This presentation given by Motherwell College outlines the change management issues and approach to a complex content migration to Moodle from Blackboard.
2. A little about us...
New 72 Million Pound Campus opened 2009
Over 500 staff supporting 20,000 students
Further / Higher education / Enterprise hub
3. Why Moodle?
Started out with Blackboard
Growing eLearning market
After a strategic review Moodle was selected
Benefits
Open Source
Flexible
Allow the College to grow and to shape eLearning
4. Challenges identified...
Change management – technology, usability etc
Staff training
Existing data structures
Existing content
Choosing a technology partner...
5. Choosing a supplier...
Competitive tender with Moodle partners & non-partners
Cost effective & high quality
Proven track record
Wide reach
Outsourced solution
Hosting
Ongoing support
Complex content migration
Enovation ticked all the right boxes
7. Lessons learned...
Prepare content for migration
Bad source data = bad target data
Realistic expectations
Different structures: BB / Moodle
Some content will look different
Not 100% perfect
Plan for delays
Trial can take longer depending on course complexity
Allow time to extract / obtain source content
Allow enough time for test and data clean-up in new environment
8. Now...
Very good 1st year experience
Excellent support performance
Building for the future with Enovation
Moodle 2 and onwards...