Status Report for period ending 28 February 2022

Report Date

February 2022

Achievements this period

• Further meetings have taken place between the University and Pebblepad.  Pebblepad provided a mock up of the requested functionality at the meeting with the Vet School.  We have yet to receive a proposed delivery date.

Issues

• A key change to Pebblepad required by MBChB is for tutors to easily be able to see any changes that have been made.  As it stands, the lack of this functionality is generating hundreds of hours of additional (unnecessary) work, going through every portfolio to see if there is a change, and then writing detailed instructions for the tutors to point them to where they need to look in PebblePad.  Pebblepad have not provided a delivery date for this development.  a meeting took place between PebblePad and the University on 11th November but a delivery date was not discussed.  A follow up meeting was to be arranged.  This has not yet happened and the need for the meeting and a delivery date have been escalated.

• Issues with Pebble Pad / reporting / resource implications were raised at Year 6 Board of Examiners by the Assessment Lead and other academics.

Next Steps

• ITIL meeting on 7 March to review the impact of the process changes
• Response from Pebblepad regarding the delivery date for the functionality to allow tutors to easily see any changes that have been made.  Decision on project closure date depending on when the functionality will be delivered
• A discussion regarding the End Date for the project proposed that it should be set to end March 2022 to allow the delivery of the key functionality by Pebblepad once they have confirmed the target delivery date.  Once the ITIL paper has been discussed it would seem sensible to pause the project until such time as the key functionality has been delivered.