WebPET (Web Presence in Every Topic) aims to provide:
a coherent and flexible student-University interface
students with ready access to information which is timely, current and unambiguous
a base for further use of technology to enhance the quality of teaching and learning
minimum expectations of support - 'As a Flinders student I can expect…..'.
efficiencies for academic and support staff
And in addition:
a more widespread and consistent use of FLO
increased provision of online lecture recordings
increased use of online assignment submission
Students are generally happy with using FLO for their studies but have expressed their desire for more consistency across their topics.
What does it look like?
As a minimum, each FLO site has:
a topic links block (including links to topic information, library services, the SET system, a marks/grades tool, an email address lookup tool, and a link to staff and student help services)
a general discussion forum
an announcements forum and latest announcements block
a calendar block
Expectations of staff
All staff are required to:
make all handouts available electronically through FLO (including the Statement of Assessment Methods)
post all important topic messages through the announcements forum
provide lecture recordings to students via FLO
allow electronically-produced assignments to be submitted and returned electronically
What you can expect from the University
The University will:
automatically set up new FLO sites to contain the minimum tools and links
automatically generate the required information within sites
automatically insert recorded lectures into FLO sites
provide support for the electronic assignment functionality