October 2014

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

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 - Started as TEL014 Map My Programme Feedback Analytics Capture Systems

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.

TEL011 (AP34-049)

Next Generation Personal Response System (PRS) - Procurement

Compliance  

Milestones   

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Maurice Franceschi for October 2014

Achievements in Last Period

• Prepare for Assessment of ITT - done
• Clarification to Suppliers as required - done  

Issues

• no issues at this stage
• Two Amber risks - last reviewed 27th October (NHS and Wireless)  

Next Steps

• Assessment of ITT written replies
• Presentations from Suppliers
• Hands-On testing

TEL013

Learn Automated Failover

Milestones

RAG Status

RED

Report by Colin Forrest for October 2014  

Achievements in the last period

• Status checks have been deployed to DEV and TEST.
• DEV has been reverted back to match TEST and LIVE in structure after our proposed developments were deemed unsuitable for the Learn System.

Issues

• LIVE db has a different naming convention to DEV and TEST.  As we are hard coding the configuration of our system checks a decision will need to be made about taking the db naming convention through to LIVE so we can configure the checks correctly. If it is to be taken through to LIVE then there will need to be a small amount of downtime for Learn. We could do this when the system next has a restart.

Next Steps

• Deploy the checks into LIVE once the db naming convention position has been agreed.
• Close the project.

Programme Manager : setting the project status to RED as we need more clarity on the milestones shown, and because the project has unplanned carry over that needs fudning.

TEL014 (AP45-059)

Online Assessment/Feedback Evaluations - Adaptive Learning

Milestones:

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Sue Woodger for October 2014

Achievements

• iterations 3 and 4 completed and signed off internally

Issues

•  still some technical issues that have to be chased up with CogBooks

Next Steps

• all development iterations to have delivered by end of November

Programme manager : these milestones will be superceded by a new set of milestones, which will handover the feedback, review and report to TEL team and so allowing project to close by end of January. PM just needing to confirm the dates with Proejct Sponsor who has already agreed to the earlier closure of the project.No concerns.

TEL017 (AP45-038)

VLE Student Analytics

Milestones

RAG Status

AMBER

TEL018

QMP Upgrade

Milestones:

RAG Status

 RED

Report by Colin Forrest for October 2014

Achievements in the last period

• Project initiated, brief approved across all members of the project team, deliverables have been prioritised and booking for the mandatory work we will undertake first have been put in place.
• Project scope has been clarified after a support call with QMP.  The hosted option has been discounted so we now push ahead with the mandatory on premises upgrade to version 5.7.
• The planning will go through WIS in w/b 10th of November. Dev Tech will then lead the upgrade project through to pre-production.

Issues

• We are aiming for a January deployment, but this is a tight schedule and will need careful monitoring.

Next Steps

• Carry out the mandatory elements of the project.

Programme Manager : Setting status to RED due to the known delays to getting project under way and hgh risk of missing the delivery. Will review this month.