Canvas Implementatin STATUS REPORT FOR JULY 24, 2014 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM 1
Prject Highlights June was a very prductive mnth, we imprved by 31% frm May (and 61% since April). Realistic faculty readiness by end f June is abut 54%, behind the gal f 70%. The pessimistic is abut 42%, and the ptimistic is abut 60%. On ffering t help faculty with curse migratin; nly 65 faculty respnded acrss ~200 curses But here is the gd news Full time faculty frm tw schls is nw abve target at 81% and 71%. Attendance at the Summer Institute was high; 110 registered; 72 attended; 68% attendance rate. Fr Cmmunity, abut 516 ut f 570 r 90% have been cmpleted by end f June. On TurnItIn, we are still wrking thrugh the pilt agreement. In ur last discussin, the legal cncerns have subsided. EvaluatinKit is nw in prductin. We will cnduct ne mre rund f testing befre launching. On Cmmunicatin, we shuld fcus n the fllwing: Blackbard decmmissin is n track fr August 31 st. We shuld cmmunicate 1 mnth befre, 15 days befre, and then cuntdwn frm 5 days. Encurage faculty and adjunct t attend training, even in September. Als advertise the self learning cntent. 2
Canvas Readiness Schl 1 Schl 2 Schl 3 Schl 4 Schl 5 3
Canvas Main Implementatin Yellw Prject Summary: Overall, the prject health is a cautius Yellw with mst f the task grups prgressing n track. The exceptins cntinue t be TurnItIn and faculty readiness. Scpe Schedule Cst Quality Yellw Yellw Green Green TurnItIn is currently under discussin and we hpe t settle that sn. The biggest cncern remains with faculty training. Still, we are nw beynd achieving a critical mass, especially amng the full time faculty f which tw schls are ahead f the target. Actins / Accmplishments T Date: On technlgy, EvaluatinKit is making gd prgress. Wrkarund n Starfish has been reached. On readiness, abut 738 unique faculty and adjunct prfessrs are trained and/r using the system. Training is prgressing well; the training satisfactin rate remains steady and healthy at 96% satisfactin. We updated the intranet with a webpage fr Canvas prject management. Plan fr Next Mnth: Cmplete TurnItIn discussin Finalize testing f EvaluatinKit in the prductin envirnment Cntinue t plan fr the decmmissining f Blackbard in prductin Cntinue t make prgress n ther prject tracks including migratin f cmmunity and Blackbard, and training and preparatin. Upcming Milestnes: Evaluatin Kit in Prductin Target fr July Cmplete TurnItIn negtiatins TBD Cntinue cnducting Canvas training Canvas readiness by schl: Schl Faculty Adjunct Overall Schl 1 37% 17% 21% Schl 2 66% 34% 45% Schl 3 71% 32% 45% Schl 4 66% 32% 50% Schl 5 81% 46% 65% Other 39% 56% 51% MSU Overall 64% 30% 42% Majr Risks & Issues: Issues - Canvas readiness cntinues t be the primary cncern, even thugh we have achieved the necessary critical mass. - TurnItIn remains a challenge; we hpe t cmplete the internal and external negtiatins. Risks N new risk at this pint. 4
Prject Health Milestnes # Milestnes Status Assess Plan Implement Review / Test Deply / Clse Phase 1 Technlgy In Prgress C G Y Y Y 2 Curse Archive In Prgress C C g g g 3 Blackbard Cntent Migratin In Prgress C C g g g 4 Canvas Training In Prgress C C Y Y Y 5 Branding Cmpleted C C C C C 6 Blackbard Decmmissining In Prgress G G G G G 7 Management In Prgress G G G G G Legend: Blue Prject has nt started Green Prject is healthy Yellw Prject is n alert; executive attentin is required Red Prject is in truble; executive interventin is required Gray Prject has been cmpleted 5
