VLE Review at St. Mary’s
Starting point/ motivation
Project brief
“Moodle or not Moodle?”
Dean of Learning & Teaching
Associate Deans for Student Experience
SU Education President
Heads of Library & Digital Support, Applications and Infrastructure
Academic staff x2
Student reps x2
Head of Short Courses
Learning Technologist
Steering group members
Technical and marketing “discovery exercise”
Separate (longer) technical and
(shorter) functional demos of:
Moodle 4
Blackboard
Canvas
Brightspace
Data analysed and options paper created
Expected outcome:
detail to inform strategic decision
Decision made by vote in steering group
Extra academic, professional staff & students surveyed
High-level cost capture
Staff & student surveys (FR)
NFR compliance survey from suppliers
Followed by work to secure capital funding to deliver a new or revamped VLE
Lessons learned: supplier choice/ staff & student engagement/ Teams management/ sharing information
Future procurement process