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How to Insure Your LMS MigrationDoesn’t Fly South
Vicki Westergard
Online Learning and Services – St. Petersburg College
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Disclaimers
This is an interactive presentationo I have been authorized to throw things
Some objects may be closer than they appear
• Clever titles work best when they make sense
• “How to insure your LMS migrationdoesn’t fly south”
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Poll: Who’s here?
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Poll: What time is it for your migration?
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“If you can't be a good example, thenyou'll just have to be a horrible
warning.”
- Catherine Aird
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Migration Stories in a Minute
WebCT >> ANGEL >> major ANGEL upgrade
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What we heard
• YOU did this to me!
• Training is for newbies
• Surprise! Isn’t this great?
• WHAT NEW SYSTEM?
• None of your course content will migrate
• I can’t log in to my class, it must be because of
ANGEL• We’ve got this. How hard can it be to set up
an LMS?
• ANGEL is the new Devil
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Catch Box!
• What is your biggest
challenge or fear
regardingmigrat ion ?
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What we want
• Cooperation
• Smooth processes
• Positive communication
• Consistency
• Comfort & reliability
• Happy people
• World Peace
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What was different this time?
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Communication College-wide
Understanding = Buy-in
• Get involved in the selection
• Market in many mediums
• Crosswalk your options
• Mythbusters
https://web.archive.org/web/201409281717
00/http://www.spcollege.edu/wits/d2l-transition-mythbusters/
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Faculty want OPTIONS for ACTION
• What can I do right now?
• Training phases and modalities
• MyResources tutorials
https://myresources.spcollege.edu/home• Cheerleaders - eLearning Paloozza
• Support
– Staff - MyCourses4Faculty email andphone number
– Peers - faculty facilitators
– Minions - Migration preppers
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Student Readiness
• Comfort in familiarity
• Automagic SSO from old to new
• Intro to MyCourses open to everyone
– 12,000 students have accessed, faculty/staff
• Searchable knowledge base
• Promo – Giveaways, Posters, Emails &
Announcements
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Think-Pair-Share meets Catch Box!
• Consider your top 5 strategies
for a smooth migration?
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Timelines
• Selection & contracting – 12 months• Configuration, train the trainer and preparation – 4
months
• Training 2,300 faculty – 9 months
• Marketing to students – 9 months
• Pilot and expanded pilot – Summer and Fall
• Total time once contract was signed – 1 year
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Resources leveraged
• People, people and more people
– CETL and FGO
– 6 instructional design specialists
– 1 course delivery manager – 6 part-time migration preppers (6 months)
– Systems administrators & CATO/liaison
– Faculty facilitators
• Marketing
• Promotional items, candy, sedatives
• A good sense of humor
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Was it perfect? No…
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Help Us Improve and Grow
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Thanks for not flying south!
Vicki Westergard – [email protected]
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– Best practices
– Timeline
– Resources needed
– Take faculty viewpoint – Work in pairs/threes
– What was your biggest challenge?
– Make a list of 5 – pick 1 to share
– Have you already converted? Middle of conversion? Group
people
– Worse practices
– Time keeper Assign someone
– “In a few words”
