July 2014
- Report Date
- July 2014
Report compiled by Maurice Franceschi, (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Mark Wetton and Anne-Marie Scott
Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update
Section Two: Projects Not Started
Section Three: Projects In Progress
Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
Section Five: 14/15 Projects
Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update
Overall Programme RAG: AMBER
The programme is on course to deliver most of the projects on budget and within the year but TEL011 PRS and TEL013 learn Failover projects will carry over into 14/15.
It is hoped that the impact of the 14/15 budget will be offset by the fact that 30 days have been allocated for Implementation of the PRS system, and this may turn out to be much less as the decision is for a virtual, wireless system without the need for local infrastructure changes.
IS Applications Projects
USD Projects
IS Applications Budget
Section Two: Projects Not Started
| Project Info | Project Manager's Commentary |
| Working with APPS | |
| Moodle Upgrade | Planned annual upgrade of Moodle VLE platform. We should be looking at a yearly upgrade but jumping 2 versions at a time (upgrading in June/July each year). The exact version each year will be dependent on our plugins and how quickly they can be tested/redeveloped by non-Moodle HQ developers. At present we expect to deploy in July the version that comes out in the December previous |
| QMP Upgrade | Upgrade of Questionmark Perception, from version 5.2, to version 5.4. Appraisal of QMP cloud based tools will be included. |
| Next Generation Personal Response System (Implementation) | Continutation of current Project TEL011, procurement of a PRS. |
| VLE Student Analytics | This project will develop Learn Building Blocks and Moodle plugins to display information about student activity within the VLEs. Students will see views of their activity/performance relative to their peers in an anonymous fashion. Staff will be able to see a fuller picture of all activity for all students in a course with comparative/relative measures. |
| Online Assesment Evaluations | The development of pilot projects exploring the use of technologies and functionality for innovative assessment and feedback practice. Focus will be on evaluating opportunities and challenges for integration with existing systems, best match with pedagogic requirements, adaptability and scalability. We anticipate that the technologies explored will be a mix of hosted (cloud-based) and installed here. Schools and courses with a history of innovative approaches to assessment will be identified and invited to develop these pilots. Three separate projects are expected :- Adaptive Learing Map My Programme Feedback Analytics Capture Systems |
| TELS Management Information | This project will deliver a management information reporting solution that Schools and IS can use to understand the breadth and depth of engagement with IS Technology Enhanced Learning Services. It will be possible to see the picture at individual School level, at College level, or for the institution as a whole. |
| LTW Projects | |
| VLE STudent Analytics - Moodle | |
| ePortfolio Gap Analysis | |
| TAG Assessment Tools | |
| Also note there are two other projects of interest to TEL | Multimedia procurement and Multilemedia Implementation - Major Proejcts being delviered by the separate Multimedia Programme, but which will be TEL services once delivered. |
Section Three: Projects in Progress
| Project Info | Project Manager's Commentary | ||||||||||||
TEL011 (AP34-049) Next Generation Personal Response System (PRS) - ProcurementCompliance
Milestones
RAG Status GREEN | Report by Maurice Franceschi for July 2014Achievements in Last Period
Issues
Next Steps
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TEL013 Learn Automated Failover Milestones
RAG Status GREEN | Report by Colin Forrest for July 2014Achievements in Last Period
Issues
Next steps
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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary |
TEL012 (AP34-048) Moodle Upgrade | The project was closed on 1st August.
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Section Five: Projects submitted for 14/15 Annual Plan (above draft red line document)
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary |
| Moodle Upgrade (50 days) | |
| QMP Upgrade (120 days) | |
| Next Generation Personal Response System (Implementation) (30 days c/o) | |
| VLE Student Analytics (250 days) | |
| Online Assesment Evaluations (120 days) | |
| TELS Management Information (120 days) |