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Overview<\/h3>\n
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Usage Statistics (12\/1\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sites<\/td>\n4,243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Registered Users<\/td>\n~12,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Segue went into production at Middlebury in the fall of 2003. It has been used primarily for the creation of course websites and curricular resource sites.  It has also been used extensively by the Teacher Education program for student portfolios.<\/p>\n

Below are some usage statistics that should give a better sense of how Segue is currently being used.\n<\/div>\n

Users<\/h3>\n
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Middlebury community users can authenticate into Segue using their Middlebury user accounts.  Visitors can register for a Segue account.  Below are the number of users that have logged into Segue v1 since it went into production at Middlebury in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Type of User<\/td>\nSegue v1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty and staff<\/td>\n1,245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Student<\/td>\n8,892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visitors<\/td>\n2,155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n12,292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nSegue v2 went into production at Middlebury in August 2008, though was in limited use at Middlebury for about 6 months prior to being in production.  Below are the number of users that have logged into Segue over this time period<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Type of User<\/td>\nSegue v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midd Users<\/td>\n2,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vistors<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n2,606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Sites<\/h3>\n
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Segue is content management system that has support for managing courses.  About 50% of the sites in Segue v1 were course sites.  The remaining sites were either personal sites or sites created for a given curriculum of study, projects, e-portfolios, departments and other types of sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sites<\/td>\nSegue v1<\/td>\nSegue v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
course sites<\/td>\n1,853 (50%)<\/td>\n 203 (36%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
personal sites
\n (these may include sites that may eventually become custom sites)<\/span><\/td>\n		1,201 (32%)<\/td>\n 253 (45%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
custom sites
\n (these are sites set up for project\/depts\/groups)<\/span><\/td>\n		621 (17%)<\/td>\n 112 (20%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n3,675<\/td>\n568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Courses<\/h3>\n
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On average, about 25%-30% of courses use Segues for course websites.  The majority of course sites are made with Segue.  Some course sites have also been created in WordPress and MediaWiki.  Some courses use a combination of Segue and WordPress or some other application.<\/p>\n

Some faculty chose to create course sites or distribute course material in the courses folders on the classes server.  Course folders include a PUBLIC_HTML folder for a course site, a share folder for sharing documents amongst class participants, a drop box with sub-folders for each student in the class and a Students folder.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Semester<\/td>\nSegue<\/td>\nCourse Folder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 2008<\/td>\n178<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer 2008<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring 2008<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winter 2008<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008 Total Number of Course sites<\/td>\n465<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 2007<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer 2007<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring 2007<\/td>\n157<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winter 2007<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007 Total Number of Course sites<\/td>\n489<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006 Total Number of Course sites<\/td>\n421<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005 Total Number of Course sites<\/td>\n381<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Faculty who most frequently use course folders to distribute class material or to create the course sites are the following:
\nJohn Isham<\/a> (Economics, Environmental Studies, First Year Seminar Program)
\nMichael Olinick<\/a> (Mathematics)
\nHolly Allen<\/a> (American Civilization & Literature, American Studies, First Year Seminar)
\nKareem Khalifa<\/a> (Philosophy)
\nFrank Swenton<\/a> (Mathematics)
\nJames Berg<\/a> (English and American Literature, First Year Seminar)
\nDon Mitchell<\/a> (English)
\nDavid Horlacher<\/a> (Economics)<\/p>\n

