Moving to a Single Learning Management System (LMS) Michael E. Scheuermann Associate Vice President – Instructional Technology Support ~ IRT January 17, 2013

Drexel’s LMS History 2001: Blackboard – WebCT – eCollege 2006: Classic – Vista – eCollege 2007: Classic – Vista 2012: Learn

Drexel’s Roadmap: Blackboard Vista/Classic → Blackboard Learn™ Admins 12-28-11 Banner Integration F W Sp Su F W Sp Su F 9-20- 2010 1-3- 2011 3-28- 2011 6-20-2011 9-19-2011 1-9-2012 4-2-2012 6-25-2012 8-20-2012 + Admins BLWG Key IDs Faculty Students

Migration Project Plan Communication BLWG and OLT Activities

Benefits to Using a Single LMS Faculty and students Concentrate on learning – not which LMS they are in Synergies – best practices – training & support Analytics Track student persistence / performance Examine Learn data as related to Banner data Examine Learn data across courses, to programs, departments, etc. Metrics are “all in one data set” Compare apples-to-apples – for the first time SIS integration (Banner) Enrollments, add-drops, made in real time – every section Automatic feeds – no manual intervention Efficiencies Cost savings, vendor management, upgrades/timetables, coordination 5

Ancillary Benefits – Other Applications Mobile Learn Complete many LMS tasks on mobile devices Learn Analytics Examine Learn « » Banner relational data ConnectYard Social media tools linked to Learn Formerly used only by CoBA Learning Objects Social networks and academic commons Formerly used only by a few departments Waypoint Rubric-based peer reviews Primarily used by CoBA & CoAS 6

Critical Success Factors Sponsorship / Leadership Administrative + Academic - Be the point person! Communication – a Dialogue Top-Down, Broad-Based, Constant, Multi-Dimensional, Transparent. Collaboration Success is a collective responsibility. We are all in this together. Flexibility Stay the course – but be adaptive. Be your own Devil’s Advocate What did we forget? What’s coming next? Forward-Looking Go-Live is not the end of the journey! Heightened internal coordination BLWG OLC OLT IRT 7

What’s Next in This Space? Analytics Lots of data BUT - not much information / actionable elements Expanded course analytics – will enhance Learn Relating different data sets Student Retention: Learn data ‹--› Banner data Cost of Instruction: Learn ‹--› HR ‹--› Banner Related initiatives: Inside Track Course Signals Analytics Banner Learn HR Finance Student

Who Could Use/Benefit from the Metrics? Provost / Deans / Directors How are the programs in the college/school doing? Instructors / Advisors How are our students doing? Where do we need to direct our efforts? OLT How is Drexel using the available features / functions? Students How am I doing? My performance vs. peers? Reports Dashboards Instructors Provost & Deans OLT Advisors Students

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