1. Enterprise Blackboard @ Havering College of Further and Higher Education Ashley Garner VLE Manager

2. 2 College Background

3. 3 VLE System Information Enterprise, currently v6.2.3 Blackboard launched in February 2005 All VLE courses created automatically from UNIT-e (MIS System) using overnight snapshot All students automatically enrolled Tutors must make course available

4. 4 The History HCFHE Struggling with LearnWise (LW) LW was purchased because it integrated well with UNIT-e (eventually) LW also ran most NLN materials well Decided to switch platforms I had chosen Bb @ Lambeth College but they could not justify the cost for Enterprise

5. 5 The Criteria 1. It had to work 2. We had to be able to migrate content 3. It had to connect to UNIT-e 4. It had to run SCORM materials 5. It had to be easy to use 6. It had to be supported by a reliable company 7. “Mission critical” for Inspection – cost not a large consideration

6. 6 Why Blackboard Enterprise? Basic would not give us: UNIT-e Connection SCORM Playing We have installed Building Blocks: Document Unpackager (used to copy courses from LW) Seneca Who's Online We have a Java developer

7. 7 The Custom Enrolment Module We paid Bb Services for our installation and snapshot integration We didn’t want bulk creation of all students in Bb At a student’s first login attempt their details will be authenticated against LDAP and then Bbenrolments Bbenrolments is a view on the UNIT-e database

8. 8 The Custom Enrolment Module Bbenrolments has details of all of the student’s college course codes The tool then enrols the students on the correct Bb courses The student sees the right course(s) if the tutors have made them available

9. 9 Thames Gateway College Partnership with Barking College Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering (CEME) All 3 College preciously used LW Barking went to Moodle

10. 10 The Choices Bb Enterprise, Moodle or Microsoft Learning Gateway? Developed two comparison grids: Pros and Cons Costs Assign rank and weight for each grid

11. 11 The Choices Using EduTools VLE Comparison Tool (http://www.edutools.info/) to compare features:http://www.edutools.info/ Bb gets 7.43 Moodle gets 6.93

12. 12 The Choices Other Issues: Cost Integration with college systems Authentication Enrolment of Staff and Students Product Support (version variation/customisation) Product Development and Testing