ICTICT514 - LMS Implementation Plan at Ransford College, Diploma IT

This assignment outlines an IT Manager's plan to implement a new Learning Management System (LMS) at Ransford College to address the limitations of their current paper-based system. The plan includes researching suitable LMS options like Docebo, Adobe Captivate Prime, and Litmos LMS, analyzing their features against the college's needs, and selecting the most appropriate solution. The implementation plan defines goals and objectives, lists the benefits of using an LMS, schedules milestones, allocates resources (time, money, and personnel), designates team member responsibilities, defines metrics for success, and outlines how to adapt to changes in the plan. The success of the implemented LMS will be evaluated through quarterly reviews, monthly reports, and feedback from staff and students, focusing on ease of use and access to training materials. Desklib provides students access to similar solved assignments and past papers.

ICTICT514 - Identify and manage the implementation
of current industry specific technologies
Assessment
ICT50115 - Diploma of Information Technology

College Details
Ransford College Pty Ltd T/A AAAR Institute
of Business & Technology
230 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
Australia
T: 1300 198 775
T: [phone]
www.ransford.edu.au
[e-mail]
ABN 86 606 260 404
ACN 606 260 404
CRICOS 03614A
RTO Number 45178
Your Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) at Ransford College
1. It is your duty to inform staff at Ransford College if you see, hear or come across any
incident, situation or hazard that might require immediate attention
2. In case of an emergency evacuation, you are required to follow the instructions
provided by your trainer. While exiting the building, keep calm and walk alongside the
hand rails.
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The Assessment Process
Why are assessment tasks important?
To complete your qualification, you are required to apply the ideas you have been learning from this
unit of competence.
The assessment activities are an important part of your training program as they provide an
opportunity to apply what you have been learning and they give both you and your trainer feedback
on your progress.
How will you be assessed?
You will be required to complete a variety of written and practical exercises. Instructions for how to
complete the assessments are provided within each assessment task in this booklet.
What is required for successful completion?
Please read this section carefully before commencing the assessment tasks. You must carefully
complete EVERY task in this booklet. You must achieve a ‘Satisfactory’ mark for all assessment tasks
to be deemed Competent for the unit. If you are assessed as Not Competent, you will be given some
suggestions for improvement and asked to redo your assessment.
At the successful completion of the assessment tasks, you will have demonstrated your competence
against all of the requirements of the unit.
Submission of assessments
Your trainer will advise you when to commence the assessments in this booklet.
You are required to complete the written assessments on a separate document. You have access to
computers which are equipped with 2010 Microsoft suite of products. You will also have access to
the internet at the College to assist with research and resources. Assessment responses should be
typed; however, handwritten submissions will be accepted if they are clear and legible.
On the document please include:
o Your name
o The date
o The Assessment Number and Task Number.
For example:
o John Smith
o 10 August 2015
o Assessment 1 - Question 1 (Record your answer).
Please note that some assessments require additional documentation, such as a form or a
procedure, which must be included with your submission.
Make sure you check your material before submission. You must keep a copy of all work submitted.
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Access and equity
A student’s access to the assessment process should not be affected by restrictions placed on the
location or context of assessment beyond the requirements specified in the training package.
Reasonable adjustments can be made to ensure equity in assessment for people with disabilities,
including language and literacy. Adjustments include any changes to the assessment process or
context that meet the individual needs of the person with a disability, but do not change
competency outcomes. If you believe you have a disability that may affect the completion of these
assessment tasks please speak to your trainer.
Assessment outcomes
Your assessment submission will be assessed and you will be given feedback. Each assessment task
will be marked as either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory and once all assessments have been marked
you will be given an outcome of Competent or Not Competent for the unit of competence.
What can you do if you don’t agree with the assessment result?
If you do not think the assessment process is valid, disagree with the assessment outcome, or
believe that you have been treated unfairly, you can appeal.
The first step is to discuss the matter with your trainer. If you still do not agree, you are able to
request a re-assessment. It is possible to have your assessment submission assessed by a different
assessor.
If you remain dissatisfied after the re-assessment, you should contact your trainer. Full details of the
appeals process are contained in your Student Handbook.
Declaration of Authenticity
You are required to sign a Declaration of Authenticity for every written assessment submission. The
Declaration is a signed statement from you stating that the assessment submission is your own
work.
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Scenario
You have been hired as an IT Manager at Ransford College.
The College needs a new Learning Management system due to the increased number of students.
Currently, students and trainers are using a paper-based approach, but as the college grows this
approach is not practical any more, as it affects the students experience and the quality of the
education provided. More specifically:
 Students need to handwrite their assessments or to develop Word Documents separately
and print them out which is not cost effective
 All assessments need to be printed out instead of being uploaded to and LMS which takes up
a lot of time and money.
