Migrating Your Learning Management System

Moderating: Jill Davisitslearning, inc.

Our Panelists

Libby LawrieImplementation Consultant

itslearning, inc.

Nick WilliamsCoordinator of Instructional Technology

at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation

Michele EatonVirtual Education Specialist at MSD of

Wayne Township

1Define

Your Goals

Step 1: Define Your Goals

Do you want to:

• Make it easier for teachers to do their jobs?

• Improve communication and collaboration?

• More effectively manage curriculum/assets?

2AssembleYour Team

Step 2: Assemble Your Team

Gather champions from:

• IT and SIS

• Curriculum experts

• Project managers

• Database administrators

• Solution provider

3Review

Course Design

Step 3: Review Current Course Design, Document Improvements

What can your new LMS do beyond your current platform?

• Align content, resources to learning objectives

• Assessment (offline activities, ePortfolios)

• Facilitating the Four C’s

4Review Your IT

Policies

Step 4: Review Your IT Policies

Is your new LMS in compliance?

• Testing environment (sandbox)

• Security, user profiles, permissions

• Dashboard design guidelines

• SIS integration, single sign on (SSO)

5Define Your

Scope

Step 5: Define Scope/Plan for Data, Content and Course Migration

• How do you manage your curriculum?

• Use course templates and planners

• Let teachers work with sandbox courses

Real-World Migrations

• Houston ISD (Mass Migration)

• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)

• Harford County (Best Practice)

• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)

Real-World Migrations

• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)

• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)

• Harford County (Best Practice)

• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)

Real-World Migrations

• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)

• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)

• Harford County (Best Practice)

• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)

Real-World Migrations

• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)

• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)

• Harford County (Best Practice)

• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)

6Develop

Communication, PD Plans

Step 6: Develop Communications and Professional Development Plans

Professional Development

• Collaboration, school-level support

• Use your LMS to manage and deliver

• Let teachers try it out

Step 6: Develop Communications and Professional Development Plans

Communications Plan

• Define your message (type, approach, format)

• Who will deliver? To which audience?

• Create a schedule

• Identify resources needed

• Measure success

7Test &

Troubleshoot

Step 7: Test and Troubleshoot to Ensure Go-Live Readiness

• Define your testing criteria

• Develop feedback process

• Prioritize and act on feedback

• Communicate changes made