Prject Health Success Criteria # Milestnes Metrics frm Prject Charter Health Explanatin Curse shell will be 100% avail by Aug 30, 2014 G Cmpleted. Already in place. Curse cntent will be migrated at 95% g Migratin is exceeding target. But there is n definitive way f knwing fr certain as sme faculty migrate their wn curses in due time. System integratin (SIS, Authenticatin, NJVid) G All cmpleted except Evaluatin Kit, which is currently under testing. 1 Canvas System EvaluatinKit is installed n ur prductin site. We plan t cnduct ne mre rund Evaluatin Kit G implementatin f testing t be sure. Starfish fr student advising G On Startfish, due t integratin challenges, the student advising ffice will be using a wrkarund slutin. The wrkarund invlves creating an access path t Starfish thrugh the University s website and the student and faculty service tls. TurnItIn R As discussed in the last Steering Cmmittee meeting, the legal cncerns has been greatly eased. TurnItIn is als ffering an attractive pilt pricing fr Fall 2014; we are currently finalizing these discussins. 2 Faculty archive 90% archival rate Y Cmmunicatin underway. But similar t cntent migratin, there is n definitive way f checking this number. Adptin rate n par with Blackbard G Early adptin indicatrs are psitive. 3 Transitin t Canvas User satisatin is 90% r higher with the Anecdctally, the feedback frm the cmmunity, including faculty and students, has G Canvas LMS been verwhelmingly psitive. Target 80% faculty trained Y 25% by end f 2013 40% by end f Jan/Feb 2014 We nly achieved nly 16% by end f January. 4 Canvas Training 55% by end f Mar/Apr 2014 Currently, we are at 30%, far belw the target. 70% by end f May/Jun 2014 Realistically, we are abut 46%. Pessimistic = 35%. Optimistic = 52% 80% by end f Jul/Aug 2014 Y We are abut 54%. Pessimistic = 41%. Optimistic = 60% Training satisfactin rate f 80% G We are currently tracking t 96% satisfactin. 5 Cmmunity Transitin Migrating Bb Cmmunity t Canvas g We are currently n track at 90% ready. 6 Branding Adptin rate n par with Blackbard G Early adptin indicatrs are psitive. 7 Blackbard Decmmissining Fully decmmissin Blackbard NS Nt started; the target date fr Bb decmmissin is August 31, 2014. Develp supprt prcesses fr nging 8 Management peratins G Instructure supprt cntract remains the same; we will use the same prcesses. Establish and manage prject gvernance g 6
Gals fr Next Mnthly Meeting Update status n current prject tasks in prgress Cntinue t wrk with faculty n Canvas readiness Plan fr Blackbard decmmissining Cmmunicatin Actual decmmissining 7
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Explanatin fr Health Indicatrs Clr / Indicatr Name Overall Schedule Cst (wrking dllars nly) Scpe Green Yellw Red Gd health state, mst indicatrs are Green, with n Red. There are reasnable appraches t reslve the Yellws. On schedule, with little t n likelihd f schedule delays Actual r EAC is within 5% t psitive f prject budget N change t scpe. Cautius health state, mst indicatrs are Yellw r better with n Red. Ptential delays, likelihd f schedule slips is high. Actin required t eliminate r reduce delay. Actual r EAC is within 5% t 15% f prject budget Ptential change t scpe with CCN submitted and being analyzed Prject in truble, ne r mre indicatr is shwing Red. Schedule already slipped. Immediate actin is required t bring back the schedule r reevaluate the schedule Actual r EAC is greater than 15% f prject budget Scpe is being changed, but prject has nt been re base lined with the new scpe adpted. Quality Prject manager s judgment that the quality is acceptable. Cnsideratins include (but nt limited t): deliverable quality as apprpriate t the phase, IRR findings, and testing metrics. Prject manager s judgment that the quality is questinable. Yellw indicates cautin, and the PM and thers will need t manage the prblem area clsely. Prject manager s judgment that the quality is unacceptable. Red indicates truble, and the PM and thers will need t manage the prblem area immediately. 9
Management Cnsulting with A Scial Cnscience Cntact: Te Wu Email: wu@pmadvisry.cm Web: www.pmadvisry.cm 10