Ultranet Functionality Term 4 2009 Master V1.00 20091013

Overview of Ultranet Functionality

Term 4, 2009

Ultranet: A tool for school improvement

To provide • a high level overview of Ultranet functionality to be delivered for

– teachers– students– parents

• the planned implementation schedule.

NOTE: The screen shots in this presentation are taken from the vendor’s demonstration environment and do not reflect the customisation that is to occur to meet DEECD’s requirements.

Purpose


The Ultranet is a student centered electronic learning environment that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects

students, teachers and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer.

It will establish a schools environment for the future that improves the educational outcomes of all Victorians.

The Ultranet will be delivered to all Victorian government schools by the end of Term 3, 2010.

What is the Ultranet?

Vision


The Ultranet will deliver…

Visiononline, 24/7 anywhere access for

students, parents & teachersa continuous record of student

learning progress over timestudent information for personalised

curriculum planning & deliveryopportunities for students to take

greater responsibility for their learningfacilitated knowledge transfer for

teachers & sharing across the Statea contemporary looking system &

customised for VictoriaWeb 2.0 tools for teachers & students to collaborate within & across schoolsleading practice in online curriculum

planning, delivery & assessment


Ultranet – A tool for school improvement The Ultranet will support school improvement by strengthening:

• Student Learning• Personalised curriculum• Student self evaluation and reflection• Ongoing achievement records• Access to digital resources

• Student Pathways and Transitions• Continuous student records• Learning portfolios• Improved pathways advice

• Student Engagement and Wellbeing• Contemporary learning space - connecting students to learning anywhere, anytime• Engaging and collaborative Web 2.0 tools• A safe online space• Online tracking of attendance

Context


“If schools are engaged in the Effective Schools

Model reform agenda, the Ultranet will be a great enabler of this work – a

catalyst for taking it further, rather than adding an extra layer. The online application connected a

lot of strategic initiatives.”

Principal R&D School

Effective Schools and School Improvement Context

Provides a window into the learning

and growth of each learner and a

platform to plan from

Ultranet guides the construction of

rigorous and relevant learning

A safe space to be known and to learn with others

Students, teachers, parents, schools and

systems connect and collaborate

Transparency of practice and

interaction Ease of monitoring and

increasing expectation about quality of practice

and progress

Captures and communicates

the school’s core purpose and

beliefs

Enables ongoing monitoring and

intervention

Learning Tasks

Privacy & SecurityPrivacy standards

Security for inappropriate content or access inc.

Web FilterMail FilterFirewall

ProfessionalLeadership

ProfessionalLeadership

Professional LeadershipProvides a window into the learning & growth of each

learner & a platform to plan from

Privacy & Security

Ultranet Functionality Overview

Home

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities

Collaborative Learning Spaces

eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces


Portal and Collaboration

Users

Release 2

Ultranet Functionality Overview

Learning Tasks

Privacy & SecurityPrivacy standards

Security for inappropriate content or access inc.

Web FilterMail FilterFirewall

Privacy & Security

Home

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces


Users

Release 2

Virtual Learning

Communities

Taking learning beyond the classroom


Release 1 Functionality

Ultranet for teachers

Functionality Overview

Privacy & Security

Teachers

Privacy & Security

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities

Collaborative Learning SpaceseXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

HomeHome Home Page (Release 1)

Personalised home page

Default applications including:

• My Places

• Notifications (from multiple spaces)

• Timetable

Plus customise to suit needs – select own applications. All applications are available throughout the portal spaces.

Design Spaces


ApplicationsBlog, Wiki, Blog aggregator, Calendars, Image Gallery,

My Photos, Chat, My Bookmarks, Google Maps/Gadgets/Search,

Document Library, My Communities, Observations, Knowledge Base, My notepad,

Who’s away, Unapproved absences…….

Ultranet for students


Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Students

Privacy & Security

Learning Task

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

HomeHome

Home Page (Release 1)

Personalised home page

The Home Page will be designed and configured differently for Years P-2, 3-6 and 7-12.

All students will have:• My Notifications• Link to ‘Connect’

Various levels of customisation will be allowed depending on the year level of the user.


Global navigation bar – same for all users

TimetableLearner profileNotifications

Upcoming submissionsRecent observations



Privacy & SecurityPrivacy & Security

HomeeXpress Spaces (Release 1)

Teacher’s personal space

a place for reflection, sharing, creating, learning…..

