 2002-2003 academic year, Lander University used our WebCT server.