EesySoft Trial

Use Case

Description

Measures

Tool Usage statistics

Report on usage of eLearning tools in Blackboard courses both overall and per faculty.

• Number of instances of the tool in courses.
• Number of courses with at least one instance of the tool.
• Percentage of courses with at least one instance of the tool.

Limit to main assessment tools: Turnitin, Blackboard Assignments and Tests for the trial.

EesyReports

• Replicate data available in The UQ eLearning Tool Usage report.

Other data

• Check data accuracy against Apchee logs.

Student Course Profile access

Measure the level of Course Profile usage by students; a link in all Blackboard course menus.
Check if students are informing themselves of learning and assessment requirements.
 

EesySoft Messaging

• Remind students to check their Course Profiles.

EesyReports

• Student access levels per week.
• Students who have never accessed their course’s/courses’ Course Profiles.

Promotion of Grade Security

Improve staff awareness of Grade Security and the tools available in Blackboard to support best practice. i.e. Commenting in Grade Centre and the View Grade History tool.

EesySoft Messaging

• General grades security tips with a link to  the guide.

EesyReports

• Use of comments in Grade Centre.
• Use of View Grade History.

Other data

• Google analytics of page hits for the Grades Security guide.

Blackboard Tests Force Completion

Reminder message to staff not to use the Force Completion setting for Blackboard Tests.

Provide reason and a link to the eLearning website guide
 

EesySoft Messaging

• Message on this setting not to use it with link to Deploy a Test guide.

EesyReports

• Use Force Completed setting for Tests.

Other data

• Google analytics of page hits for the Deploy a Test guide.
• Helpdesk stats on jobs due to this setting.

Blackboard Assignment Delegated Grading

Reminder message to staff not to use the Delegated setting for Blackboard Assignments.

Provide reason and a link to the eLearning website guide.

EesySoft Messaging

• Message on this setting not to use it with link to Blackboard Assignments guide.

EesyReports

• Use Force Completed setting for Tests.

Other data

• Google analytics of page hits for the Blackboard Assignments guide.
• Helpdesk stats on jobs due to this setting.

Blackboard submission steps

Reminder message to students that they will receive a submission receipt.
Provide steps and a link to the UQ Blackboard Assignment student guide.

EesySoft Messaging

• Message on this setting that they must receive an email confirmation of submission with link to student guide.

Other data

• Google analytics of page hits for the Turnitin student guide.
• Student Helpdesk stats requests with help submitting.

Turnitin submission steps

Reminder message to students how to submit Turnitin assignment.
Provide steps and a link to the UQ Turnitin student guide.

EesySoft Messaging

• Message on this setting that they must receive an email confirmation of submission.

Other data

• Google analytics of page hits for the Blackboard Assignment student guide.
• Student Helpdesk stats requests with help submitting.

Usability of messaging on mobiles

Test the EesyMessaging tool does not affect the usability of Blackboard on a mobile device.

Other data

• Test results from an Apple and Android device.