1. SLMS CPD Day PELP and UCLeXtend Matt Jenner – Distance Learning Facilitator, ISD Dominic Black – Project Manager, ISD 26 th March 2013 UCL Public E-Learning Portal Project

2. What we aim to cover 6-Apr-14© UCL 20102 1. Background and Approach 2. Demo of the pathfinder UCLeXtend site 3. Go Live Plan and where we go next 4. Questions

3. Background 6-Apr-14© UCL 20103 PELP Project = Public E-Learning Portal Project Under the sponsorship and guidance of the VP Enterprise and VP Education Initiated in June 2012, with high level objectives to: Evaluate the UCL requirement Develop an platform for non-credit bearing CPD courses Covering browsing, enrolment, purchase and undertaking of online courses Development of supporting processes

4. Three Stage Approach 6-Apr-14 © UCL 2010 4 Review & enhance Design, develop & test Requirements & solution analysis Gathered UCL Department Requirements 45 Interviews, 13 questionnaires, 5 workshops Compared requirements against 160 platforms Shortlist of 8 Moodle recommendation Rapid pathfinder implementation Develop process for managing course content development Recruited two Instructional Designers to provide departments assistance 3 courses ready in April/May o Learn from pathfinder o Enhance payment solution o Refine processes o Plan for supporting larger course numbers o Support development of more courses o Enhance functionality Go Live

5. Demo - High Level Process 6-Apr-14© UCL 20105 Customer Browses Courses Customer Enrols CC Payment in UCL online store (WPM) Administrator releases course enrolment Receives confirmation & logs in Customer undertakes course Handoff by URL Auto email to customer Auto email to Administrator Interim Payment Process

6. UCLeXtend Demo 6-Apr-14© UCL 20106

7. This is not the finished product… 6-Apr-14© UCL 20107 Emerging (detailed) customer requirements will need assessment The pathfinder solution has some constraints such as: Handoff to UCL onlinestore for payment One product per transaction No online multiple seat purchase or associated discount Only debit/credit card payment online, not invoice or purchase order Simple homepage and support information could be expanded

8. Go Live and Enhance 6-Apr-14© UCL 20108 Pathfinder go live scheduled for mid April Review: Learn from the project process to date Learn from the pathfinder Revisit requirements Enhance: Begin work to enhance payment solution Continue development of course content Define next batch of enhancements both in terms of technology and process Modest bids to continue enhancement work in 13/14

9. Questions? 6-Apr-14© UCL 20109 Contact: E-learning Environments: extend@ucl.ac.uk for support and getting courses on to UCLeXtend Project Manager d.black@ucl.ac.uk for project related questions