1. SITS integration with Blackboard in a Federal HE context; Management perspective on what is ‘advanced’ now Nancy Turner Associate Dean: Professional Development University of the Arts, London

2. What I did summer 2007 and why… Nancy Turner Associate Dean: Professional Development University of the Arts, London

4. Before 2007 some use of VLE manual process of student enrolment No management centrally of creation, enrolments or ‘clean-up’ of system – user request lead

5. 2007 VLE integrated with Student Records System

6. Allow for growth of use of e-learning and VLE beyond current capacity limited by staff manual entry Reduce errors in course creation and enrolment and improve staff/student experience 2007

8. VLE QL Staff Records System Course file Student account file Staff account file Enrolment file Key: Existing databases Flat files 2007

9. VLE Custom Authentication QL E-Directory Course Mapping Table E-mail Look-up Table LDAP Mapping -students LDAP Mapping -students Student account file Course creation file Enrolment file Staff account file Key: Existing databases Mapping tables Flat files processes 2007

10. Efficiencies Enhancement Transformation

11. 2008 Policy for required minimum course content Possible for students to access VLE prior to enrolment

12. National Student Survey 2009

13. Establish the minimum requirements for all courses on Blackboard to provide equity in the student course experience Provide easy access for students to relevant course documents

14. 2009 Policy requiring VLE site for all courses

15. Enhance communication between course teams and students Establish the minimum requirements for all courses on Blackboard to provide equity in the student course experience Provide easy access for students to relevant course documents

16. 2007 315 course sites 2008 455 course sites 2009 746 course sites

17. 09-1008-09%  Number of course sites74645564 Number of courses sites with over 25 content items* 45026470 Number of course sites using announcements 48744410 Average number of announcements per month 5548**3 35365 Number of course sites using discussion fora 131125<1 Total fora Used56733072 Number of course sites using groups1821679 Overall use * Each course is created through an automated process with a standard 25 content items ** September to March 2010

19. Key points Strategic drivers at all points along the way Needs not technology based Institutional investment Institutional support

20. New challenges Control of processes Streamlined VLE? Increasing costs and demands but decreasing financial resource Is real transformation the future?