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Strategies for Success: Moodle Faculty Advisory Board. Ann Adamcik, LMS Administrator Michael Spall, Senior Instructional Technologist Instructional Technology Resource Center (ITRC). itrc@isu.edu 282-5880 www.isu.edu/itrc. Overview. Moodle ISU – History / Background
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Strategies for Success: Moodle Faculty Advisory Board Ann Adamcik, LMS Administrator Michael Spall, Senior Instructional Technologist Instructional Technology Resource Center (ITRC) itrc@isu.edu 282-5880 www.isu.edu/itrc
Overview • Moodle ISU – History / Background • Involving Faculty • MFAB (Moodle Faculty Advisory Board) • Conclusions / Recommendations
Introduction • What do you like about your current LMS development process? • Who is involved?
Moodle ISU – History / Background • Campus / size • Online programs • Courses / users in Moodle
Moodle ISU – History / Background • WebCT -> Moodle • Decision process • Transitioning
Involving Faculty • ITRC/Faculty communications, pre-MFAB • Needs • Do you feel that you know your campus LMS needs? • Issues
Questions • How do you currently handle faculty requests? • How many formally involve faculty in development now?
MFAB – History/Goals • Prioritize development efforts • Improve communications • Faculty inclusion
MFAB – History/Goals • Started in Fall 2007 • Initial discussions – 1.9 upgrade planning, internal email
MFAB - Members • Representation across colleges and locations • Heavier users – e.g. fully online programs • Tech savvy users • Existing relationships
MFAB - Communications • Semester meetings / focus groups • Sandbox environment • MFAB forum
MFAB - Topics • Upgrades • Timing of major upgrades • Heads-up on changes or new features • Removal of features
MFAB - Topics • Customizations • Forums • Reports • Styles
MFAB - Topics • Contributed modules • Quickmail, email, feedback, questionnaire, book, quiz detailed report • Looking into attendance and sharing cart
MFAB - Topics • Sustainability • Regular upgrades • Occasional regressions • Modules & customizations
Question • Are others doing things similarly? Differently?
Conclusions / Recommendations • Group size • Communication • Balance
Conclusions / Recommendations • Where do we go from here? • Is it effective? • How do we measure success?
Q & A • Questions?