Enhancing MyUni Project

Enhancing MyUni Project

Introduction and Reality-Check with Faculties and Schools - June 2013Liz Heathcote and Darren Searson

adelaide.edu.au

University of Adelaide 2

Enhancing MyUni aims to provide...

“a noticeable improvement to MyUni that provides students, staff and academics their priority tools and functionality to best utilise the online learning space for a blended learning experience in 2014:”

Who is involved?• Pro Vice Chancellor (Student Experience) & Learning

Technologies Steering Group• Learning Technologies Team• Technology Services & Project Management Office• Reference Group – members from your Faculty (next page)...


Reference Group

Who is involved?Faculty Representative School / UnitHealth Sciences Clemence Due

John SalmonSophie Karanicolas

PsychologyMLTUDentistry

Professions Melissa de ZwartEdward PalmerVegnes Maniam

LawEducationEducation

ECMS Katrina FalknerNick FalknerWill Robertson

Computer ScienceComputer ScienceMechanical Engineering

Science Amanda Able Bridgette Shackelford

Agriculture Food and WineAnimal & Veterinary Science

Humanities and Social Sciences

Mike WilmoreStephanie Hester

School of HumanitiesHumanities and Social Sciences Office


Enhancing MyUni Context

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MyUniTechnical

Enhancements

MyUniChange

Management

Technical, functional enhancements

Engagement in online learningHelp students and staff make use of technical enhancements

Specialist MyUni Support

Framework for scaling up innovations


Different Voices – what are they saying?

STAFF STUDENTS

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BEACON/ Student eExperience




STAFF STUDENTS

BEACON / Student e-Experience

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?• Use technology simply and well• Make my time on campus worthwhile• Provide a consistent online experience• Make it easy to communicate with

peers, academics and tutors• Understand who I am and how I learn



STAFF STUDENTS

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• Give me tools that are reliable and intuitive• Reduce my administrative workload• Help me use technology to support better

learning outcomes• Facilitate communities of practice• Provide metrics on how students are learning

BEACON / Student eExperience



STAFF STUDENTS

BEACON/ Student e-Experience

• Deliver high-quality content effectively online• Free staff time for small-group discovery• Empower staff to better engage with digital learning• Meet the needs of students unable to attend campus• Provide effective systems that encourage relevant

measurement



STAFF STUDENTS

BEACON

• Use technology simply and well• Make my time on campus worthwhile• Provide a consistent online experience• Make it easy to communicate with



measurement




Enriched Online Learning – what does it mean?

STAFF STUDENTS

BEACON

• Use technology simply and well• Make my time on campus worthwhile• Provide a consistent online experience• Make it easy to communicate with



measurement



Sound underlying technologyProductive use of time

Improved usabilty & supportFlexible communication & collaboration

Accurate & timely metrics


Enhancing MyUni – progress so far

• High-level requirements gathered:– Issues raised through the Technology Services Help Desk– Requests received by the Learning Technologies team– Interviews with academic and professional staff– Workshops conducted with the Project Reference Group– Staff and students’ wants and needs identified as part of

the Student e-Experience project

• Change management activities planned

MyUni

User Experience

Re-skin

Hide Features

Course Template

Consistent Navigation

Consistent Style

Re-Branding

MyUni Apps

Basic and advanced

configuration

Integration

Single Sign-On

Technical Upgrade

Instructor Roles

Course Rollover

Course Outline Tab

Final Grade Process

Improvements

Instructor Information

Program Information

Instant Access

Tutor Information

Tutorial Group Creation

Course Structure

Calendar Integration

Access

Guest Access

Visitor Access

Federated Access

Alumni Access

Group Permissions

Friends and Family Access

Communication

Text Editor

Discussion Forums

Collaborate Upgrade

Virtual Classroom Recording

Connect with other

universities

Online Friends

Content Management

Copyright

Content Sharing

Cross-platform

Archiving

Syncing

Assessment and Assignments

Rubrics

Online marking improvements

Assessment tasks in calendar

Relative Dates

Authoring

Comment and rate video

Banner size

Grades

Hide Grades

Less options

Relative Performance

Students at Risk Improvements

Reporting

Student usage reports

Performance

Response time

Consistency of service

Can’t be done/Shouldn’t be done

Not feasible this year

More Analysis Required

Feasible

Requirements for MyUni

Requirements – Fix and Improve

Access to MyUni

Interface Improvements

Reporting

Functionality

Discussion Forum

Wik

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Blog

Text Editor

Cale

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GradecentreOnl

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Mar

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Video rating and comments


Requirements – Integrate Systems

Automate course/ program/ grades transfer*/ instructor information

Feeds from other Uni Systems – Tutorial groups etc.


