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New Version of Pebblepad ePortfolio Tool

PebblePad is a Personal Learning Space and ePortfolio tool which is being used in learning contexts as diverse as schools, colleges, universities and professional bodies for Personal Development Planning, Continuing Professional Development, and Learning, Teaching and Assessment.

A new version of the Pebblepad ePortfolio tool has been launched which provides additional functionality for users.

Under the terms of our licence Pebblepad is available for all students and staff at the University.

To find out more, follow these links:

Laura Bell 07-Aug-2013
Project Activity - w/c 3rd June
  • TTI discussions ongoing with schools; SPS no longer planning to use service; Law looking at manual options
  • Project Team meeting to discuss current position and proposed communication approach
  • Accessibility meeting with Viki Galt; approach agreed (less work than previously anticipated)
  • Service Mgrs had teleconference with PP to discuss latest integration position
  • Agreed with Service Mgrs that working Eugex feed not essential for upgrade
  • Deployment preparation meeting held with relevant IT reps
  • Meeting held with Sponsor and Schools rep, Fra
Laura Bell 10-Jun-2013
Project Activity - w/c 20th May
  • Ongoing discussions with team members on TTI strategy; issue escalated to WIS.
Laura Bell 24-May-2013
Project Activity - w/c 13th May
  • Confirmation received from PP of development plan; confirmation received that TTI will not be available.
  • Eugex remains outstanding - PP cannot get access for testing through firewall; firewall access requested.
  • Meeting with Sponsor to discuss options and contingency plans; next steps agreed
  • Project team met to cover communications and training - activities broadly on track.
  • Email sent to other HELF members to consult on current TTI position
Laura Bell 17-May-2013
Project Activity - w/c 29/4
  • Accessibility testing completed; issues identified. Escalate to PP who provided and "accessible" version; retest underway. Issue and related Risks highlighted to WIS.
  • Revised UAT approach passed to Sponsor & Service Mgt Team Lead; approach agreed.
  • OLA circulated for sign off
  • Alternative test approach identified; plan to use existing test accounts from TEL005
  • Communications Progress meeting - see notes and actions
Laura Bell 07-May-2013
Project Activity - w/c 15/4 and 22/4

15/4:

Laura Bell 25-Apr-2013
Project Activity - w/c 8th April
  • Communications/ Pebblepad team meeting to review progress - no major issues highlighted; a number of issues are oustanding with Pebblepad, Mark Finlay will follow up
  • Update to Project Sponsor provided for USD Managers meeting
  • Accessibility testing agreed; scheduled date to be confirmed
  • Follow up with Karen Osterburg to identify what, if any SACs involvement required
Laura Bell 15-Apr-2013
Project Activity - w/c 1st April
  • Project Report completed
  • PPBR sign off completed 3rd April; actions to complete prior to ASOR - added to website
  • Issues with Moodle ongoing; Pebblepad continue to investigate
  • Issues identified by Pebblepad with Eugex feed resolved (using Live rather than Test); await confirmation that feed is working as expected
  • Still awaiting confirmation that ATLAS URL is possible.
  • PP confirmed that there is currently no process to remove users, without removing all data.
Laura Bell 05-Apr-2013
Project Activity - w/c 25th March 2013
  • PPBR sign off completing 3rd April; rescheduled due to holidays.
  • Shibboleth URL confirmed as working in TEST; ready for formal integration testing.
Laura Bell 29-Mar-2013
Project Activity - w/c 18th March
  • Issue identified with running of batch job for new Eugex feed; reviewed, fixed in Dev and Test; retested and no further issues identified (Eugex feed now complete in Dev)
  • New issue identified with configuration with Moodle - technical expert returns from leave next week; target is to complete by 29/3
  • Ongoing issues with Pebblepad URL; spelling errors from PP resolved, EEPN issues identified and resolved; issues remain around what login accesses which PP version - this issue is with PP to resolve
  • Session held on communication and training; in particular, how to i
Laura Bell 22-Mar-2013
Project Meeting Notes - 18th March 2013

 Please find below the notes/ actions from our PebblePad team meeting on  18/3.

Attendees:Anne-Marie Scott, Mark Findlay, Robert Chmielewski, Stuart Nicol, John Allison, Hugh Brown

Apologies:Chas Spencer, Andy Todd (not requested due to scope of discussion), Peter Jackson

Minutes:

Laura Bell 18-Mar-2013
Project Activity - w/c 11th March
  • Sponsor requested that wider user population be included in UAT and that UAT include review of documentation/ guidance materials; session scheduled with key parties on 18/3 to develop a UAT plan for wider user groups
  • Dev Tech confirmed all configuration changes should now be complete to allow Pebblepad to review the Shibboleth URL error. Pebblepad reviewed and identified wording issue in URL, new URL supplied. URL reviewed but linking to wrong version.
Laura Bell 15-Mar-2013
Project Activity - w/c 4th March
  • Shibboleth URL issues highlighted to Dev Tech; reviewed by Peter Jackson who has raised a fix - currently assessed as issues with Pebblepad
  • New UAT requirements highlighted by day to day sponsor; greater involvement and engagement with specialist users
  • Project meeting and meeting to discuss next steps on deprovisioning cancelled due to PM illness; rescheduled for 13/3
Laura Bell 08-Mar-2013
Project Activity - w/c 25/2
  • Discussed Shibboleth/ TEST set up activities with Peter Jackson, Dev Tech who confirmed that all required changes made; email sent to Pebblepad to request new URL
  • TEL001 activities reviewed with Stefan H and Hugh B; current assessment is that no OLA/ SLA required
  • Budget review completed and shared with Programme manager; on track
  • Request sent to Apps Mgt to explore options regarding creation of a new file to send to Pebblepad with user deletion information; option identified, no further action undertaken until the status with Pebblepad is confirmed
  • Confi
Laura Bell 01-Mar-2013
Project Meeting Minutes - 21st February 2012

The minutes and actions from the Project Meeting can be found here: (copy of original email) https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/webfm_send/1042

 

Please find below the notes/ actions from our PebblePad team meeting on 21/2/13 – there are some Post Meeting Updates under points X and Y

Attendees:Mark Findlay, Robert Chmielewski, Stuart Nicol, Andy Todd, John Allison

Apologies:Chas Spencer, Hugh Brown

Laura Bell 25-Feb-2013
Project Activity - w/c 18/2
  • Dev Team reviewed SDS (no change required as deprovisioning feed is already in place).
  • Service Mgt completed test run confirguration of Moodle/ LTI - no issues
  • Service Mgt reviewed licence agreement to clarify position on deprovisioning; further information received from Pebblepad indicates that they are deleting accounts; to be confirmed
  • Session with Anne-Marie Scott and Service Management team to agree next steps/ actions to progress deprovisioning
  • Project Team meeting to review progress - see separate notes
  • Updates to sponsor provided.
Laura Bell 22-Feb-2013
Project Activity - w/c 11th Feb 2013
  • URL/ Test environment activity completed by David McNichol in Peter J's absence
  • Service Mgt attended Turn It In conference
  • Session held with IS Skills and Service Management representatives to agree comms plan for roll out of Upgrade. See this link for output: https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/tel001/page-0
  • Pebblepad demo overview completed by PM
Laura Bell 22-Feb-2013

Project Info

Project
PebblePad Upgrade 2013
Code
TEL001
Programme
ISG - Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Project Manager
Laura Bell
Project Sponsor
Bryan MacGregor
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Start Date
29-Nov-2012
Planning Date
n/a
Delivery Date
n/a
Close Date
01-Aug-2013
Programme Priority
2
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Compliance