The SSI results will be shared widely with faculty, administrators and student leaders this spring, as initiatives and resources are determined for the 2001-2002 academic year. This semester launched the start of eCourse, PLU s new web course management system. Faculty decide which eCourse features they wish to use and activate them. At present over 90 courses have signed up to use eCourse. Student enrollments are transferred from the university database to the eCourse system.
Instructors can add and modify content easily.
An evaluation team that conducted a thorough needs analysis including interviewing with faculty focus groups and reviewing student comments selected the eCourse system. The program, Blackboard,was chosen for PLU s system from over thirty Web Course Management packages.