Moodle 2.0 in 4 months at UMontreal May 2011
https://studium.umontreal.ca
Florian Meyer : [email protected] Gilles-Philippe Leblanc : [email protected]
Université de Montréal
French Speaking University41448 students5588 professors and lecturers16 faculties and schools
Two affiliated schoolsHEC montrealÉcole Polytechnique
The Challenge Current VLE : WebCT 4.1 containing around 4000 course sites
From 2007 to September 2010 : Experimentation of Sakai 2.6
September 2010 : Abandon of Sakai for Moodle 2.0
September 2011 : End of WebCT
OrganizationAmbassador
MarraineMme Hélène David
Project Steering CommitteeComité directeur du projet
Project Steering BoardÉquipe de direction du projet
Project Team3 Instructional Designers
3 ProgrammersTesters and Support team
Faculties’ ICT Specialists CommitteeComité des répondants facultaires TICE
Orientation CommitteeComité d’orientation
Project Management : Agile - Scrum
Team Working Tools• Organizing notes and traces: Confluence wiki
• Bug, issue and project tracking : Jira
• Test automatisation : Sélénium
• Load testing: The Grinder
• Monitoring : Munin
Present Architecture
Calendar
2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012
Fall 10 Winter 11 Summer 11 Fall 11
Pilote 15 courses
All the fall courses and end of WebCT (6000 possible courses, 2500 created so far)
All the summer courses (1050 created and around 100 activated)
Support Plan Documentation
FAQ Tips
Guides Short videos Templates Help Menu Help Line
Workshops
Individual Supporton Demand
Migrating from WebCT to Moodle 2.0 (StudiUM) Summer 2011
Support or migration on demand No obligation to migrate for this session Stats : 128 possible courses to migrate ; 20 migration asked ; 10 self migration
Fall 2011 Support for migration starts next week No course will be given in WebCT Stats : 200 possible courses to migrate
Winter 2012 Support for migration starts in September
Support for Migration A support team for migration that
can help : Recover files and documents and
import them into Moodle; Retrieve content modules from WebCT
and import them into Moodle; Recover question banks from WebCT
and import them into Moodle; Identify how to rebuild the activities
with Moodle tools; Rebuild activities.
Several options are possible: Do not store anything and enjoy the
opportunity to redesign the course; Proceed independently, based on
available documentation; Proceed independently, but the support
team provides all the files used in the course ;
Proceed independently, but the support team transfers all question banks and provides all the files used in the course;
Support team does the entire migration.
Communication strategy (change management)
Potential identified by the teachers of the pilot Moodle 2.0 in general
Very accessible for students (limited guidance to give) Online help and documentation Studium (Video clips, guides, examples ...)
Moodle 2.0 tools Easy test creation Poll easy to use Forum easy to use Databases: rich potential for collaborative activities and reflective
Potential identified by the teachers of the pilot Specificities of Moodle 2.0
Completion tracking
Conditional Access (dates, completion of activities, notes ...)
Self-Registration
Potential of groups and groupings (all activities)
Drag and drop of resources and activities
Limitations identified by the teachers of the pilot Difficulty of using messaging Complex configuration of groups and groupings Complexity of the Gradebook Files upload
No progress indicator Extensions of files to upload
Download Assignemnts (size limit) File management (no simple update)
Limitations identified by the teachers of the pilot Confusing switching of reading screens to edit screens
Sometimes too rich interface
Summary table for monitoring task completion a little confusing
Using activity report is complex
Lack of evident confirmation when the deposit of assignment
Layout problems when using certain tools with the zoom (OS functionality for visual accessibility, or browser zoom)
Pilot student survey 198 responses out of 500 students participating
65 improvement suggestions
41 comments mainly positive
Special thanks to : École Polytechnique Montréal UQAM Université de Sherbrooke Université de Lethbridge M. Farias Remote Learner Moodle HQ et Moodle.org Koumbit Inverse
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