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SUNY DLE Change Leadership Community of Practice Launches

Much of our collective engagement in the DLE to date has focused on the technical implementation and the transition to a new LMS. However, there is a tremendous opportunity for campuses to also consider how best to leverage this transition to address and support other current priorities such as diversity, equity, and inclusion; EIT accessibility; general education; student success; support and assessment of student learning; faculty development, etc. Change leadership provides a structured process for guiding teams through change so that leaders can focus their attention and energies on supporting and engaging team members in building a culture of resilience amidst change.

As the SUNY DLE Implementation is now underway with all four cohort groups, we are pleased to announce the launch of a DLE Change Leadership Community of Practice (CoP) to support campus leaders in leveraging the DLE and LMS transition for maximum impact at the campus level. An initial virtual meeting was held on October 20, 2022 to introduce the CoP launch with 26 participants representing 17 campuses and SUNY System Administration in attendance. This opening webinar focused on describing the benefits to campuses, and invited interested campuses to take the next steps to participate.  

A monthly Change Leadership webinar series is planned for November 2022 – February 2023 to provide tools and resources to support change leadership. To learn more, click the button below (you will need to be logged in to the DLE website).

 

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Cohort 3 Launches

Over 91 representatives from the 11 campuses that comprise Cohort 3 participated in a virtual kick-off meeting at the beginning of August. The respective project teams from SUNY System Administration and D2L were introduced, and an initial schedule of activities was shared as part of the implementation that will assist campuses to transition into SUNY’s new Digital Learning Environment. Cohort 3 campuses then moved into a multi-month process involving academic and technical planning, training, testing, and piloting. Cohort 3 campuses plan to go live in the production environment in the upcoming spring term.

The timeline below demonstrates a high-level schedule for campuses and SUNY technical teams to follow for all the activities and milestones for the implementation. This timeline is purely for guidance as each campus may move at a slightly different pace in accomplishing their tasks.

A chart conveying a detailed timeline for Cohort 1. February 2 is the kick off session. February 7-25 are the initial discovery sessions with D2L. February 28 - March 11 - Access to Brightspace guided training and what the training team are calling virtual "Fireside chats." March 14 - March 18 - Campus System Administrator Training. Training opportunities continue through December. March 21 - 25 - Focused discovery/configuration sessions. March 25 - Access to the production site. March 28 - April 1 - Course migration overview and sample course conversion (five courses per campus). April 4 - April 8 - Solution review and documentation provided. April 4 - April 21 - Ongoing course migration. April 8 - Faculty get access to production site.