Requirements – Change Mgt & Support

Professional Development

Operational Support



Change Management for Enhancing MyUni

Cultural Change &

Engagement

Online Resources

Professional Developm’t

Operational Support

Change Management

Communica-tion

The interface and the various

options are confusing

Key Changes

Course rollover

Much of the content needs a refresh

It takes too long to set up my course for

the new semester

Some functions

become out of date in rollover

There’s no guidance on

how to structure my

course.

It’s hard to find anything – my courses look totally different.

Course templates



Enhancing MyUni – next steps

Usability testing

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

Gather req’mts & prioritise

Sneak Peek/ Trial

How-to training

eLearning drop-ins

Go Live

Prof Dev’t/ Showcases (continuing into 2014)...

MyUni Roadmap Development

Questions?

Suggestions and [email protected]

Project Website www.adelaide.edu.au/myyuni/future

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myyuni/future


Assessment, Grades & Reporting

Requirement Coverage FunctionEnsure that marks from all types of assignment flow back to the MyUni grade centre.

Very likely Turnitin, ICC Printed Assignment, Grade Centre

Automatically populate the MyUni calendar with assignments due. Moderately likely Turnitin, ICC Printed Assignment,

Grade CentreImplement goals and alignment. Very likely Grade CentreEnsure that students cannot see grades until the academic is ready to show them.

Very likely Grade Centre

Allow students to see their performance relative to other students in their course.

Very likely Grade Centre

Allow academics to identify students at risk of failure. Very likely Retention Centre [SP12]

Provide accurate student usage reports. Very likely Student Use Reports


Requirements for MyUni

Requirement Coverage FunctionFix technical issues with the text editor and make it consistent across MyUni. Very likely Text EditorAllow group information to be exported from MyUni in .csv format.

Moderately likely Groups

Improve the MyUni discussion forum functionality. Very likely Discussion Board

Improve the MyUni wiki functionality. Very likely Wiki

Improve the MyUni blog functionality. Very likely BlogsAllow students to rate and comment on videos.

Moderately likely Video Anywhere [SP12]

Allow editing of virtual classroom recordings. Very likely Blackboard Collaborate [All functions]

Allow students to see which of their friends are online.

Moderately likely

Socail Learning [SP12] / MyBlackboard People

Allow students to communicate with other communities within the University outside of their courses.

Very likely Social Learning [SP12]

Allow students to communicate and collaborate via MyUni tools with students and academics at other universities.

Very likely Collaborate & Communicate [All functions]


MyUni Requirements - Staff

STAFF



Administrative support• Course templates/ structures• Instructor roles• Single sign-on• Assessment tasks in Calendar• Grade-Centre flexibility (hide

grades)

Improve reporting

Access to MyUni• Guest access• Group permissions*• Federated Access*• Connect with other

Unis

Fix Issues/ Improve Functionality • Text Editor• Discussion Forum enhancement• Wiki & Blog enhancements

Teaching-Practice Assistance• Training and showcases of examples• Course export/import of content

rather than roll-over• Assessment functions (rubrics,

improvements to online marking)


MyUni Requirements - Students

STUDENTS• Use technology simply and well• Make my time on campus worthwhile• Provide a consistent online experience• Make it easy to communicate with


• Consistent navigation• Reskin MyUni• Comment and rate video• Automate course/

program/ instructor information

• User experience testing

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• Collaborate Virtual Classroom upgrades

• Online Friends/ Who’s Online• Relative performance in my class

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MyUni Requirements – Strategic Direction

BEACON/ Student e-Experience


measurement

MyUni System Requirements

• Requirements to date will from the LMS Roadmap• We will evaluate how MyUni (BlackBoard) is

meeting the university's needs as an LMS• Analysis of requirements found during the

Enhancing MyUni Project

Change Management

• Face to face and online staff development in skills and knowledge of blended pedagogies

• Promote good practice and pedagogical design through:• Events showcasing good practice

examples,• Resources developed to showcase

good practice and pedagogical design application within MyUni.

Enhancing MyUni Project

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