7 steps to take before you make the lms switch. agenda overview of today’s webinar poll: where are...
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7 Steps to Take Before You Make the LMS Switch
Agenda
• Overview of today’s webinar • Poll: Where are you in the migration process?• Introductions • Libby Lawrie: 7 Steps• Bryan Bennett: itslearning’s solution • Q&A• Our new 16-page guide illustrating the 7
Steps to Take Before you Make the Switch
poll
Jill Davisitslearning
Libby Lawrieitslearning
Our Presenters
Bryan Bennettitslearning
1Define
Your Goals
Step 1: Define Your Goals
Do you want to:
• Make it easier for teachers to do their
jobs?
• Improve communication and
collaboration?
• More effectively manage
curriculum/assets?
2AssembleYour Team
Step 2: Assemble Your Team
Gather champions from:
• IT and SIS
• Curriculum experts
• Project managers
• Database administrators
• Solution provider
3Review Course Design
Step 3: Review Current Course Design, Document Improvements
What can your new LMS do beyond your current platform?
• Align content, resources to learning
objectives
• Assessment (offline activities, ePortfolios)
• Facilitating the Four C’s
4Review Your IT Policies
Step 4: Review Your IT Policies
Is your new LMS in compliance?
• Testing environment (sandbox)
• Security, user profiles, permissions
• Dashboard design guidelines
• SIS integration, single sign on (SSO)
5Define Your
Scope
Step 5: Define Scope/Plan for Data, Content and Course Migration
• How do you manage your curriculum?
• Use course templates and planners
• Let teachers work with sandbox courses
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowdsourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowdsourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowdsourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowdsourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
6Develop
Communication, PD Plans
Step 6: Develop Communications and Professional Development Plans
Professional Development
• Collaboration, school-level support
• Use your LMS to manage and deliver
• Let teachers try it out
Step 6: Develop Communications and Professional Development Plans
Communications Plan
• Define your message (type, approach,
format)
• Who will deliver? To which audience?
• Create a schedule
• Identify resources needed
• Measure success
7Test &
Troubleshoot
Step 7: Test and Troubleshoot to Ensure Go-Live Readiness
• Define your testing criteria
• Develop feedback process
• Prioritize and act on feedback
• Communicate changes made
“Ok. I get it. Now what?”itslearning: Two reasons to schedule a free product tour:1. #1 Migration LMS2. itslearning: its…different
#1 Migration LMS-Content -Process -Strategy-Scale
Reason 1:
#1-Content Process StrategyScale
Save the content! Don’t start over!
Content -Process StrategyScale
#1
200,000+
<2,00023,000
Strategy: Four strategies for curriculum management
Houston ISDMass Migration
Curriculum Guides as templates
Planner with units/standards
Custom planner fields
Publisher content in Library
Forsyth Jump started & crowd sourced
Jump start Library Math and LA
Sandbox courses by teachers
Lots of teacher PD
School-level support
HarfordFocused Best
Practice
Built best practice courses and replicate
Use of standards aligned planner
Focus on student-centered activities
Bartholomew Universal Design
for LearningUse
Sandbox/Resource Courses
Multiple means of representation
Multiple means of action and expression
Multiple means of engagement
Content Process -StrategyScale
#1
Content Process Strategy-Scale
#1
its…different-100% K-12. Period. (and K-2 Portal)-Easy teaching, personalization, and data-Custom planner / standards mastery-Implementation team
Reason 2:
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