
Getting Started with Faculty and Students Chalk and Wire at USF
Getting Started What is required ?
Communication Interfaces Support System
Support System • Help Desk Staff • Help Desk Lab
Help Desk Staff • Student Orientation Trainings • Faculty Trainings • Maintain the Help Desk Lab
Student Orientation Training • Weekly small group • Entire class trainings • Individual appointments
Faculty Training • Administration or Faculty Request • One-on-one or group
How do you develop and sustain a support team? • Provide consistent administrative support and clear guidelines • Emphasize and model professionalism • Tuition Waivers
Help Desk Lab • 3 support interfaces • Email • Face-to-Face • Phone
What are some short cuts to working effectively with faculty and students? • Anticipate needs
Anticipating Needs • Electronic Usage Log • Email Data Collection
Help Session Contacts • 15.27% active users (n=168) • 3 primary reasons
4 9 28 25 n=168 17 14 13 8 5 5 3 1 • 4.5% active users - training • 2.5% active users – • uploading artifacts 9.7% new subscribers – getting started
Email Contacts • 20% active users (n=220) • 3 primary reasons
3.5% activeusers – assessment 3.45% active users- renewals 11% new users- getting started
Lessons Learned • There are only a limited number of problems that participants encounter • The effectiveness and value of the system - ‘just-in-time’ support mechanism.
Just-In-Time Support • Website • Open Lab
Phase 3 Help Desk Website Training materials in 4 formats Phase 3: Spring ‘06
Phase 3 Help Desk Website Weekly small group training Phase 3: Spring ‘06
Phase 3 Help Desk Website Individual Appointments Register for Customized Training Phase 3: Spring ‘06
Phase 3 Help Desk Website • New Subscriptions • Renewals Phase 3: Spring ‘06
Phase 3 Help Desk Website Comment Card Phase 3: Spring ‘06
Conclusions • responsiveness of the system • immediate and consistent responses to common issues
Chalk and Wire at USF Getting Started ….with THE END in mind