 Teachers need to provided feedback and results in the old-fashioned handwritten way which
takes up a lot of their time.
 Students can’t check their results until the end of the term when the trainers submit
everything to the administration staff and then they only provide the academic progress as
per student’s request. This is currently very time consuming and non-practical.
 Students do not have access to any training material and trainers need to email all additional
resources to each student.
Your task is to review the current process and find new industry specific technologies (and more
specifically a good learning management system) to help improve the quality of education provided
and ensure the student experience is enhanced, easy and enjoyable.
The college currently has 350 students.
Your budget is $20,000 per year.
Your timeframe is 9 weeks.
You can access Ransford College’s policies and procedures at www.ransford.com.au
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Task 1
Your first task is to analyse and plan the implementation of industry specific technologies
and more specifically a new Learning Management System for Ransford College.
a. Firstly, you will need to identify Learning Management Systems suitable for Ransford
College’s needs. Research on the web and record your findings on the table provided
below.
Learning Management Systems (LMS) Analysis
LMS Name
and web
address
LMS features How can this LMS
meet Ransford’s
requirements?
Docebo
https://
www.docebo.c
om/lms/get-
started-today/?
utm_campaign
=2017%2012%
20Docebo
%207.4&utm_s
ource=ELI&utm
_medium=Jul1
9%20ELI
%20PPC
%20Trial
%20ENG
Docebo provides the
gamification in the learner
engagement. It provides the
tools of video conferencing
like adobe connect. It
provides the user-friendly
interface for managing the
content for certification
retraining and testing.
It would provide the
college with the
ability to provide the
students with the live
courses to the
students and
enhanced methods of
teaching.
Adobe
Captivate
Prime
https://
www.adobe.c
om/in/
products/
captivateprim
e.html
It provides the flat intuitive UI,
one click publishing using
adobe captive, smart
assignment using the
controller, easy to setup for
the structure of learning.
It provides the college
with the ability of
better managing the
assignment and the
courses for the
students.
Litmos LMS
https://
www.litmos.co
m/
 Intuitive user interface
 Surveys
 Whitelabel/ Custom
branding
 Sell online courses
 Real-time reporting
 Gamification
It provides the college
with the ability to
offer the student with
the online courses
and notifications
about the recent
developments.
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 Messages &
notifications
b. Now you will need to choose the most suitable LMS and plan the implementation of
it for the benefit of the organisation. Plan the implementation using the template
provided below.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Define goals and objectives (why does Ransford need an LMS):
The company aims to provide the students with the ability of writing their
assignments and then submit the assignments to the online portal and it
would make it cost-effective, which is the main aim of the college. The
college aims to provide the enhanced learning methods to the students of
the college and that would help in the effective development of the
students. The college aims to provide the access to the learning materials to
the students that would help in enhancing the learning abilities of the
students.
List the benefits for Ransford using an LMS?
The benefits that are likely to be received by the Rensford includes the
following:
Organization of all the e-Learning contents in to single location.
Providing of unlimited access to the e-learning materials.
Easy tracking of the progress of the leaners along with their performance.
Reduction of the costs of development and learning.
Reduction of the time of development and learning.
Updating the organisation with the regulations of compliance.
Conveniently and easily expansion of the courses of e-learning
Schedule Milestones (what and when):
Pre-construction sampling: 08/03/2019
Semi-annual reporting: 15/06/2019
Engineering and surveying: 28/09/2019
Permitting: 16/10/2019
Construction: 15/11/2019
Post-construction sampling: 18/11/2019
Final report and project close-out: 21/12/2019
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Allocate resources (time, money and personnel):
Cost of the project is approximately $1k
Time required for the implementation of the project is 1 year
The personnel who are deployed are:
Project manager
Financial analyst
HR manager
IT specialist
Development team
Designate team member responsibilities:
Project manager: manages the correct deployment of the LMS in the campus
Financial analyst: Manages the finance of the project and handles the cost
of the project and the related aspects
HR manager: Manages the workforce of the project
IT specialist: Monitors the technical aspects of the project
Define metrics for success (what data will you use to measure your results)?
After the successful deployment of the LMS in the campus, the reviews of
the staff and the student would be monitored for measuring the success of
the LMS. The data of how easily the students of the college are able to
submit their assignment in the portal would be analysed and the ability of
the systems to provide the access to the training materials for the students
would be measured. If the students do not face any difficulty in accessing
the reading materials on the company portal, then it could be considered
that the LMS is fulfilling the requirements of the college.
Define how you will adapt to changes in your plan:
The methods that could be used for adapting to the changes in the plan of
the project implementation are:
Be more flexible
Be increasingly confidence and probability about the dates of commitment
Identification of the risks and then add additional for the estimates of high
time
Implement a strict change management plan
Execute the change management plan
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Evaluate success (quarterly reviews, monthly reports etc.):
The company implemented the LMS in their college for gaining additional
benefits for the organisation. It fulfilled the requirements of the college and
the monthly review of the LMS is observed to be meeting the requirements.