Four spaces appear by default:• Home Page (eXpress)• Portfolio• Blogs• My Resources

All spaces can be fully customised.

Teachers

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Space

Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces

eXpress Spaces


My Wall – this portlet allows friends

(colleagues and students) to leave

messages for teacher

Friends – this portlet lists friends

Portfolio – each teacher will have a

space where a portfolio can be

maintained

Blog – teachers will be able to keep a

blog



Privacy & Security

Students

Privacy & Security

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Space

Learner Profile

Email

Home

eXpress Spaces

eXpress Spaces (Release 1)

Student’s personal space

a place for reflection, sharing, creating, learning…

Five spaces appear by default:

• Home Page (eXpress) • Learning Portfolio• Learning Goals• My Friends• My Blogs• My Resources

All spaces can be fully customised.


The Wall –allows friends (parents,

teachers and others) to leave messages

for the student

Blog – students will be able to keep a

blog

Friends – this area lists friends

Learning Portfolio – all students will have

a space for an ePortfolio

Learning Goals – each students will

have a learning goals space

Students list learning goals

Students reflect on their learning goals

Teachers have the ability to comment on

learning goals and student reflections



Learning Tasks


Collaborative Learning Spaces (Release 1)

Teachers use these spaces to set up collaborative learning activities for students within their class, across classes or across government schools.

Can add applications and pages

Provides access to:• Web 2.0 Tools

• Blogs• Wikis• Discussion Forums

• Polls• Community Chat• Video & Audio Conferencing

Home

Teachers

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces



Within the ‘Manage Learning Spaces’ portlet a teacher can view• Communities they own (they have

set up – could be a class)• Communities they have joined • Available communities – other

communities they could join.

‘My Learning Spaces’ – lists the learning spaces which this teacher has created or has

access to. This VCE teacher has created or has access to a variety of spaces on Genetic Engineering, Psychology and

others

Teacher view of Genetic Engineering

Collaborative Learning Space

Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, online

discussions and polls can be incorporated into

learning spaces




Learning Tasks


Home

Teachers

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


Learner Profile

Email

Design SpacesDesign Spaces

Design Spaces (Release 1)

A space for teachers for:• their shared learning,

dialogue and collaboration • collaborative curriculum

planning/design• collegiate support

Can add applications and pagesProvide access to:• Web 2.0 tools

• Blogs• Wikis• Discussion Forums

• Polls• Community chat


Ultranet for teachers and students



Communities

Communities (Release 1)

Social collaboration spaces

• Spaces for school communities eg Curriculum Committee

Spaces for:• Home/class group• School communities

(e.g. sporting teams)

• Web 2.0 collaboration tools

Home

TeachersStudents

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

Design SpacesCommunities




Learning Tasks


Content (Release 1)

Content storage and search

• Can search for content and embed it in learning activities.

• Available content:

• School Content

• System Content (FUSE) eg Connect, Digital learning resources (DigiLearn), DEECD website resources and quality assured curriculum resources

Home

TeachersStudents

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces

Content




Learning Tasks

Privacy & SecurityEmail

Email (Release 1)

Teachers will link to Edumail

Students will have: • Email• Personal Calendar• Contacts

Home

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces

EmailPrivacy & Security


TeachersStudents


Design Spacecollaborative planning & professional learning

Learning Space shared learning &social collaboration

eXpress Spaceself expression, reflection and personal learning

Templates &Themes

Support

Communities

Blogs &Wikis

Discussions

Event Calendars

Notifications

Subscriptions & RSS feeds

Polls &Applications

Document Libraries

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Key Features – Release 1Functionality Overview


Email & Contact

Personal Calendar

FUSE Learning Content

Shared Learning Resources

Professional Learning Modules

Usage Patterns

Environment Management

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Release 2 Functionality

Ultranet for teachers – Release 2


Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Learner Profile (Release 2)

Personalised, readily accessible and up-to-date information on every student you teach (even if at another school)

For example, information on • Progress• Attendance• Timetable• Learning tasks• Reports

Plus information about other teachers classes and timetable.

Home

Teachers

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces

Learner Profile

Privacy & Security




Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Students

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

Home

Learner Profile

Learner Profile (Release 2)

Personalised information on every student

• Progress

• Attendance

• Timetable

• Feedback

• Observations

• Submissions

• Learning Tasks

• Student Reports

Privacy & Security




Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Home

Teachers

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

Design Spaces

Learning

Tasks

Learning Tasks (Release 2)

A comprehensive tool which enables teachers to plan, deliver and assess learning activities.

