Presentation given to the Landex team, Thursday 7th June 2018

1. Digital transformation
at RAU
Landex presentation
Thursday 7th June 2018
Marieke Guy, Learning Technologist
Rachael Foy, Senior Lecturer

2. Digital transformation work
• Digital strategy
• Gateway – our VLE
• myRAU
• RAU Resource Lists
• Learning and teaching
• Future work

3. RAU Digital strategy will…
• Comprise of:
• Vision statement with high-level goals (external facing)
• Underpinned by implementation plan (internal facing)
• Connect with other strategies
• Align with areas of strategic importance
• Have clear measures of success
• Allow staff and student feedback and contribution
• Currently at 2nd viewing by IT strategy group

4. RAU Digital strategy
• Goal 1: Improve the student digital experience
• Goal 2: Enhance learning and teaching using technology
• Goal 3: Strengthen student voice by engaging them in their digital
journey
• Goal 4: Design for inclusion
• Goal 5: Deliver smart digital solutions that make effective use of staff
time and university resources

5. Gateway – our VLE
• Jisc have carried out VLE review
• VLE working group in place
• Trello board with improvements list
• Gateway Baseline
• Gateway exemplar page
• Templates for module and programme pages
• Discussions with partners on Gateway use – training, template

7. myRAU
• Comprehensive student portal software – ‘university in a box’
• Available as a desktop and as a mobile app
• Can be customised by the student
• Targeted dashboards for different student groups
• Links to courses, email, calendar, charges, library account, newsfeeds, most
important web pages (internal and external)
• Have completed usability testing for main dashboards
• Now in soft launch phase – use and testing by a larger group of students –
students giving feedback
• Launch start of academic year (September)

8. https://go.mydaycloud.com/

10. RAU Resource Lists
• Dynamic online resource list – centrally managed
• Can include online resources, videos, digitised content
• Lists are connected to a hierarchy based on our centres, programmes and
modules
• The service is connected to the library catalogue and to library acquisitions
• Lists can be integrated in Gateway (our VLE)
• Will hopefully bring a better student experience
• More clarity around list expectations and more current lists
• Training programme for summer
• Launch start of academic year (September)

11. https://rau.rl.talis.com/

12. http://bit.ly/talis-equine

13. Learning and teaching
• TEL resources
• Lesson bank
• Panopto sessions
• Jisc student digital experience tracker
• Digital capability investigation
• Increased use of existing tools including Panopto & Mahara

14. Future work
• Turnitin changes
• Data dashboards
• Virtual reality lesson ideas
• 360 video resources
• Digital exams
• More interactive resources
• Staff digital capability building
• The digital transformation at RAU blog:
https://digitalrau.wordpress.com/

15. Ext: 4411, IT services
marieke.guy@rau.ac.uk