Oh bum, I have to train the staff how to use uniservity!

[reggiep]

I was asked a while ago if I could train the staff up on uniservity, how it works and what you can do with it.

I, of course, totally forgot until being reminded yesterday and the training is tomorrow. :

 

Anyway my main problem is how to convince staff how great uniservity is when I don't believe in it!

I suppose I could show them how the wikis and blogs work and will probably take the whiole two hour session up.

 

Has anyone any suggestions of other things I could show off about uniservity?

 

Thanks

[HarryMonkey]

Well, I've been racking my brains on this one and, in all honesty, haven't been able to come up with a single thing.

Sorry.

[reggiep]

Well, I've been racking my brains on this one and, in all honesty, haven't been able to come up with a single thing.

Sorry.

 

It's the though that counts!

[Burt]

Just before the training turn off your router. Job done no learning platform...no training.

[elloyd69]

Haha, great plan........I'll remember that one!!

[reggiep]

Well the site is down at the moment, so fingers crossed for tomorrow!

[CyberNerd]

Has anyone any suggestions of other things I could show off about uniservity?

 

We did it like this, make your internal domain authoritative for the uniservity servers, change the DNS of the uniservity server to that of your moodle installation. Show staff moodle instead and they will instantly be enlightened.

 

Anyway my main problem is how to convince staff how great uniservity is when I don't believe in it!

 

[penfold_99]

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This will save you a lot of hassle and teachers will have a better experience.

[reggiep]

I like moodle, some staff like moodle but authority like uniservity????

[penfold_99]

I like moodle, some staff like moodle but authority like uniservity????

 

So does our authority, but it doesn't stop us from using moodle.

[lew_bob]

I think a good idea may be to simply bang together a quick email/word document with direct links to the cLc Sucess tutorial pages?

 

They have text and video tutorials that are aimed at teachers and they really are simple to follow. You will just want to make sure the user accounts have the correct permissions.

 

cLc Success ***

 

I would also suggets you find out how much space you have for uniservity as ive found the biggest question from teachers I recieve is re: how much space they have for uploading videos, podcasts etc.

 

 

I am currently advising on moving away from uniservity for RM's offering or Frog, both of which seem to be far ahead of uniservity.

[Butuz]

To be honest - there'as no point in doing unprepared last minute training for your teachers as it will do much more damage than good. If I were you I would cancel the training until you can either fully prepare - or cancel it all and move to moodle

 

Butuz

[Burt]

- or cancel it all and move to moodle

 

Butuz

 

Here here!

[reggiep]

To be honest - there'as no point in doing unprepared last minute training for your teachers as it will do much more damage than good. If I were you I would cancel the training until you can either fully prepare - or cancel it all and move to moodle

 

Butuz

 

It's nor that I can't explain what there is and how it works, it's more about enthusing the staff in the virtues of uniservity! I'm suppossed to "Big it up" which is hard when you don't believe in the product.

[alexbear1]

think you should be a little more careful about what you post especially as you have identified yourself fully in the profile.

your school , LA and Uniservity can trace you through this.

we are all entitled to our opinion but maybe you should be a little more cautious?

 

A friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reggiep]

think you should be a little more careful about what you post especially as you have identified yourself fully in the profile.

your school , LA and Uniservity can trace you through this.

we are all entitled to our opinion but maybe you should be a little more cautious?

 

A friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Is this post directed to me?

[Edu-IT]

Is this post directed to me?

I got the impression that it was.

[reggiep]

If the post was aimed at me I'll reply.

I'm not bothered if the LA, uniservity or my school read my post. I have already explained to my school that I don't believe that uniservity is the right product for us. The LA have provided us uniservity for free for two years so I have no complaints at all for them. They supply lots of things for us, some good some bad. As for uniservity, I hope they read everything that people say about them. Perhaps they will listen and change so that they can become more like a proper VLE.

Also I don't remember being particulalry harsh about uniservity in my posts just being worried about having to try to "sell" it to the staff, which by the way went well.

[jamesb]

I'm suppossed to "Big it up" which is hard when you don't believe in the product.

 

Then you're the wrong person to be doing training in it, simple as that. Is there anyone else who could provide training, or would Uniservity be willing to provide a trainer for a day?

 

There's absolutely no point in you trying to train people in use of a product which you're quite evidently against. You will end up doing a lot more harm than good, and reinforcing your own viewpoint to the detriment of staff and students.

[reggiep]

Too late now. I trained them last Friday.

think the staff would prefer me to train them than a "face" from uniservity.

I wasn't going to go in there and say "don't even bother this is a load of rubbish".

I trained them as well as I could on what I knew and how best they could use it.

I don't walk around the school mumbeling under my breath how cr@p uniservity is. I don't think it is that bad but I do think there are better products out there which would be better for our high school.

I know that about a year from now nobody will be using uniservity in our school and I will have to find alternative which to honest will probably not be used either!

[jamesb]

I know that about a year from now nobody will be using uniservity in our school and I will have to find alternative which to honest will probably not be used either!

 

Just from this comment, I can pretty much guarantee you'll be right.

[reggiep]

Just from this comment, I can pretty much guarantee you'll be right.

 

Thanks, it's not often someone tells me I'm right!