The tool will support planning for individuals, classes and/or cohorts.

The tool will support planning and curriculum delivery within and across schools.

It enables teachers to:

• Use data to inform planning

• Link learning directly to VELS or other frameworks

• Embed digital resources

• Design assessment tasks

• Allocate learning tasks

• Assess against standards

• Provide feedback

Privacy & Security


Ultranet supports high quality teaching & learning

Student Data

Teach

Assess

Plan




Learning Tasks for 5/6A – teacher decides how they

should be organised

Tasks can have different status – current (can be

seen by students) or closed


Teacher prepares a new task and sets dates for

release and completion.


The teacher selects one or more feedback

options for the task


The teacher identifies the outcomes that will be

addressed in the task

Teachers can allocate tasks to the whole class, to individual

students or to groups of students. Students can only see the tasks which they have been allocated.


Instructions for the student on how to complete the task.

Digital resources can be attached.



Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Students

Privacy & Security

Learning Tasks

Content

Communities


eXpress Spaces

Learner Profile

Email

HomeLearning Tasks (Release 2)

Students can view their learning tasks

• Personalised learning tasks

• Learning activities

• Learning sequences

• Assessment tasks

• Submissions

• Feedback

• Observations

Learning

Tasks


Junior Primary Learning Task with digital learning object

embedded.

A teacher can easily add an audio recording to a learning

task.

Middle/Upper Primary Maths Learning Tasks for Mathematics - Numbers.

The student is able to view the status of

these tasks.

The student is able to view all of their classes.

Learning Task on Prime Numbers

submitted online

Teacher assessment and comment on prime numbers

learning task


Ultranet supports high quality teaching & learning

Student Data

Teach

Assess

Plan



Ultranet for parents


Learning Tasks


Communities Learner Profile

HomeHome

Home (Release 2)

Parents can navigate to find information about each of their children

• Notifications

• All students in the family

Parents


My children (listed irrespective of the

government school they attend)

Unexplained absences information

Recent Observations



Learning Tasks

Privacy & Security

Learner Profile (Release 2)Personalised information on each child

• Progress

• Attendance

• Timetable

• Learning tasks

• Reports

• At home tasks

Home

Communities Learner ProfileLearner Profile

Privacy & Security

Parents





Communities

Communities (Release 2)Parents have access to social collaboration tools

Spaces for:

• School communities

Home

CommunitiesLearner ProfileCommunities

Parents


My CommunitiesIncluding My Schools and

School Council


Community Chat

Knowledge Base

OSL Portlet Applications

Student Relationships

Student Overview

Student Analytics

Reports & Dashboards

Attendance

Timetables

Video Conference

Federated Sign On

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Lesson Planning

Curriculum Standards

Assessment & Feedback

Observations

Student Submissions

Progress Tracking

Personalised Learning Plans

Shared Learning Plans

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Key Features – Release 2Functionality Functionality Overview


Implementation

Ultranet: A tool for school improvementJul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Term 2, 2010 Term 3, 2010Term 1, 2010Term 3, 2009 Term 4, 2009

Release 1 Development , Test & Implement

Release 2 Development, Test & Implement

Legend

Development Start Date

Functionality Release

Coach TrainingCoach Training

Schools RolloutSchools Rollout

Proposed Timeline for School Rollout

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Networks Rollout

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Term 2, 2010 Term 3, 2010

portal, collaboration & content

Go-live 70 schools

All Regional NetworksTrainingNetworkingIntuitiveOrganic growth

fully deployed

1585 schools

Deployment Implementation


Term 4, 2010

Oct Nov Dec

Term 4, 2010

learning & teaching

1575 schools students and teachers

Exposure 600,000 people

parentsExposure 1,500,000 people

Established baseline usageCreated Demand“Safe” exploration of new functionality

Lesson PlanningCurriculum StandardsAssessment & FeedbackObservationsStudent SubmissionsProgress TrackingPersonalised Learning PlansShared Learning Plans

ongoing training

Deployment Implementation


2011 – Embedding the Ultranet

Term 1, 2011 Term 3, 2011Term 2 2011 Term 4, 2011

transformation

personal growth

authentic assessment

standards

socially constructed knowledge

diagnostics

Informed practice

Implementation

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