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Peter RaymentLearning Technology ManagerCardiff University UK.
ABOUT ME
Peter RaymentLearning Technology ManagerCardiff University, [email protected]
I have used Blackboard for 12 years.
ABOUT MY INSTITUTION
Cardiff University
Research led, Russell Group University in UK.
We have 25,000 FTE of students
Three colleges made up of 27 Schools
ABOUT MY INSTITUTION
Cardiff University
Blackboard client for about 10 years
Currently run:
• Blackboard Learn
• Content Management system
• Community engagement system
• Blackboard Mobile
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN TODAY
Why would you want to use Analytics
What can analytics tell us,
specifically EesyAnalytics
Why Analytics are our friends…….
OUR CHALLENGE
Every year we create a new 6000 Courses
52,819 users accounts via snapshot every day.
147,870 Enrolments on standard Courses
132,235 Enrolments on non standard Courses
Students can stay enrolled for over 7 years.
OUR CHALLENGE
What are these users doing inside the system?
• Which tools are being used?
• And which are not…
• Who is using them?
• When are they using them?
• And frequency of tool use.
OUR CHALLENGE
We implement tools for learning
We deliver staff development
We write support material
We visit schools & talk to staff
How can we tell if this activity has changed anything?
OUR CHALLENGE
Prioritising activities
• Avoid spending time on low impact areas
Identifying areas of low/high uptake
• And discovering why
Assess whether our activity affects things
• Evidence for senior managers
Building business cases
• For additional tools or resources
• Evidence for deprecating obsolete tools
OUR CHALLENGE
To understand LMS use in the past we have:-
• Undertaken Surveys
• Collated information from support calls
• Listen to user requirements
• Undertaken Course audits by year.
OUR CHALLENGE
Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information, analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics, computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight.
Source Wikipedia
Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information, analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics, computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight.
Source Wikipedia
ANALYTICS PRODUCTS
BIRT
Bb Tracking and Statistics
ANALYTICS PRODUCTS
BIRT
Bb Tracking and Statistics
1) GOOGLE ANALYTICS
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
2) EESYANALYTICS
EesyAnalytics™ understand what users are doing either individually or collectively
EesyMessaging™ In application communication- Pro-active - On Demand of users
EesySoft Building BlockReal-time monitoring of what users are doing within Blackboard
EESYANALYTICS
How it works
Uses monitor points within system which we set up.
Monitors activity by Role within Blackboard, We make extensive use of Roles at Cardiff.
Provides real time, and timeline views of users activity.
REPORTS
REPORTS
OUR RESULTS
EesyAnalytics has allowed us to see:-
Patterns of tools use over time
Changes in behaviour after training
Changes in use after engagement or awareness raising activities
OUR RESULTS
Focus our efforts better
• Training
• Support
• Engagement, promotion
Identify areas of good/bad practice
• And share lessons
• Help academics understand & visualise how their students use the LMS
OUR RESULTS
Still at the beginning of voyage of discovery
Results of Analytics are very interesting and present a number of significant possibilities.
We can now start to more fully understand use of our LMS and with this understanding comes the ability to reflect and improve.
DO THIS NEXT
Perhaps it may help you to think about how well you understand the usage of your LMS and whether you are fully leveraging your investment?
Also are you optimizing the resources available to you supporting the system?
Consider how analytics may be of use in your organization.
THANK YOU!
Peter RaymentLearning Technology ManagerCardiff [email protected]
For more information on EesyAnalytics contact [email protected] or visit Booth 606, for demonstration and free trial of software.
If you would like to provide feedback for this session please email: [email protected]
The title of this session is: What happens in Vegas Blackboard
