The Solent experience - migration to Moodle and beyond

myCourse – The Solent Experience October 2007

The Solent Experience Timos Almpanis, Roger Emery, Nicole Smith, Lorry West

26th October 2007


Migration to Moodle and Beyond… Background Evaluation of new Virtual Learning Environment

(VLE) The migration Implementation Examples Feedback


Background

10 years of online provision

Course and Unit websites

1998 – 2002

Learnwise

2000 – 2007

myCourse (Moodle)

2006 –

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Non Users

Users


Housing Studies


Hydrographic Surveying


Why change?

Why did we get rid of Learnwise? Portal developments Re-branding


Evaluation of VLE Systems

63 to 8 to 4 to 1 Learnwise V2 & V3 (for comparative purposes), Bodington, Sakai, and Moodle

Criteria•Technical compatibility with other SSU systems•Ease of Integration with SSU systems•Fit with University Portal development•Does the VLE support the pedagogic demands of the SSU L&T developments?•Is the VLE platform easily customised to fit the SSU brand?•What support is available?•What is their user base within Universities and local FE and feeder colleges?•Is there a well-developed VLE user community to provide additional support and encourage product development?

Why not Blackboard / WebCT?


Timeline

Spring 06Dec 06

Jan 07Aug 07

Aug 06

Evaluation Pilot

Decision

Development

D Day


The Migration Plan

Timescale Activity Staff / Student involvement

December 2006 Final evaluation and decision on future VLE platform

ISSG/ LIS

January – March 2007 New VLE development environment moved to new server

LTU

January – July 2007 Migration of material from Learnwise to new VLE

LTU with students employed to carry out some elements of the migration

January – September 2007 Internal promotion and publicity to staff and students

LIS

April – June 2007 Training for staff on new VLE LTU

August 2007 Launch of new VLE

October 2007 Learnwise retired when all 2006/07 units completed


Pilot Autumn Term of 2006-2007 academic year Branded as myCourse Look and feel of student portal 6 Undergraduate units, 1 Masters unit, PgC Course 13 tutors 600 students Very good feedback


Installation

Moodle 1.82+ Linux SuSe 9 Apache Web Server Currently on a single server Clustering planned Authentication by LDAP (eDirectory) Enrolment by external database (oci8)

CampusIT Quercus+ records system


Integration

Oracle Portal Single Sign-on Enrolment via MIS Authentication via LDAP Library resources Learnbuild (Sentient) Exam Papers Unit descriptors Turnitin Document Management System Timetables in Portal


Implementation

New Learning Technology UnitNew Staff, New Office

CommunicationHigh profile announcements, posters, group emails,

personal emails, internal communications – online and University newsletter Advertising the migration and archiving of old system

Training Programme training sessions Course training sessions Individual training sessions including moving Learnwise content Drop-in sessions


Student Awareness

Posters, bookmarks, emails, webpages Attending lectures in induction period Factsheets and Publicity Video


The Publicity Video

Launch myCourse

http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1333

http://portal-live.solent.ac.uk/university/help/videohelp/my_course_help.html


FdA Business (Blended Learning)

Blended Learning World-wide Army personnel Course-level Site

FdA Business

(Blended Learning)





Management Systems

Rated Q&A Forum Forums for formative

assessment Unit level site

Management Systems Unit



Cognitive Psychology

Using discussion forums for student rep feedback

Electronic submission through Turnitin plug-in

Online quizzes

Cognitive Psychology Unit



Statistics


Feedback

What were the highs and lows?New LTU

Good pilot – Good feedback Successful migration

Awareness campaign and take up – the Moodle Fever

Evaluation What next?


Learning Technology Unit Southampton Solent UniversityEast Park TerraceSouthampton SO14 0YN

tel: 02380 319 499email: [email protected]

Timos Almpanis, Roger Emery, Nicole Smith, Lorry West


Sites of interest:

myCourse – http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk

Introduction to myCourse for Students – http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/introduction

Welcome to myCourse for Staff Members – http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/welcome

Hello Uni – http://hellouni.solent.ac.uk

Portal (student intranet) – http://portal.solent.ac.uk (Login in with username demo and password demo)

Southampton Solent University – http://www.solent.ac.uk

Contact Details:

Learning Technology Unit – [email protected] Technologist - Timos Almpanis – [email protected] - 02380319728Learning Systems Developer - Roger Emery – [email protected] - 02380319778eLearning Support Officer - Nicole Smith – [email protected] - 02380319499Learning Technologist - Lorry West – [email protected] - 02380319861

http://hellouni.solent.ac.uk/

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/

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