Overview

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Moving from Angel to Blackboard-Learn
Not an upgrade, big leap
“Automatic” to a standard (big shift)
CMS to LMS

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Increased teaching and learning options (building blocks/learning tools)
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E-portfolios
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BB Mobile (for mobile devices)
Social media spaces
Common platform with most of SUNY campuses
Remote support more staff, expertise, redundancy
Less flexibility, control

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SUNY Migration Team (answer questions and guide)
Canton OL staff (heavy-lifting)
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LMS Administrator: Manages the infrastructure that supports the conversion manages fixes, implements updates (on-going), manages compatibility issues between systems and browsers, converts content
 Online Learning Technician: Manages technical details, trains faculty and converts content
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Instructional Technologist: Provides course development and pedagogy, supports transition (trains and helps with content)
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Additional:

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Cohort E: Broom, Canton, Oswego
Concurrent environments for a year

Spring 2014:
Prep & Planning
Summer 2014
Prep & Planning
Fall 2014
Prep &
Planning
Winter 2014 Spring
2015
Summer
2015
Fall 2015
Prep &
Planning
Phase 1 Phase 2 Full cutover
Build Transition Foundation:
Working with SUNY
Gathering transition documents
Drafting Transition &
Implementation Plan
OL staff- playing in sandbox
Identify:
Phase 1 faculty
Phase 1 courses
Phase 2 faculty
Phase 2 courses
Draft
Communication
Plan
Draft
Implementation
Plan
Receive: Convert and
Train
BB instance
Begin to convert & train
Course are
NOT delivered in new system
(winter unaffected)
Convert and Train
Convert and Train
Fully
Transitioned

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Identifying Phase 1 cohort
Identifying Phase 2 cohort
Developing a Communication Plan
 Broad and targeted
Developing a Training Plan
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Educating everybody-entire campus community
Transitioning: (while maintaining current status)
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Export & Convert: Over 1000 courses + Repositories/semester (whole ball of wax)
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Confirm: Go through shells (passed over accurately & functionally)