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On request from the University delegate for this process, the Pro Vice
Chancellor, Prof. Robin Stanton, the Director of ICT Environments, Dr Markus
Buchhorn, took advice throughout 2007 from staff and students about the
University’s needs, through individual and group meetings across the University,
emailed comments, phone calls, etc. and more formally via the Academic Systems
Assurance Advisory Committee and various College Education and Information
Committees.
The need was identified for a system that is easy to use for both staff and
students, will scale to the demands of the ANU, meet our increasingly
sophisticated needs for flexible options for the design and delivery of courses
and programs, facilitate the implementation of collaborative learning
environments, and enable proper integration with related systems, such as
Student 21 and our Library Management systems.
The review process led to a set of requirements
identified by teaching staff and by support staff through the consultation
above.
In January 2008, the requirements led to the University issuing an RFI to
identify potential providers of the services for a new LMS. That RFI closed in
late February 2008, and an initial evaluation process followed, to see what the
market can, and cannot, offer.
The next steps in the process include:
- A proposal evaluation panel, chaired by the Director, ICT Environments, was
established in May 2008. The panel includes staff and students from the user
community and individuals with expertise in the following key areas:
- Education Design
- System integration/performance
- Management/ongoing development
- Training/Support
- The University Purchasing and Contracts Office works with the panel in a
formal advisory capacity; this process has University policy and probity
requirements.
- Through June the panel worked on finalising the
"statement of requirements" for the University, which
is the key component of the Request for Proposals which was sent to the market
in early July. This document, based on the requirements above, is openly
available to all staff and students of the ANU. It also includes some
information to be used for the final evaluation criteria.
- Approval was received from the delegate to take the RFP to the market in
early July 2008. Submissions to the RFP were received by 30 July 2008.
- At this time (August, 2008) the panel is in the process of assessing the
responses to the RFP against the evaluation criteria.
- After the panel evaluation, the University will further evaluate the
proposals by referring to other sites using the products, product demonstrations
etc. throughout September
- All going well, initial deployment is planned for November 2008.
This page last edited 22 August, 2008. This site will continue to be updated
as the process moves ahead.
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