Transcript ULTRANET @ SACRED HEART - Sacred Heart Girls' College, …

ULTRANET @
SACRED HEART
Parent Information Evening
What is
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Ultranet is a Learning Management System
(LMS)
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LMS is a software application that is mainly used
for e-learning, anywhere/anytime online
learning
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Ultranet facilitates a collaborative interface
between the school and home
Background information
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The Ultranet Learning Management System has
been developed locally by Edtech
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It is a Ministry of Education (MoE) approved
Learning Management System
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There are approximately 152 schools using
Ultranet
What is a LMS
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Sacred Heart has chosen to use Ultranet as our
Learning Management System
The functionality of Ultranet is managed through
Ed Tech.
The data within Ultranet is managed by the
teachers and administrators at Sacred Heart
Ultranet provides Inter-operability features
enabling the exchange of student data between
our SMS and Ultranet
Kamar is our SMS (Student Management System)
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Facilitates an online learning environment
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Will provide parents/caregivers with another
avenue to support their daughter at school
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Will give parents/caregivers information that
will enable them to keep up-to-date with their
daughter’s learning progress
What might this look like?
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This could mean viewing test results, NCEA
results, teacher feedback, timetables, homework
activities and attendance records.
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Ultranet will provide an opportunity to open
the lines of communication between parents
and their daughter
Why Ultranet?
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It provides schools with an interactive website,
a safe and controlled Social Networking site,
and interactive virtual classrooms where
teachers can customise their own classrooms
using built-in modules for things such as wikis,
discussions, quizzes, resources, slideshows,
assignments and calendars
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Collaboration
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Ultranet also allows students and teachers to
work together using online tools such as wikis,
blogs and discussion forums
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Students can create their own learning
portfolios and take part in online learning
activities, whilst teachers will be able to liaise
and share resources with other teachers within
Sacred Heart
What are the benefits of the Ultranet
for parents, students and teachers
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Parents/ caregivers will be able to view this and
other information to help keep up-to-date with
their child’s progress
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You can access this data from anywhere in the
world as long as you have internet access, your
username and password
E-Learning Portfolios
One of the many benefits of Ultranet is
that information will build up over time,
creating an ongoing record for each
student.
 These records will travel with the student
from year to year
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Safety Issues
Ultranet is accessible to the administration staff,
teachers, students and parents at Sacred Heart
Girls’ College
 All users have a distinct username and password
 The information the user can see is mapped to
their Kamar information and access rights
 The Sacred Heart website is separate to the
Ultranet learning environment
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Privacy Issues
No health, welfare or personal
information will be displayed on
a student’s Ultranet profile
 The only personal information about students
will be their name and photograph
 You may request that your daughter’s
photograph not appear
 All other information on Ultranet about your
daughter will be specific
to their learning and attendance
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Where is the data stored
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The solution runs using cloud technology,
this means that all data is stored off-site.
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Cloud computing is just another term for
using internet services such as free email.
Some examples of cloud computing are
Google apps, Facebook, gmail, Twitter,
amazon
What happens if a student leaves
the school?
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The interoperability feature
exchanges student data between
Kamar and Ultranet.
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When a student leaves the school
and all the leaving documentation is
signed off, the student will be
removed from Kamar which will inturn update the Ultranet records.
Our doors are
still open
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Ultranet will not
replace personal communication between
parents and teachers – parents/caregivers
should continue to contact the school
directly if they have concerns about their
daughter’s learning
Sacred Heart Website
http://www.shgcnp.school.nz