Faculty who frequently use Segue include:
\nPatricia Saldarriaga<\/a> (Spanish)
\nMary Ellen Bertolini<\/a> (Writing Program, First Year Seminars)
\nHector Vila<\/a> (Writing Program, Teacher Education, English & America Literatures, First Year Seminars)
\nSusan M DeSimone<\/a> (Biology)
\nClaudia Cooper<\/a> (English, English & American Literature, Teacher Education)
\nNancy O’Connor<\/a> (French)
\nNatasha Chang<\/a> (Italian, Literature, First Year Semnar)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Content<\/h3>\n
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Segue supports the hierarchical organization of content within sites.  Sites can contain sections, pages and content blocks.  Segue also supports tagging (or associative organization).  Content blocks can be tagged by authors and editors and tag clouds can be displayed for any node in a site (i.e. tag clouds can be displayed for only the tags applied to content blocks in a given section and\/or page of a site)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Content<\/td>\nSegue v1<\/td>\nSegue v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sections (sections contain pages)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n1,720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pages (pages contain content blocks)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n8,128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
content blocks (comparable to blog posts)<\/td>\n119,789<\/td>\n19,555<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
discussion posts (attached to content blocks)<\/td>\n43,529<\/td>\n4,881<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
files uploaded<\/td>\n <\/td>\n8,015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tags (tags are added to content blocks)<\/td>\n717<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nSegue includes a number of plugins that can be used whereever content blocks are added to a site.  Within content blocks, users can safely embed code from trusted sources such as YouTube and Google, as well as MiddMedia, Middlebury’s YouTube-like media server application.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Content Block Types<\/td>\nSegue v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text & Images<\/td>\n14,280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
File for Download<\/td>\n4,029<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio *<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YouTube Video<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MiddTube Video<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSS Feed Display<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tag Cloud Display<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Map<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Calendar<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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* Many audio resources sites have not yet been migrated to Segue v2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nUse Cases<\/span>:
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\nAudio:<\/span>
\nThe audio content block type was introduced to Segue v2 in last August 2008.  Most of the audio resources sites created in Segue v1 have yet to be migrated to v2.  Here is a sample of Segue v2 sites that use the audio plugin:<\/p>\n

Música, cinema e literatura no Brasil do século XX<\/a> (Fernando Rocha)
\nIntroduction to Western Music<\/a> (Brian Robison)
\nJapanese 0401<\/a> (Mark Silver)<\/p>\n

Here’s a sample of Segue v1 audio resource sites:<\/p>\n

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French in Action<\/a><\/td>\nAl-Kitaab<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reflets<\/a><\/td>\nGolosa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beginning Mandarin Chinese<\/a><\/td>\nRails<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beyond the Basics<\/a><\/td>\nNakama<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deustch-Na Klar!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nVideo<\/span>
\nVideo can be embedded in Segue content blocks using the video text template.  This template supports embedding video from trusted video sharing sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu and Google.  Videos can also be embedded from MiddMedia (the application behind MiddTube).  Here is a sample of Segue v2 sites that include embedded video clips:<\/p>\n

MiddMedia video clips:
\nReflet<\/a> (Alex Chapin)
\nParis City of Exile<\/a> (Chuck Nunley)
\nSegue Project Site<\/a> (Alex Chapin & Adam Franco)
\nBiology Equipment<\/a> (Susan DeSimone)<\/p>\n

Other video clips:
\nThe United States and the World since 1898<\/a> (Joyce Mao) – 7 YouTube video clips
\nsociety and the individual<\/a> (Lynn Owens) – 5 YouTube video clips
\nMedia, Sports and Identity<\/a> (Hector Vila) – 5 YouTube video clips
\nAmerica and the Pacific<\/a> (Joyce Mao) – 3 YouTube video clips<\/p>\n

RSS Feed Display<\/span>
\nSegue can display RSS feeds anywhere content can be placed.  Segue’s RSS plugin supports various abstractions of feeds including title only or title and description.  Here is a sample of Segue v2 sites that include RSS feeds:<\/p>\n

Jane Austen and Film 08<\/a> (Mary Ellen Bertolini)
\nLes Intellectuals<\/a> (Thierry Leterre)
\nCurricular Technology<\/a> (Alex Chapin)<\/p>\n

Tags<\/span>
\nTags can be added to any content block in Segue.  Segue v1 has around 700 tags that have been added by users.  Segue v2 has around 200, see: Segue Tags<\/a>.  These can be displayed using the tag cloud display plugin (though this is still in development.  Here’s one Segue v2 sites that has a tag cloud display:<\/p>\n

Jane Austen and Film 08<\/a> (Mary Ellen Bertolini)
\nTechnologies for Teaching, Learning and Research (Middlebury College academic technologists)<\/p>\n

Google Maps<\/span>
\nGoogle Maps can be embedded in Segue content blocks using the Google Maps text template.  This hasn’t been used much yet.  Here’s an example:<\/p>\n

Appalachian Trout<\/a> (Matt Dickerson)<\/p>\n

Google Calendar<\/span>
\nGoogle Calendars can be embedded in Segue content blocks using the Google Maps text template.  This hasn’t been used much yet and is still in development.  Here’s an example:<\/p>\n

Media, Sports and Identity<\/a> (Hector Vila)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Discussion<\/h3>\n
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