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Curriculum Transformation & New Technologies at MMUSouthamptonFebruary 2011

Professor Mark StubbsHead of Learning & Research Technologies

(we coordinate and partner on innovations with service providers)

m.stubbs@mmu.ac.uk | http://twitter.com/thestubbs

EQAL | Moodle: policies; areas | Portal: integration; timeframe

EQAL Strand 3 Briefing2010-07-23

MMU

Comprehensive “EQAL” change programme• New Curriculum Framework (new standard Credit size)• New Admin Systems + Business Processes• Seamless Access (new VLE + enhanced Portal)• Streamlined Quality Processes

Outcomes• Every UG course & module being re-written

– Entirely new first year goes live September 2011– Data-based, not document-based

EQAL Strand 3

• Aims to: – raise student satisfaction, engagement and success by

providing a more seamless and personalised online experience of university activity

• by:– delivering a new, integrated VLE & supporting tools

• Moodle, Aspire, Equella– enhancing the student portal

• SharePoint and CampusM– ensuring staff can take full advantage of these tools

• 7 E-Learning Support Officers (2yr contract, 1 per Faculty)

Moodle | Policies

• Approved summer 2010 following consultation– automatic creation of areas for

• every Unit Instance• every Programme Instance• every Faculty• Student Support

– standard toolset– threshold standards for Unit

and Programme areas

Consistency, please...

Moodle | Unit Area policy

Every Moodle Unit Instance Area (UIA) will normally• display the Unit Title, Code, Level, Credits and Department • display the Unit Teaching Team email contact details• display the Unit Reading List, which will distinguish clearly between items

recommended for student purchase, essential items that students can expect to access from MMU library and further reading; (ideally) all links to e-resources will be single-sign-on

• display the Unit Assessment Regime, Submission and Work Return Deadlines (and any provisional marks)

• display the Unit Timetable for the enrolled student for the next month• display a link to the Unit Specification and Unit Handbook• display a link to the general Student Support Area (study skills, info skills...)• be organised as a week-by-week teaching schedule

Moodle | Unit Instance Area

ConsistentModule hubs

Moodle | Unit Instance Area

Past PapersScanned articlesOn/off-campus media

Unit Code

Reading Lists Unit Code

Unit Code

Podcasts

Hand-ins & marksUnit C

ode

MMU ID

Unit Instance Area TimetableUnit C

ode

MMU ID

EnrolmentsUnit C

ode

MMU ID

Separate web-services + widgets

Moodle | Portal integration

Unit Instance Areas

List of areas & aggregated news

for each user

Programme Instance Area

Enhanced Portal | Timeframe

• myMMU launched Sept 2009, has 30,000+ users– Initially VLE areas+news, Library, Records check

• Make-over Sept 2010 + new features for EQAL– PC Availability [10/11]– Fee status (traffic lights with follow-up) [10/11]– Bi-annual online Unit-level satisfaction surveys [10/11]– Assignment hand-in schedule [10/11]– Update contact details (mobile, address, ..) [10/11]– Transcript of Achievement [11/12]– Personal Timetable [11/12]

• myMMU-mobile (CampusM) launched 30/09/2010

Follow up• Blogs

– Learning Tech Review (why we chose Moodle)• http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/ltreview

– EQAL (updates from the 4 strands)• http://www.blogs.mmu.ac.uk/eqal

– Widgets, Web- & Cloud- services (JISC W2C)• http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/w2c

Monday, April 10, 2023 MLE Workshop, Aytoun Library Seminar Room 2009-05-13 14:00

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