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Changing to a new learning platform is a challenge that can be complicated when your online program is large. Hear how St. Petersburg College got faculty and students excited about the change and brainstorm ideas for creating an environment where even the most hesitant users keep with the flock. Outcomes: Identify best practices in a system migration * Understand the factors that can affect the timeline for a successful implementation * Learn about the resources needed for a smooth transition http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2015/how-ensure-your-lms-migration-doesnt-fly-south
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How to Insure Your LMS Migration Doesn’t Fly South
Vicki WestergardOnline Learning and Services – St. Petersburg College
Disclaimers This is an interactive presentation
o 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 migration doesn’t fly south”
Poll: Who’s here?
Poll: What time is it for your migration?
“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
- Catherine Aird
Migration Stories in a Minute
WebCT >> ANGEL >> major ANGEL upgrade
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
Catch Box!
• What is your biggest challenge or fearregarding migration?
What we want
• Cooperation• Smooth processes• Positive communication• Consistency• Comfort & reliability• Happy people• World Peace
© Cienpies | Dreamstime.com - Flower Meadow And Rainbow Photo
What was different this time?
Communication College-wide
Understanding = Buy-in• Get involved in the selection• Market in many mediums• Crosswalk your options• Mythbusters
https://web.archive.org/web/20140928171700/http://www.spcollege.edu/wits/d2l-transition-mythbusters/
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 and phone number
– Peers - faculty facilitators– Minions - Migration preppers
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
Think-Pair-Share meets Catch Box!
• Consider your top 5 strategies for a smooth migration?
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
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
Was it perfect? No…
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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”
