perspectives 2008 canadian learning portlets & skillport 7.0 stephanie pyle 6 november 2008

Perspectives2008

Canadian

Learning Portlets & SkillPort 7.0Stephanie Pyle

6 November 2008

SkillSoft Canadian Perspectives 2008

Getting Content to the Learner

• A focus on helping learners find the right resource– Hierarchical Structure of Catalogs

• Gave learners the ability to drill down, but time consuming

– Search Technology• Better way to search across all resources, but the number of

returned results can be overwhelming

– Aggregations of Content• SMEs pulling together multiple types of resources regarding a

designated topic

Everything accessed thru the LMS…Is that where you want it?


SkillSoft Learning Portlets

• Pre-built, standards-based components – Search-and-Learn– Books24x7– My Plan– My Favorites– My Enrollments

• Make it easy to add SkillSoft learning assets to enterprise portals

• A great way to increase utilization of learning assets while decreasing integration and maintenance costs

SkillSoft Canadian Perspectives 2008CAFÉ 2008 (Client Advisory Forum Event)

• Passive• Generic• Static


• Active• Personal• Dynamic


Books24x7

MyPlan

MyFavorites

Search-and-Learn


Learning Portlets Benefits

• Administrators: Save Time, Effort, Cost– Easier integration of SkillSoft assets and capabilities– Distributed Access with Consolidated tracking and

reporting in SkillPort

• Learners: Better learning experience– Learning when and where they want it– Greater productivity and organization– Learning part of the everyday work environment– Performance support


Learning Portlets Roadmap

• Beta Program in Feb/Mar 08– Engaged key customers using WebSphere– Customer participation provided valuable feedback

• Released for SkillPort customers using WebSphere• Patch update to support SharePoint in the works

– Looking to engage key customers using SharePoint– Targeting next couple months

• Future– Follow-on releases to support SharePoint and other portals– Additional Learning Portlets currently being defined


SkillPort Continuous Improvement

2004

2002

2001

2000 Hosted support, Core launching, tracking and reporting, Catalog, MyPlan and MyFavorites, eMail Reminders, Customizable front end, base search-and-learn, Ask-the-Experts, Public Communities, Shortcuts, Company News, Online Help

2003

508 Support, Course Evaluation Editor, Partial Credit for Assessments, Custom Communities, Private Communities

Cross content support (e3, Classic), Catalog updates, LOT support, Internationalization, Test Prep support, MyPlan Assignor

“Unified Platform”, Learning Programs, ILT, Credentialing, Certification View, MML Search-and-Learn, Localization, Advanced Groups

Intranet solution, Enhanced Search-and-Learn, SSL Support, Course Evaluation Builder, SkillBriefTM Download, Custom Curriculum, Ability to Add Pages/Tabs

2005 Virtual Classroom (DialogueTM) Support, Rapid Content Development, Support for Advanced Learning Structures, OLSA, Books in LPs

2006 Structured Learning Programs, SARM, Custom Content Support, Instant Hosting Support

2007 Updates to Batch Add/Update, Enhanced Learning Program Support, External Learning Objects

2008 Unification with NETg Platforms, Registration Emails, Password Security, Report Management Features


SkillPort Today

• Feedback from some of our customers…

– Once I add something to My Plan, how do I get back to where I was (the catalog or search results)

– If I’ve found a course thru Search, how can I see other courses in the same area of the catalog?

– What’s the difference between My Plan and My Favorites? And My Enrollments? And My ILT? And why do items sometimes show up in 2 places and sometimes not?

– How do I remove a course from My Plan?


SkillPort Tomorrow…Version 7.0

• Currently undertaking a major redesign of the SkillPort User Interface. – Both Student and Administrator UI

• Goals of the project– Update the overall UI– Consolidate Common Functions– Simplifying Everyday Tasks– Reduce the number of clicks to accomplish common

tasks– Focus on Workflow and Usability


SkillPort 7.0SkillPort Today


New Layout, New Features


A New View of the Catalog



As before,click on high-level

folders…



… to see the next levels below



Click “Show Details”…



… to see the course description expand

in-place



Add to My Plan, without

navigating away…



… or drag-and-drop

an item to My Plan…

… without losing your place in the

catalog

… or drag-and-drop

an item to My Plan...



Click “Hide Details” when

you’re through…



… and you’re instantly back to

your previous view


A Much Better Search & Learn

Start a new search…



Narrow the search result with

“Search Within Results”


A Much Better Search & LearnA trail of your

searches… click to go

back to any level

# of items found for each content type… click any type

to display



Expand description for

any item, without

navigating away



Click “View in Catalog” to see

other courses that are closest to this

one…



Navigate the course catalog,

starting from the location of this

course.



And go back to your search results at any time you wish, with a

single click


A Whole New My Plan

Any Asset can go in My Plan


A Whole New My Plan

Easy to organize into

folders and sub-folders


A Whole New My Plan

Visual Cues for Assignments and Progress


A Whole New My Plan

Filter to show Learner Added

or Admin Assigned


A Whole New My Plan

Sort by Asset Type or Due

Date


New Layout, New Features


SkillPort Administrator

• Goals– Simplify Everyday Tasks– Consolidate Common Functions– Reduce the number of clicks to accomplish

common tasks– Focus on Workflow and Usability


SkillPort Admin – User & Group Management

Easy to navigate to desired tasks


Group Management

Easy to quickly view relevant information


User Management

For Groups or for Individual Users


User Management

Tabs to easily view and edit

Information and Assignments


SkillPort 7.0

• Target Release Q1 ‘10– Redesigned Learner User Interface– Redesigned User Management for Admin– Localization Support for User Management– Search improvements

focused on performance

perspectives 2008 canadian learning portlets & skillport 7.0 stephanie pyle 6 november 2008

Documents

catalog slide

skillsoft learning assets

usability slide

organization learning

lot support

hosted support

ssl support

custom content support