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Moving to the BrightsideDan Robinson – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Who are we?• Established in 1898• The first institution in the world dedicated to
research and teaching in tropical medicine• Heavy research focus – £300m portfolio • 600 students worldwide, 68 countries• Postgraduate, professional courses, short
courses
Sir Ronald Ross, 1st British winner of Nobel Prize, for discovery of transmission of malaria by mosquito
Founder Sir Alfred Jones, Liverpool ship owner, £350 in 1898
Dagnall Laboratory, still in use today
Venom extraction at LSTM herpetarium
School at turn of century
Our emblem, which is now embodied in our logo
Current work includes: Impregnated Bednet trials, Zika virus forum, Serious Gaming
Background to change• Historically systems and support provided by University of Liverpool• Recognition in 2013 following HEI status LSTM would need it’s own
systems• 2013/14 Review of school need and evaluation of VLEs• 2014/15 Work carried out on implementation, configuration and
integration• December 2014 first pilot course in BrightSpace• Full rollout September 2015
Our Brightspace Implementation• Hosted (10.3 SP20)• Learning Object Repository• E-Portfolio• Wiggio
Institutional Challenges• Catering for a diverse student population•Managing the user experience of different types of students• Integrating with an immature IT infrastructure• Integrating with an SIS which was in development• User engagement• Sharing of good practice
Gathering requirements
It is a very unfriendly system with non intuitive menus.
difficult to navigatenot intuitivebit boring
Clunky and not very visually appealing
Limitations of the legacy systems• Granularity of Blackboard implementation• Poor user experience of gaining access• Multiple usernames and passwords• Inability of gaining early access• Lack of social spaces
Where did we focus our attention?FunctionalityUsability• Simple navigation and page construction• Integrations with other systems• Single sign on of all tools
Look and feel
Requirements• Non teaching spaces• Early access to systems via the SIS
• Pre course engagement with students• Personalised student experience• Staff access to all courses (‘observer’ role)• Full single sign on across all systems• Visual appeal • Integrations
• LTI• SIS
Long implementation period prior to year 1•Pilot #1• Diploma in Tropical Nursing Dec 2014 intake• 80 students, 3 weeks• Brightspace with UoL systems (email, SIS etc.)
•Pilot #2• Same course, May 2015 intake• Brightspace all new LSTM systems (email, SIS, sharepoint intranet)• Good feedback – leading to changes/improvements to interface
•Sept 2015 – All courses in Brightspace• 4 diplomas, 33 MSc units
Migration
Staff engagement• Sneak preview events• Departmental meetings • Board of studies meetings
• Brightspace in Your Space• Formal training events• Personal invitations to Module Convenors/Directors of Studies• Discuss the migration• An opportunity to improve practice!
What has been successful• Early access to Brightspace• SSO• Integrations• Binder• Use of roles to enable a personalised experience.• Integration with Zopim • Visual customisation
Use of roles to enable a personalised experience.
“Observer role”
Welcome widget
Integration with Zopim (live client)
Gathering user feedback• Surveys• Anonymous digital feedback
box• Formal committees
Student and staff user groups.• Meet 3 times per year
Evidence based discussions with staff
The future• Continuous delivery - eek!• Developing approaches to support off campus delivery• Adoption of minimum standards• Use of the LOR• Timetable integration• Revisit navigation + design in light of student and staff feedback
With thanks to D2L for their excellent support through this
process