Marking Guide – Task 1
Did the student: Yes No
1.1 Identify technologies specific to an industry sector
1.2 Acquire industry specific technologies and analyse their relevance to
organisational requirements
1.3 Plan the implementation of industry specific technologies where
appropriate for the benefit of the organisation
Outcome S NYS
Is resubmission required Yes No
Trainer signature
Student signature
Comments
Declaration of Authenticity – Task 1
Student Name
Student ID Term
I declare that all work completed in this assessment is my own
Student Signature Date
Trainer/Assessor Name
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Task 2
Your second task is to manage the application of the Learning Management System to assist
in solving specific organisational problems.
a. Firstly, you will need to manage the testing of your LMS. More specifically you will
need to access the learning management system and try out three (3) different
functions (access Ransford LMS Axcelerate to complete the task). Then, fill out the
table below:
Testing of LMS
Features/Functions
description
Notes regarding the operation of those features of
functions
Gamification: This is the
utilisation of the
mechanics that is based on
game, game thinking and
the aesthetics for engaging
the students, motivate the
action, solve complex
problems and enhance the
learning procedure.
This is an extensive use of the games for providing the
knowledge to the students that could be easily learnt by
them using the simplified learning process. It creates the
extra interest among the students as it is simple and it is
easy to comprehend. This creates an environment of
interaction among the students and the teachers that is
increasingly productive and helpful for both the teachers
and the students.
Course building: With the
help of the LMS, the
training administrators
could create their personal
online courses.
The embedded tools of content creation supports several
formats. The course builder of the LMS is designed
similarly to the way the thinking of people takes place
with focus on the three major categories, which are the
create, upload and browse. The content could be uploaded
in the LMS that includes the educational videos or the
audio files for including in the daily course of the college.
In the section of creation, the teacher could generate the
content that is formatted by the LMS that includes the
assessments, surveys and the ILT.
Course library: This
provides the students to
access the online portal for
accessing any kind of
learning material
whenever required.
This feature eliminates the presence of any teacher to
conduct the efficient learning. The teachers could upload
their materials in the student portal and the students
could access the portal anytime for learning. The learners
would clicks on the library of course would be able to view
the courses to which
they have been
provided access that
includes the courses
that are completed
already.
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b. Now you will need to provide an explanation of how the features and functions you
tested can help Ransford solve the identifies problems. The table below will help you
record your findings.
System implementation and problem solving
Identified problem Function/ feature of LMS
relevant to the problem
How this function will solve
the problem?
Lack of interactive
learning
Gamification The gamification features of
the LMS provides an
interactive interface for
enhancing the teaching
process for the students and
the teachers. It uses the
games for performing the
interactive sessions with the
students and provide them
knowledge about the course
using the simplest methods
and manners.
Inefficient assignment
monitoring
Course building This helps the teachers to
build the course materials on
their own and upload this
materials on the student
portal for allowing the
students to access the
materials and learn them
efficiently.
Lack of study materials Course library The library helps the
students to solve their
problems by reading the
study materials that have
been provided to them by
their teachers and the
access the courses for
understanding.
Inability of viewing the
results
Transparency and security
protocols
The students cannot view
their results till the end of
the term and this issue could
be eliminated by the
implementation of the LMS
that could provide the
students with the knowledge
about their last results and
focus on the areas of
improvement.
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c. Now you will need to demonstrate depth of knowledge of the LMS and also access
and use sources of information relating to the LMS. More specifically you will need
to complete all tasks in the table below.
Ransford Learning Management System
Research and describe in detail Ransford’s LMS (200 words). More specifically
describe the trends and application of Axcellerate.
This learning management system is software application that has been designed for
the documentation, reporting, tracking, delivery and the administration of the courses
of education, programs of training and the development and learning program. The
concept of LMS could be observed as the necessity for the colleges and the
educational institutes as it helps in the identification and the learning of the gaps,
reporting and use the analytical data. This LMS is focusses on the delivery of the
online learning but it also provides help to several uses as it acts as the platform for
the online content, that includes the courses which are both based on the
synchronous and asynchronous. This LMS offers the management of classroom for
the training that is led by the instructor and in the higher education it provides the
necessary materials for the identification of any gaps in the method of the education.
This LMS is used for the creation of the course content that is structured
professionally. The teachers could images, text, add, and format the texts. This helps
in the controlling the content that could be used by the student, efficiently track the
process of studying and then engage the students with the tools of content.
Provide the sources you accessed to find information regarding Ransford LMS
https://www.axcelerate.com.au/terms-of-use
https://www.axcelerate.com.au/integrations
https://www.axcelerate.com.au/features
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