Complete Timeline

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The overall timeline of this project is as follows:

Phase 1: Development. For the 2011 Academic Year (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012), the programming team will develop the SOCL software. This is based upon the socialPsych platform that served as the pilot data for this project.
Phase 2: Active Student Participation. For the life of the grant (Summer 2012 onward), the grant will support almost all costs associated with SOCL including: hosting the software, providing a technical support chat line and e-mail address, and actively updating the software if bugs are encountered.
Phase 3: Migration. After the life of the grant has ended, institutions are expected to migrate the SOCL platform to their own locally hosted servers. Because the software is free, this is primarily an IT infrastructure cost plus any technical support role required. Many institutions will be able to continue use of the software for near-zero cost.

This can be further broken down by the specific semesters in which each project piece takes place:

Fall 2011 Interface Design and Initial Focus Groups

Spring 2012 Programming and Question Collection

Summer 2012 Product Testing and Refinement

Fall 2012 - Spring 2013	Round 1 Implementation in Target Student Environments
Summer 2013	Software Refinement Stage 1
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014	Round 2 Implementation in Target Student Environments
Summer 2014	Software Refinement Stage 2

Summer 2014 Transition to Local Services

Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 Final Implementation to Target Student Environments and IT Services

Summer 2015 Final Data Collection Effort