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.

SLMS CPD DayPELP and UCLeXtend

Matt Jenner – Distance Learning Facilitator, ISD

Dominic Black – Project Manager, ISD

26th March 2013

UCL Public E-Learning Portal Project

What we aim to cover

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1. Background and Approach

2. Demo of the pathfinder UCLeXtend site

3. Go Live Plan and where we go next

4. Questions

Background

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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

Three Stage Approach

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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 pathfindero Enhance payment solutiono Refine processeso Plan for supporting larger

course numberso Support development of

more courseso Enhance functionality

Go Live

Demo - High Level Process

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Customer Browses Courses

Customer Enrols

CC Payment in UCL online

store (WPM)

Administrator releases course

enrolment

Receives confirmation &

logs in

Customer undertakes

course

Handoff byURL

Auto email to customer

Auto email toAdministrator

InterimPaymentProcess

UCLeXtend Demo

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This is not the finished product…

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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

Go Live and Enhance

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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

Questions?

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Contact:

• E-learning Environments:

[email protected]

for support and getting courses on to UCLeXtend

• Project Manager

[email protected]

for project related questions