Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Liaisons - Please Share Your Success

Liaisons - Obviously your SkillSoft rollout was very successful, based on statistics. Please take 5 minutes to answer these questions so we can all learn about what you did. Please reply via Comment - just comment to this blog post!
1. What did you do to market SkillSoft in your library system?
2. What did you do to help participants get started? Complete courses?
3. Did you blend the content from the SkillSoft courses with any other training or support?
4. Please share any other thoughts/comments about the SkillSoft project

Thank you!

Final Statistics - 2009/2010

Total Users: 1,013
Total Completions: 1,686
Distinct courses accessed: 705

All there is to say is WOW!!!!! This was our first year where SkillSoft was open to all Maryland public library staff and certainly many took advantage!

Comparison to prior years with limited seats:
Last year (2008/2009):
344 users
1,091 completions

Year before (2007/2008):
233 users
673 completions

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

1,023 course competions so far!

Since the project began in September 2009 until today, we've had:
702 learners completed 1,023 courses
Keep up the great work! You still have the summer to work on courses - project ends August 31. Also, please don't forget to evaluate your course by clicking on "Evaluate" before you click on "Play" to finish it.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

IT course that doesn't score correctly

Someone has reported that the "Introduction to Information Security" course does not score the first module correctly. Staff development coordinators can decide how to best handle CE credit for this course. This problem has been reported to SkillSoft, but probably won't be resolved anytime soon.

Monday, February 22, 2010

SkillSoft contract will be renewed

The SkillSoft contract will be renewed. The new contract will begin in early September 2010 and run through August 31, 2011. What does this mean to you? You can continue using it just the same as this year. Learners should still complete their courses by August 31, 2010 but then can continue to use their SkillSoft accounts starting in mid-September.

This project was made possible with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development & Services.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

1,834 courses completed!

805 users have completed 1,834 courses so far - wow!