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Migrating Your Learning Management System
Moderating: Jill Davisitslearning, inc.
Our Panelists
Libby LawrieImplementation Consultant
itslearning, inc.
Nick WilliamsCoordinator of Instructional Technology
at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Michele EatonVirtual Education Specialist at MSD of
Wayne Township
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(Crowd-sourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)
• Harford County (Best Practice)
• Bartholomew (Teaching Strategies)
Real-World Migrations
• Houston ISD TX (Mass Migration)
• Forsyth County(Crowd-sourced)
• 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