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NOW Upgrade from 9.4 to 10.2

NOW Upgrade from 9.4 to 10.2. Benefits - Summary. Improved NOW (Modern look and feel, user friendly for Mobile Devices) Improved Navigation Greater Notification Options around ePortfolio , Grades and Assessments Integrated Bulk Upload Facility for Grading Drag and Drop Facility

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NOW Upgrade from 9.4 to 10.2

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  1. NOW Upgrade from 9.4 to 10.2

  2. Benefits - Summary • Improved NOW (Modern look and feel, user friendly for Mobile Devices) • Improved Navigation • Greater Notification Options around ePortfolio, Grades and Assessments • Integrated Bulk Upload Facility for Grading • Drag and Drop Facility • Improved Content Area • Ability to Recover Items incorrectly Deleted from NOW • An Opportunity to Assess and Consider the Potential Benefits of Additional Features • Tracking Student’s Progress • Improved Dropbox Tool • Presentation Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF files to Images

  3. Improved NOW • Modern branding and layout options • Improved design across all tools for a more interactive, modern look and feel • Option to group links making NavBar slimmer • Focused and streamlined navigation • MiniBar tool allowing faster switch between courses and pin option • User Friendly for Mobile Devices • A reduced width in design to accommodate NOW viewing on tablets • Adapts to different screen resolutions and zooming levels

  4. Improved NOW Old Learning Room Page User’s Landing Page New New

  5. More Intuitive Navigation New • Breadcrumb trail for easy navigation • A new MiniBar allowing faster switch between courses and pin option • Focused and streamlined navigation • Consolidated buttons into drop downs New Old

  6. Greater Notification Options around ePortfolio, Grades and Assessments • Students can monitor any updates across all Learning Rooms regardless of their position within VLE due to improved Minibar • Additional notifications are available when a new feedback is added in ePortfolio, when the Grade item is released or updated, when Assessment is due

  7. New Drag and Drop Facility • Drag and drop to upload files from desktop • Drag and drop in Content Area for re-order • Drag and drop to build Content area from available topics New Old

  8. Improved and Re-designed Content Area (I) • Improved UI provides engaging experience for a student • Drag and drop to re-order Units and Topics • Bookmarks and Calendar Events now viewable through Content Area • Student’s progress is more visible and trackable New Old

  9. Improved and Re-designed Content Area (II) • HTML, Images and Media are all optimised for on-line viewing • Automatic conversion of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF files to images adaptable to different screen size, browser or device

  10. Ability to Recover Items Incorrectly Deleted from NOW • The restore is available for Grades, Discussions and Dropbox New New

  11. Integrated Bulk Upload Facility for Grading • Delivers e-submission, grading and feedback via NOW • Facilitates evaluation and annotation of submitted work offline, and in turn upload these files in bulk New New

  12. Tracking Student’s Progress • Class Progress Dashboard provides student’s performance across entire Learning Room • Each Learning Room allows indicators to monitor student’s performance • Improved/re-designed User Progress tool

  13. Improved Dropbox Tool • Staff can withhold feedback while reviewing grades, comments and attachments. • Staff can publish either feedback for all or selected students • Staff can select a Due Date in Dropbox

  14. Potential Additional Features • An opportunity to assess and consider the potential benefits of additional features such as • providing ePortfoliowith cloud option allowing graduates to access former work • utilise Binder functionality providing students with iPadsto load content and annotate • Learning Repository and ePortfolio enhancements New New

  15. Go Live July 2013

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