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Learning Zone for Isle of Wight Schools

Contacts: Natalie Smith, IOW School Improvement Manager Katie Scott, Training Programme Manager Caroline Cain, Training Programme Administrator Sam Jakeman, Event Support Team (IOW)

Isle of Wight offer 2020-21

• Training offer runs 1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021
• All courses bookable via the Learning Zone
• Learning Zone licences created & usernames/passwords

issued for majority of IOW school users

• ‘Manager’ function - Managers can assign training to

staff and run reports

• No ‘Bundles’, all courses Pay as you Go
• Subject network sessions scheduled on Thursdays at

Thompson House

• Training timetabled on different dates to prevent clashes,

unless unavoidable

• Summer term sessions will be delivered virtually via

Microsoft Teams

Learning Zone terminology

Learning Item - a course or other learning Scheduled Offering - available dates/places for the course Segment - sessions within the course/ learning Programme - a bundle of learning items e.g. maths core provision

How to access the LZ

• Access the login page via Hampshire County

Council web page - https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/ learning-zone

• User ID and password required – save login

page as ‘Favourite’

How to access the LZ – New users

Registration code, Org ID and Customer Number required to create account For above codes & new Manager set up contact: htlc.courses@hants. gov.uk

Learning Zone Home Page

How to find learning

• By Key word - when I am looking for a specific offer and have

some information about it

• Browsing the catalogue - when I want to explore what is

available in an area of interest

• Featured Courses - when HTLC highlights a specific

important/urgent learning offer

• Recommendation - when a colleague notifies you of learning

you may find helpful

• Upcoming Learning - chronological list of learning you are

booked or enrolled on

How to find learning

To browse and explore a wider range

• f professional learning in areas of

Interest - click here “Browse by Topics” All HTLC courses are listed in “Professional Skills” area There are three layers/choices and then Options are displayed e.g. Curriculum/ English or Schools Senior leadership/ Curriculum leadership Personal Development Education/School leadership

Booking learning – outline process

• 1. Manager assigns learning item to staff member
• 2. Staff member logs on to Learning Zone and

reviews learning item details in their Learning Assignments area

• 3. User registers on learning item
• 4. System sends confirmation notifications to user

and Manager

• 5. Booking is now confirmed/complete
• 6. Learning items shown as status ‘Enrolled’ and

visible in user’s learning plan

Important

ASSIGNED

Think of this as putting learning on their learning plan (to-do list). You can make this compulsory,

• ptional, recommended or

required and also set an expected date

ENROLLED

Once a user has registered

• n the assigned learning

item, it will appear as Enrolled, ie a place has been booked on a specific event

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‘Manager’ Functions

• Two tabs – Home & My Employees
• Line Manager Links tile
• Assign learning items to staff
• Review whether staff have enrolled or completed

learning

• Review the options and settings for employees
• Send emails directly to employees
• Run reports for your team
• Delegate manager functionality to another

member of staff eg if on holiday/sick leave

My employees

As a manager, if you click on the My Employees tab you will switch from a personal view to a team view. From here you can review the learning activities of your staff members.

Manager Reports

A number of reports can be run on employees’ learning. To access click on Reports under the Line Manager Links

• n the My Employees

tab

Click on Reports to view a list of available

• reports. Click the expand icon > to see

additional reports in each group

Running reports

• Use the drop downs and criteria fields to determine
• ptions, including date periods
• You can run reports for yourself, your direct

subordinates or all subordinates

• Some reports will state (CSV) in brackets, which

mean they should be opened in Excel. Others have a option for report format – select Local File and PDF to save a copy.

• For PDF reports you can also customise the

header and footer

Useful reports

• Registration Status – details of what courses

your school users have enrolled on over a specific period

• Learning History - information about Items that

users have completed and show price paid in the ‘tuition’ column (CSV- detailed)

• Learning Plan - (to-do list) for users, i.e. all

learning items they need to complete and any required by dates.

Help and guidance

https://hias-moodle.mylearningapp.com/ HIAS Moodle homepage

Learning Zone information and guides are accessed from this link on the HIAS Moodle home page