1. LMS Transitioning Opportunities: Management, Design, and Technologies The 21st Century Classroom: Online and Blended Learning April 12, 2012

2. Introductions Tracey Russo Director of Instructional Technology CITS Instructional Development Damon N. Gatenby Instructional Technology Coordinator CITS Instructional Development

3. Transitioning Goals Improve course design Rethink pedagogy/technologies Empowering faculty to be self-sufficient Ensure quality course design standards Improve student experience across courses ensuring consistency

4. Old model All-in-one training Faculty driven course design Basic course template with recommended components Best practices and course checklists

5. New model Training – Basic Self-directed – Advanced Mandatory for Online and Blended faculty Faculty & students automatically enrolled in online LMS orientations. Robust course template Quality course review process

6. Transition & Growth LMS Transition – Bb Vista to Bb Learn 9.1 – Online courses Spring 2013 – All courses transitioned by Spring 2014 Vista use discontinued Summer 2013 UMD Online and Blended program expansion and growth Instructional Development team expansion

7. New Model for Online and Blended Courses Mandatory Advanced training – Focus on online course design & pedagogy Must work in partnership with ID Team – Assigned Instructional Designer Course development process must be completed one month prior to course launch Course review by Online/Blended Quality committee Course must be delivered through LMS

8. Course Design Timeline MarAprMayJunJulAugSep Course Implementation Course Review Inital Course Review Inital meeting with Instructional Designer Complete Training Design and Development Building Course Post-review Modifications

9. Online Course Quality Standards

10. Course Template Redesign course template – UMD core set of best practices and guidelines (online & blended rubrics) – Embedded course design suggestions – Embedded user help – Essential course components

11. Course Template

16. Faculty LMS Transition Steps 1.Faculty submits course request form -Indicates what content is to be migrated 2.Staff migrates content from Vista to Learn 3.Staff applies template design and content reorganization 4.Faculty meet with ID liaison if necessary -On going support provided

17. Transition Management Tracking faculty through the transition and beyond – CRM – ID liaison – Improve communications Correspondence linked to faculty member Target faculty – Cross-team effort Wufoo course submission form – Integrated with Google Doc Spreadsheet

18. KarmaCRM

20. Faculty self-service model Course management tool – Select to activate/deactivate courses – Combine/cross-list sections – Request content migration

21. Technologies Self Service Faculty manage own content Transitioning videos to YouTube – Bb Learn integration – Automatic captioning – Wimba/Collaborate archives Camtasia Relay – Software-based lecture capture

22. Technologies Encourage use of Slideshare Atomic Learning Video Everywhere Blackboard integrated i>Clicker registrations

23. Future Goals Online proctoring Student verification ePortfolio integration

24. Questions?

25. Thank you!