IT
5160
Managing
Information
and
Learning
Technology
Programs
Request
for
Proposal:
Health
Care
Cooperative
Ethics
Training
Summer
2009
09

Statement
of
Participation
in
Project

 2
It’s
June
1,
a
whole
week
before
the
semester
starts
and
the
instructor
sends
us
an
 email
about
the
class
and
asks
us
to
pick
teams
to
work
on
the
project.

I
really
didn’t
 know
what
to
expect
coming
into
this
class
but
I
was
surprised
to
be
contacted
by
 the
instructor
early.

I
think
this
is
when
I
realized
that
the
class
was
going
to
be
a
 whole
lot
of
work
in
not
a
whole
lot
of
time.
The
purpose
of
this
class
was
to
respond
to
a
Request
For
Proposal
(RFP)
to
design
 eLearning
ethics
training
for
a
fictional
health
care
company.

I’ve
never
had
the
 opportunity
to
respond
to
a
RFP
for
any
purpose
before.

There
were
a
lot
of
times
 when
I
felt
really
uncomfortable
in
this
class.

Not
that
bad
uncomfortable
feeling,
 rather
that
I’m
learning
something
new
and
I’m
out
of
my
comfort
zone
 uncomfortable.

Honestly,
it’s
not
a
bad
place
to
be
but
it
can
be
scary
at
times.
My
team
made
a
huge
difference.

I
worked
with
a
great
team
of
ladies
who
were
 always
going
to
go
that
extra
mile.

Sometimes
there
is
a
little
fear
involved
with
 picking
from
a
group
of
people
in
an
online
class
that
you
don’t
really
know
too
well.
Danielle
Beck
and
I
are
friends
and
work
at
the
same
company
but
Liesa
and
Kerry
 were
unknowns.

They
turned
out
to
be
fantastic.

We
worked
well
together
and
I
 think
that
shows
in
our
end
result.
One
thing
I
learned
from
this
class
was
the
importance
of
connections.

All
four
of
us
 tapped
into
other
professionals
in
the
eLearning
and
Instructional
Design
fields
 when
we
couldn’t
find
answers
to
questions
that
came
up
during
the
project.
Without
some
of
their
advice,
I
think
we
would
have
been
lost
at
times.

If
you
aren’t
 planning
these
types
of
projects
on
a
daily
basis
you
don’t
know
how
long
it’s
going
 to
take
to
complete
all
of
the
tasks
or
how
much
things
cost.

Their
insight
was
 invaluable
to
the
team.
I
also
learned
that
I
underestimate
myself.

I
remember
back
to
Scott’s
email
on
June
1
and
thinking
to
myself,
this
class
is
going
to
be
way
too
much.

Here
I
sit
on
August
1
after
giving
our
final
presentation
to
the
client
thinking,
wow
it
was
a
lot
of
work
 but
the
journey
was
worth
it!

I
learned
a
lot
in
two
months.

With
my
team,
I
did
a
 lot
of
work
in
two
months
too.

It
wasn’t
as
bad
as
I
thought
it
would
be.
Unfortunately,
I’m
not
in
corporate
training
at
the
moment
but
I
plan
to
be
as
soon
 as
I
finish
school.

I
know
this
experience
will
help
me
in
my
current
job
because
I
 feel
much
more
confident
to
tackle
big
projects
like
this.
There
were
5
phases
of
the
project.

Below
are
the
tasks
that
I
was
responsible
for
 and
completed
during
the
project.
Team
Agreement
IT
5610
Managing
Information
and
Learning
Technology
Programs
Summer
2009

Statement
of
Participation
in
Project

 3
The
group
worked
together
to
design
a
set
of
standards
for
which
each
team
 member
was
held
accountable.

We
all
equally
contributed
to
this
document
in
a
 brainstorming
session
via
e‐mail.

This
agreement
spelled
out
team
members
 responsibilities
and
roles.
Introductory
Document
•
Designed
a
total
of
4
logos
for
Aligned
Training
Solutions.

Team
members
 voted
on
their
favorite
and
that
served
as
our
permanent
logo
•
Worked
with
a
Microsoft
Template
for
Word
to
design
a
professional
looking
 template
to
project
the
team’s
image
and
to
carry
this
image
throughout
the
 project
•
Wrote
my
biographical
information
•
Proofread
document
and
edited
document
Questions
for
Client
After
RFP
Review
•
Collaborated
with
team
members
to
compose
thoughtful
follow
up
questions
 after
reviewing
the
client’s
RFP
•
Proofread
and
edited
document.
Initial
Learning
Plan
•
Met
with
a
local
eLearning
company
owner
to
learn
more
about
the
process
 of
responding
to
a
RFP
and
local
market
prices
for
services
•
Researched
and
reported
back
to
the
group
regarding
the
features
generally
 found
in
a
Learning
Management
System
(LMS)
•
Researched
various
LMS 
 o Moodle 
 o MC
Strategies 
 o Drupal 
 o Sum
Total
Systems 
 o Blackboard
•
Proofread
and
edited
document
•
Designed
and
contributed
to
the
writing
of
the
PowerPoint
presentation
for
 the
client
meeting
Business
Plan
•
Researched
average
salaries
via
 www.salary.com
and
 www.indeed.com
for
 the
following
professionals: 
 o Technical
Instructional
Designer 
 o Instructional
Designer 
 o Flash
Developer 
 o LMS
Administrator
•
Worked
with
the
team
to
determine
our
cost
to
the
client
for
the
above
listed
 professionals
based
upon
data
gathered
from
online
sources
taking
overhead
 and
profit
into
account
IT
5610
Managing
Information
and
Learning
Technology
Programs
Summer
2009

Statement
of
Participation
in
Project

 4
•
Spoke
with
representatives
from
Adobe
Systems
Incorporated
to
price
out
a
 one
year
enterprise
license
for
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro
•
Priced
out
the
cost
of
printing
a
tri‐fold
in
color
two‐sided
brochure
at
FedEx‐
Kinko’s
and
at
a
corporate
copy
center
that
does
in
house
printing
for
the
 entire
company.

This
was
to
gauge
the
cost
of
in
house
printing
to
retail
 printing
•
Wrote
the
 Cost
Estimate
 portion
of
the
business
plan
with
input
from
the
 other
team
members
•
Proofread
and
edited
document
•
Responsible
for
gathering
all
parts
of
the
business
plan
to
submit
to
the
 instructor
Final
Proposal
•
Edited
the
 Cost
Estimate 
 portion
of
the
Business
Plan
and
incorporated
it
into
 the
 Pricing
Information
for
the
ATS
Training
Solution
 portion
of
the
Final
Proposal
•
Reworked
the
LMS
portion
of
the
document
to
incorporate
feedback
from
the
 instructor
regarding
the
team’s
choice
to
go
with
an
out‐of‐the‐box
solution
 rather
than
a
free
open‐source
LMS
•
Proofread
and
edited
document
•
Designed,
edited
and
contributed
to
the
writing
of
the
PowerPoint
presentation
for
the
client
meeting
IT
5610
Managing
Information
and
Learning
Technology
Programs
Summer
2009