enterprise blackboard @ havering college of further and higher education ashley garner vle manager
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EnterpriseEnterpriseBlackboard @ Blackboard @ Havering CollegeHavering College of Further and Higher Educationof Further and Higher Education
Ashley GarnerVLE Manager
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VLE System InformationVLE System Information
Enterprise, currently v6.2.3Blackboard launched in February 2005All VLE courses created automatically from UNIT-e (MIS System) using overnight snapshotAll students automatically enrolled
Tutors must make course available
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The HistoryThe History
HCFHE Struggling with LearnWise (LW)LW was purchased because it integrated well with UNIT-e (eventually)LW also ran most NLN materials wellDecided to switch platformsI had chosen Bb @ Lambeth College but they could not justify the cost for Enterprise
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The CriteriaThe Criteria
1. It had to work2. We had to be able to migrate content3. It had to connect to UNIT-e4. It had to run SCORM materials5. It had to be easy to use6. It had to be supported by a reliable
company7. “Mission critical” for Inspection – cost
not a large consideration
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Why Blackboard Why Blackboard Enterprise?Enterprise?
Basic would not give us:UNIT-e ConnectionSCORM Playing
We have installed Building Blocks:Document Unpackager (used to copy courses from LW)Seneca Who's Online
We have a Java developer
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The Custom Enrolment The Custom Enrolment ModuleModule
We paid Bb Services for our installation and snapshot integration We didn’t want bulk creation of all students in BbAt a student’s first login attempt their details will be authenticated against LDAP and then BbenrolmentsBbenrolments is a view on the UNIT-e database
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The Custom Enrolment The Custom Enrolment ModuleModule
Bbenrolments has details of all of the student’s college course codesThe tool then enrols the students on the correct Bb coursesThe student sees the right course(s) if the tutors have made them available
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Thames Gateway CollegeThames Gateway College
Partnership with Barking CollegeCentre of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering (CEME)All 3 College preciously used LWBarking went to Moodle
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The ChoicesThe Choices
Bb Enterprise, Moodle or Microsoft Learning Gateway?Developed two comparison grids:
Pros and ConsCosts
Assign rank and weight for each grid
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The ChoicesThe Choices
Using EduTools VLE Comparison Tool (http://www.edutools.info/) to compare features:
Bb gets 7.43Moodle gets 6.93
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The ChoicesThe Choices
Other Issues:CostIntegration with college systemsAuthenticationEnrolment of Staff and StudentsProduct Support (version variation/customisation)Product Development and Testing