Organizational Readiness & Planning for Success Checklist (Enterprise)
Current Activities: Understanding your current workplace learning culture and use/potential use of online learning, while agreeing internally as to your present status is key to success.
- How are you currently delivering learning content? Do you have any online learning initiatives already in place?
- IF your organization is new to using an LMS, consider what types of learning content do you plan to bring online?
- IF your organization currently offers learning content online, what types of courses are already using or plan to use online learning/LMS (will the courses be fully online, hybrid, or traditional seated courses)?
- Know how many trainers plan to use or already use online learning tools. How are they using it? (for evaluation? Completion tracking? Online discussions? Content delivery?)
- IF you are already using online learning, understand the strengths of your current online efforts and identify what areas are being challenged.
On-Site Team and Resources: Identifying your current on-site team and available resources for online learning will support a smooth transition.
- Identify who is on your internal stakeholder team and what their roles are in the process.
- Realize the resources that are in place to support your online efforts. (Dedicated online learning managers/content creators, IT, HR policy & procedure, support from leadership etc.)
- Understand how you plan to train your content creators and trainers to utilize your LMS and be prepared to deliver workplace learning content online.
- Recognize if you offer professional development for your content creators and trainers around online best practices for modern workplace learning.
- Identify any templates or company branding required to offer a consistent online experience for content creators and users.
Communication & Promotion: Identifying your “Message” regarding this change to Brightspace and how best to promote its adoption institutionally will ensure widespread acceptance.
- Identify the targeted audiences.
- Build a message that conveys why the change, what the benefit will be, what will remain the same and what will differ.
- Identify ways to engage users around the new platform, based on the 3C Approach (Clear,
- Concise and Captures Attention), using Brightspace whenever possible.
- Find ways to promote the change and motivate its adoption through fun and creative measures, including creative messaging and incentives.
Adoption Strategy: Identifying an “Adoption Strategy” focused on driving usage and support around adoption of Brightspace tools and functionality.
- Organizational Readiness, identifying content creators and assessing their experiences, skills, abilities, perceptions and opinions with an LMS
- Plan, Achieve, Measure (PAM) Approach: Assists in building a plan and creating actions steps and measuring success.
- Adoption Strategy Support: Review of materials and resources in the Brightspace Community focused on adoption, including White Papers, Guides, Worksheets, Articles.
Planning for the Future: Strategic planning today can help lay the foundation for planned growth and new opportunities tomorrow.
- Identify natural opportunities for growth, based on current practices (existing programs, new programs, professional development opportunities).
- Identify ways to promote a culture of online best practices for your workplace through professional development, including training, peer/mentoring programs and employee spotlights.
- Support a modern workplace learning culture of effective practices, through creating and maintaining policy and procedure around content creation and delivery and effective use of online learning technologies.