or the Jisc Digital Capability. Discovery Tool at UCL

1. Where’s your digital at?!
…or the beta pilot of the
Jisc Digital Capability
Discovery Tool at UCL
FEB, 2018
Moira Wright & Caroline Norris
DIGITAL EDUCATION, INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION

3. What is the Jisc Digital Capability Discovery tool?
It is: It is not:
 A self-administered quiz about
professional digital practices (in
education)
 Designed to give useful feedback
including ‘next steps’ & links to
resources
 Reflective, informative & developmental
 A pilot: still in development
 An objective measure of digital
performance
 Designed to provide detailed data about
what staff can / can not do (see Jisc
Tracker)
 A complete learning resource or course
of study
 Validated and proven in practice ( this is
a pilot)

4. Key principles
 Practice based – from practical issues to broader concepts
 Self-assessment – tempered with (objective) self-reporting
 High level terms – but with specific examples
 Collegial tone – hopefully not patronising
 Generic capabilities – minimal sector and role differences
 Specialist capabilities – focus on role-related practices and tasks
 Nudge – questions themselves clarify, exemplify and inform
All of these have been / are being user tested and will be evaluated

5. Two types of assessment
Generic (for all)
Mapped to the 6 areas of digital capability
15 separate elements
Minor staff/ student differences
Specialist
In-depth look at 1 area
8 elements
Minor HE/FE differencesfor
teaching
for
learning
for
research

6. Three question types in every element
Question type 1
Confidence: rate your confidence with a digital practice or skill

7. Three question types in every element
Question type 2
‘Best fit’: select the one response out of four that best describes your approach
to a digital task

8. Three question types in every element
Question type 3
‘Grid’: select all the digital activities you do, from a grid of six

9. Feedback report: for every element
Level: developing / capable / proficient
Score: how you assessed yourself to
achieve this level
Next steps: what people at this level can
try to develop further
Resources: links to selected resources
for further exploration

10. The sign up process (one off)
Your password: at least 8
characters, one capital letter and
one number

11. The sign up process (one off)
Data privacy information

12. Why the data is collected
 Email address and password will be used for all future logins for each
individual
 Your institution and department details will be used to deliver the
appropriate question sets
 Details of your institution, department and role will contribute to the
anonymous overview data that the institution receives ( this organisation
level data will not include individual details like name or email address

13. Discovery tool dashboard
Menu
Staff evaluation
feedback form
link here
This icon takes the user to Digital
Capability Framework where all
the elements are explained

14. This button will say “Retake” if you have completed the
evaluation previously or “Continue” if you have partially
completed it
Download a copy of your current
results report BEFORE re-taking

15. 1
2
3
Recap – 3
question
types

16. Digital capability sub-
element
Question
progress
You can navigate backwards and forwards through
the question set

17. You can save and exit at any point (but your
report will only be generated once you have
completed all the questions
Click to select or deselect
an option

18. If you miss a question or two...

19. Report
navigation
PDF
Download
Introduction to your
report

20. Visualisation

21. Sub-element
definition
What your rating
level means
Suggested next
steps you can
take
Report Detail

22. Report detail and suggested resources

23. Reports dashboard

24. Digital Discovery tool:dashboard

25. Log of completed evaluations

27. Accessing the tool
 Go to: https://jisc.potential.ly
 Password: dcap17!
NB. You will only get access to the second
set of questions if you choose ‘ Academic /
Training’ as your department

28. Role Profiles
Eight profile roles – one is live
• HE Teacher profile mapped to UKPSF
(live)
• Learner profile launching March 2018
Profiles in the pipeline...
• Library and information professionals
mapped to CILIP PKSF
• Researcher mapped to RDF in
collaboration with Vitae
• Administrative staff
• Learning technology mapping in
collaboration with ALT
• FE Teacher
• Digital Leader

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30. Developing Digital Scholarship at UCL
UCL Digital Literacy Special Interest Group
Friday 16th February 20018 from 2-5pm
This event takes a look at digital scholarship at
large, and considers new initiatives and
opportunities within UCL to address the
challenges associated with this disruptive shift.
Open to UCL staff and students.
Tickets via Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/2nzEtQr