Campus Edition 6 (CE6)

Current version of WebCT in use (CE 4.1) at Kean is reaching its end of life cycle soon. Strategical decisions have been made in favor of transitioning to Blackboard Campus Edition 6. As a part of this long transition plan, we are running a pilot environment of Campus Edition 6 and courses are being offered on this system since Spring 2008. Initially the opportunity was released to only some selective instructors

Now we are ready to offer more courses on this pilot environment

Timeline for transition

Summer 2008 - Fall 2008

• The Campus Edition 6 System is up and running, offering courses over the Summer and Fall 2008 semesters in parallel with existing WebCT 4.1 system
  

Fall 2008

• Instructors are required to get familiarized with the CE6 system by Fall 2008. Training and Tutorials are available in Training section. Also, phasing out of the current WebCT 4.1 system begins

Spring 2009

• From Spring 2009 the new Campus Edition 6 System will enter in full production
• Decommissioning of current WebCT 4.1 system will be completed in January 2009. No courses will be offered on the current WebCT 4.1 system from Spring 2009 and onwards

Offering courses on Campus Edition 6

Its simple - just fill out the same new/renew course request form that you would fill up for regular WebCT course request

Content migration

Content migration en masse from WebCT 4.1 to CE6 will not be an automated or guaranteed service. Instructors are expected to move contents from the old system to the new system. Instructors will have access to a do-it-yourself reference guide to perform the task. Additional support can be arranged by appointment

Content migration is never perfect on CMS migration with such massive version differences. Breaking of structures, formats, hidden logical errors may be common, and sometimes depending on the amount and complexity of course contents, it may not even be cost effective to migrate courses from one system to another

Instructors will have about two semesters to move contents or re-create courses on the new system. Therefore we strongly urge instructors to take the opportunity to use and get familiarized with the system ahead of time. A demo course on CE6 system can be obtained by simply sending an email to: webct@kean.edu

Cross Listing of courses

Course cross listing is not supported with the CE 6 system at this moment. Work is under progress and the feature will be available from Spring 2008

Support

For support, you will still need to fill out the Faculty support form. In person support will be available by appointment through Computer Services Main Desk (x76000)

We will provide online, self paced training for your convenience. Please check back later for more update on this

Troubleshooting

Please make sure there is no pop up blocker enabled for http://webct6.kean.edu
After logging in, if you recieve an error message regarding Java, then you must do the following:

1. Close any open browser window. Go to Control Panel>Add Remove Programs and remove all Java instances (any program containing the following words: Java, J2SE... J2RE...JRE...)

2. Click here to download the certified version of java that will work with CE 6 system

3. Run the program, reboot your system and try to log in again. The java related error should no longer pop up

CE 6 Resources

All these links will open up in a new window - Please make sure to do one of the following:

Turn off Popup Blocker
Add http://www.kean.edu/~de to the Popup blocker safelist
Click on the link while pressing CTRL key on your keyboard
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1. Explore the CE6 interface - Interactive flash video presentation
   
2. Design Basics of CE6 - Interactive flash video presentation
   
3. Browser Tune Up - Configuring your browser step by step
   
4. Browser Issues - Tips and troubleshooting on browser issues
5. System Info - List of supported browsers, WebCT version & Plugins
6. Course Migration Guide - Migrate course contents from 4.1 to CE6
7. Reference Guide - For course instructor and designers