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Work of the SUNY DLE Templates Team culminates in exemplary resources for campuses

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Two years of collaborative work from the SUNY DLE Templates Creation workgroup, represented by 50+ members from across the SUNY System, has resulted in an array of resources in addition to a set of online course templates in a variety of instructional modalities for the SUNY Digital Learning Environment. The Team has produced 8 templates and associated materials that provide SUNY campuses, instructional designers, and faculty with the opportunity and guidance to apply consistent, pedagogically-sound, OSCQR-informed, course designs that are optimized for findability and ease of use for all users in the Brightspace environment. These templates were reviewed and refreshed with feedback from three rounds of campus, faculty, and student surveys, D2L feedback, and input from the workgroup. They provide a comprehensive set of options to quick-start high quality, mobile optimized, and accessible digital instructional resources.

The voluntary contributions of the SUNY DLE Templates Team demonstrate leadership and a commitment to quality in digital learning environments at SUNY. We are grateful to this diverse team of online learning experts who have helped shape these SUNY-wide resources.

View the final report representing the work of this group.

Additional resources can be viewed here, including a design rationale document, FAQs and recommendations about the templates, and DLE course tours.

Collaborative Successes of the SUNY DLE

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As we begin a new academic year, we are reflecting on how far we have come collectively with the SUNY Digital Learning Environment implementation. All Cohort 1 campuses and six Cohort 2 campuses have moved from implementation to operational support.  All campuses in Cohorts 3 and 4 are in production and continue to receive ongoing implementation support.

The DLE currently has 54 campus tenants in production with over 540,000 total user accounts. Over 200 unique tools have been vetted for the DLE. Work groups, consisting of Campus and System Admin staff, have collectively produced 7 DLE course templates, coordinated and delivered training workshops and developed resources, drafted a Data Governance policy, evaluated and integrated tools, and implemented technical solutions to integrate systems that interface with the DLE.

We continue to collaborate in support of the success of the DLE and look forward to celebrating additional milestones as we complete full integration of all cohorts.