2. • To establish a sector leading digital learning
platform that provides for independent,
collaborative and interactive user experiences
• To improve the human experience
• To make staff jobs easier
❖ Teachers are busy and anything we can do to support them is vital
❖ Focus on fewer systems, not more; training reduced (or increased
on fewer applications), safeguarding of staff
❖ Bring the students closer to the learning environment
• Prepare our students the best we can for life
❖ The mantra is ‘your time with us will mirror a professional work
environment’
❖ We will teach you how to communicate electronically in a
professional manner
Why?
4. • Staff and student surveys and conversations
• Access to existing data (JISC student experience research etc)
• Extensive visits/communications with other colleges, conferences
• Discussions/demonstrations with VLE providers
• Extensive pilot of Teams in curriculum
Research
5. • Messages and communication carefully managed
• Investment in human resource to support this
• Focus on the human element – improving working practices, and interactions, not IT and technology
• Advocates developed in every department
• Identify individual departmental issues and needs
❖ dealt with individually
❖ listen to fears
❖ focus on solutions
• Carefully planned training, pilot phase and roll out
Change Management
6. • Use of Powershell to create curriculum Teams centrally, linked to LMS to ensure data
accuracy
• Six hours face to face basic Teams training for all curriculum staff (8 x45 min sessions)
spread over beginning and end of summer break
• 2 hours induction training for students (developed by Digital Team) delivered by curriculum
• Curriculum departmental teams created
Launch
10. Student Thoughts
• Contact teachers
easily and quickly
• Easy access to
previous learning
• Mobile access
to learning
• Completing
assignments on
commute!
14. • SGS Gallimaufry – cross college team with
all staff in – Q&A, updates and
announcements
• Every department has a dedicated
member of the Digital Team that
communicates with them at least bi-
weekly and offers 10-15 minutes face to
face clinics
• ‘Masterclasses’ offered – in depth
sessions on various o365 applications
• Use of Teams Admin to begin collating
trends, monitoring traffic
Ongoing Support
and Monitoring
15. • All college support services for students to move
presence into Teams
❖ Careers
❖ Student Union and Enrichment
❖ Wellbeing services
• Corporate departmental Teams created
• All internal communication shifts into Teams
Future Developments
