Implementing Moodle in the disability sector on a shoestring budget

CPL Academy

Introduction• About CPL Academy

• About CPL- Who we are- What we do

• About me

The Challenge• Definition of the challenge:The eventual delivery of cost-effective training for 1600 staff with a strict budget within

the disability sector.

• Analysis of the challenge:With the inevitable implementation of the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme),

reviews were done for training in an effort to improve the delivery time, increase efficiency and engagement; and to promote cost savings.

Where we are & what we’ve achieved

• We’re in the early stages of implementing eLearning & a consist LMS for CPL.

• First platform for all staff

• All internal compliance training online

• Custom front page & certificate

Things that cost $1000 (roughly)

Samsung 40” LED FHD TV

50ml of Clive Christian perfume

Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite… before it became a cult movie

Obstacles• Refresher training:

The way Moodle is currently setup (at least by default) does to not really cater for disability sector type training.

Solution: We had to look at how to adapt the uses of plugins to cater for our needs.

The Design• Considerations:• High number of new and infrequent users (+-16 new starters every two weeks)

with varying levels of education, varying types of work environments.

• Probably their first experience of any kind of Learning Management System.

• Accessed from multiple devices (PC, smart phone, iPad, etc).

Front page = $167

Credit: Kevin Cooke, Grey Bruce Health Unit (Ontario, Canada)

Statement of Attendance = $233

• Business Hosting (Basic) = $200- 25GB storage, Unlimited Bandwidth

• Domain Registration = $24

• Charity discount = -$100

Web Hosting & Domain = $124

Extra CostsExternally created eLearning

Were paying $500 per year.Now $2000 to have forever.

Tips and Tricks• Sandbox:Highly recommended if your Moodle site is currently live.

Tips and Tricks• Freelance:Our goal was to have a continued working relationship with a single developer that

met our service delivery expectations.

• Analytics:We’ve setup both Piwik and Google Analytics to capture traffic data.

Conclusion and questions• Conclusion:

- That is our journey so far with Moodle.

- Future aspirations

• Questions (or suggestions)

• CPL Academywww.cplacademy.org.au

• Steven Swanepoel LinkedInhttps://au.linkedin.com/pub/steven-swanepoel/67/541/86a

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