1 Caught in the MNET Challenges and Strategies in Multi-Institutional Consortiums November 5, 2013 Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 2 Presented by Eiizabeth Blankenship, Interim Director of Instructional Technology University of New Orleans Herb Wilson, LAN Administrator, University of New Orleans Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans Derek Rodriguez, Help Desk Director, ORGL Moodle Administrator, University of New Orleans 3 Technology now allows multiple institutions to collaborate on courses and programs … yay! Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 4 But multiple institutions = multiple challenges Accreditation Regulations Enrollment General Wazoo Pain Programming Communications Data and Format Incompatibility Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 5 Solution: MNET ` Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 6 Moodle Network ` Moodle Network allows site administrators to link to and share resources with another Moodle site or sites. Site administrators create courses through MNET and enroll their own users in remote course via the Remote Enrollments Client. Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 7 Remote Enrollments Client Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 8 Transparent for students Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 9 Direct click-through with no extra credentialing Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 10 Effective Communication is KEY As many as 27 people are involved in the ULS ORGL degree across the nine institutions Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 11 Create buy-in from shareholders • Find the technical and functional leads at each institution • Create paths to communication Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 12 Keep faculty in the loop and support them • • Train them Be sure they know who to contact for what Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 13 Roadblocks to consistency • Consistent, timely actions • Agreement among administrations • Communication across institutions and across units Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 14 Unanticipated learning opportunities Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 15 Instructor / Course Management • • • • Final grades Course Maintenance Evaluations Enrollments Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 16 Registrar concerns Transcript s FERP A Drop Dates Registrar Financial Aidˇ Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans Grade Challenge s Faculty Credentials 17 Technical Administration Issues • Communication! • Creating courses • Enrolling students • Enrolling instructors • Working across Moodle versions • Managing identities • Labor intensive Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 18 Everything is done manually … in different places Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 19 • • • Case study: final grades Grades are uploaded manually Then downloaded and transferred to the Registrar’s databases manually. No tools exist in Moodle so one had to be made – thanks, Jason Domiano of SELU! Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 20 Reactive, not proactive We have been learning as we go, reacting to unexpected issues and errors on the fly. But as those errors shake out we are better organized and moving into planning mode. Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 21 Case study: version incompatibility Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 22 Where we stand • • • • • More communicative Consistent data Final grades tool Registrar training accomplished Knowledge gained Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 23 Checklists … • What has to happen before a course is launched • Checklist for start-of-semester tasks • Checklist for instructors Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 24 Q&A Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 25 Get in Touch … Derek Rodriguez Beth Blankenship 504-280-6396 Herb Wilson drodrigu@uno.edu 504-280-5512 504-280-6759 eblanken@uno.edu hawilson@uno.edu Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans 26 THANKS BYE Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans