ETUG Spring Workshop, Burnaby June 2013 Transitioning to MOODLE 2.0 Supporting faculty at RRU Presented by: Sandra Rogers, Instructional Designer, CTET Terri Bateman, Instructional Designer CTET

Review the transition process & training strategies OVERVIEW ● Teaching and facilitation resources developed for faculty: ● Orientation to Moodle ● MyRRU for Faculty ● Mastering Moodle

Who's involved in supporting Moodle? RRU TEAMS ● CTET - Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies ● IT Services ● Web Systems (Moodle and other web development) ● Computer Services (Help Desk) ● Project Planning (Business Analysis for project work) ● Server and Network (Hardware infrastructure, server support) ● Data and Applications (Database support)

CTET – Who we are COURSE DEVELOPMENT & TEACHING SUPPORT ● Instructional Designers ● E-Learning Technicians ● Instructional Media Developers ● Media Support Services (media production) ● Develop new courses ● Revise existing courses (making major & minor revisions) ● Produce training material, covering pedagogy and technology ● Deliver training workshops ● Produce video, audio, animation, interactive media for courses Our role support faculty

Apply what we learned from past upgrades.... STRATEGIES THAT WORKED ● Don’t invest time and $$ producing resources that change frequently ● Don’t upgrade all courses at the same time ● Make training sessions short and focused ● Create support resources in only one medium (i.e. PDF or web page, not both) ● Provide a landing page with clear links to both servers - http: //moodle.royalroads.ca

Moving Faculty from Moodle 1.95 – 2 TRANSITION PLAN ● Two year process ○ M2 for programs/cohorts starting after June 1, 2012) CTET Timeline ● CTET - first look at M2 starts Sep 2011 ○ M2 sandbox - winter 11/12 ○ Testing, testing & more testing starts Jan 2012 ○ Producing M2 resources (Feb-Jun) ○ production server (available 3 weeks before launch) ● Pre-launch – 6 weeks out ● Launch – June 1

Supporting the transition PRE- LAUNCH Videos ● General overview ● Theme ● Navigation ● Text editor ● File picker

Supporting the transition PRE- LAUNCH ● M2 Transition Collaborate sessions ● for faculty teaching in next 2 months on M2 ● 30 min session ● Offered bi-weekly ● accompanied by feature articles in the weekly newsletter

Supporting the transition PRE- LAUNCH ● Moodle Orientation site in M2 ● developed for faculty, students and staff ● M2 from a user perspective ● sandbox forums & assignments ● private site

Supporting the transition LAUNCH ● My RRU for Faculty - faculty.myrru.royalroads.ca ○ Facilitation resources for faculty ● Mastering Moodle ○ M2 resource site for editing in M2 ○ self-directed course ○ Available as an OER - oer.royalroads.ca ○ resources about Book

Moving Forward POST LAUNCH ● Continued Transitions sessions through the fall 2012 & winter 2013 ● Transitions session available as a recording to view ● MSWO – Moodle Skills Workshop Online ○ facilitated online course designed for faculty editing M2 ● MSW F2F - Moodle Skills Workshop face-2-face ○ one day facilitated course ● Update support sites as needed ● we were better prepared this time because we learned from past upgrades and applied the lessons learned

Lessons learned for next time.... WHAT WE LEARNED THIS TIME ● University brand re-launch wasn't an issue, only a few training slides needed to be updated because we were prepared ● two servers is not an issue - see landing page ● stay calm and embrace change ● try to pilot with fewer courses ● be prepared to make changes to your material in response to user needs, input from stakeholders

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