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…no boss, no support, no time…but we have a Canvas T-shirt!
Mike Ritkowski
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A University of Mary Washington Success Story
Lisa Ames LMS Administrator E-Learning Specialist Pam Lowery Director of Training
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InstructureCon 2011 UMW Case Study 4 months!
“our goal is to make this not the standard anymore” Instructure The LMS Migration process as explained by Bracken Mosbacker in a presentation at InstructureCon “Desire 2 Migrate Angels & Blackboards”. UMW Case Study 4 months!
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We are… Located in Fredericksburg, VA College of Arts & Sciences
Fredericksburg Campus Partnering with 5 other state colleges: ODU, VCU, VT, GMU, UVA, Naval Post Graduate School to offer graduate level science and engineering programs College of Business & College of Education Stafford Campus Dahlgren Education & Research Center
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LMS History Web Course in a Box > Blackboard version 8, hosted
Adopted Instructure Canvas April 2011 Migrated approximately 2500 courses Currently courses and users SIS: Banner Run enrollments 2x daily
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Choosing the Next LMS Platform
Instructure awarded LMS contract Planning - 8 months Implementation – 4 months
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Phase 1: Review & Selection Process
LMS Review Committee formed (15) RFI released & Community Survey RFP released (30 days) 4 vendors selected to demo, requirements Community Feedback
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Phase 2: Implementation Process
LMS Review Committee makes recommendation: Intent to Award issued March 10, 2011 Installation, testing and technical training begins April 2011 UMW Community Involvement train-the-trainer (DL, DTLT) Faculty Pilot Testers (11, 6 weeks) Students Faculty & Staff Training
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2 Instructors: Summer’s beginning: Director of Distance Learning & Pam
Summer’s beginning: Lisa & Pam
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4 4 courses
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4 Getting to Know UMW's New LMS Canvas: Basic Course Design
Canvas: Advanced Course Design Canvas' SpeedGrader 4 4 courses with titles
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44 44 sessions
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44 April 2011: 1 – 2 per week Week of August 8 & 15: 6 per week
44 sessions – began in April with a small group Ramped up in later summer
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248 +164 412 Target Audience Population to train 248 fulltime faculty
164 adjuncts
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Attendees
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Resources Resources for Instructors:
Instructions on everything from Announcements…Assignments…Grades…Rubrics…More Each topic contains step by step instructions + a video
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Resources One of the most popular resources: Canvas Cheat Sheet
Gave it out at all Training Sessions Available as a PDF document online
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Resources Collected resources from other sources
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Resources Included a link to the Technology Training Calendar
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Resources Created Resources just for students
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Resources Partners in a sister group created a cute video announce Canvas’ arrival
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Partners DTLT Faculty Help Desk
No good project stands alone. Many hands made ‘easy’ work: 2 student employees, DTLT, Faculty, Help Desk
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Phase 3: Ready, Set, Go Target: July 28, 2011
Fall semester begins August 30 …a little bumpy…..
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Report for Fall 2011 (14 wk, 1st 8 wks)
How are we doing? Report for Fall 2011 (14 wk, 1st 8 wks)
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What does it mean? Increase in LMS Use Increase in LMS Use for
Blackboard: 50% > Canvas: 96% Increase in LMS Use for Communication & Collaboration Blackboard: 55% > Canvas: 82%
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What have we discovered?
Integration: Rethink our Banner data fields to allow for cross-listed and combined courses Investigate enrollment data issue (currently 2x daily) Best Practices Use a Test Environment! Communicate consistently
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Next Steps Training: Effective instructional design
Best Practices for F2F, Blended & Online Learning SMM - Social Media Mania MSM - Media Sensory Madness MMS - Mobile Me Soon
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Current Projects Academia
College of Education – Universal Learning Outcomes & Rubrics Online Writing Center – virtual conferencing Student Pilot Testers – USE-Ability Course Testing the LMS (sight, sound, + learning disabilities) VPAT, Gold certification NFB, W3c’s WAIWCAg 2.0AA, Section 508 Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Aceessibility Guidelines
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Resources UMW Instructure Implementation Plan http://lms.umwblogs.org
Training: YouTube Training Channel Teaching & Learning DTLT: Canvas Instructure Bracken’s Desire 2 Migrate Angels & Blackboards VPAT NFB-NVA Certification
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Questions? Thank you! Lisa Ames
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