Final Statistics for 2012/2013

660 participating users completed 1,460 courses; 1,020 distinct courses accessed. A really good statistic! I don't know why the statistics earlier in February were higher, but we'll go with this.

Statistics so far for 2012/2013

We're beating our statistics for last year and we're on course for having the highest statistics ever! Here's what we have so far and remember that you have until August 30, 2013 to complete your courses. Total Users: 804 Total Completions: 1814

Keep up the good work!

Final Statistics for 2011/2012 Project

Here are the final statistics from September 1, 2011 to August 30, 2012: 686 users completed 1,359 courses

Final Statistics for 2010/2011

Here are the final statistics for September 1, 2010 to August 30, 2011 - WOW WOW!!! Total Users: 1003 Total Completions: 2597

Statistics So Far for 2010/2011

Great work by those who are participating! The total course completions so far are almost as high as what we ended with last year. We have less people participating this year, so please continue to share the word about SkillSoft - there are still 5 months left so it is not too late to join!

Today, with still 5 months left to go -
Total Users: 777
Total Completions: 1636
Distinct Courses Accessed: 526
Total SkillSim Accesses: 33

Compared to our ending statistics for last year, which were -
Total Users: 1,013
Total Completions: 1,686

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

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.

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.

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.

1,834 courses completed!

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

Some holiday statistics

As of December 23, 2009:
Total Course Accesses: Distinct Courses Accessed: 373; Total Users: 463; Total Completions: 376

Off to a good start!

We began our newest SkillSoft project at the beginning of September. This year, all staff working in Maryland public libraries can access SkillSoft. Orientations to the SkillSoft project are being provided by a liaison in each library system. Since most of us are seeing our first snow fall, it seems a good time to look at our statistics:

Distinct Courses Accessed: 352
Total Users: 433
Total Completions: 324

Last year, we finished in August with 344 users completing 1091 courses. We're off to a good start here and we have until August 31, 2010 to finish. Let's hope that our numbers countinue to increase.

Final Statistics - 2008/2009

Wow! Here's the final statistics for this past year (September 2008 to August 2009). You have certainly met grant requirements again! Participation and course completions continued to climb (the prior year had 673 course completions from 233 users). Great job.

REPORT SUMMARY
Total Course Accesses: 1528
Distinct Courses Accessed: 400
Total Users: 344
Total Completions: 1091
Total Training Time: 163 days, 08:01:09

Share Your Success

Please share how you've been using what you've learned in the SkillSoft courses by commenting to this post. The information will be used to judge project success plus for grant reporting. Sometimes you may find that you don't really remember exactly what you've learned, but you feel more comfortable with it because you know something about it. You may know enough now to be able to look something up should you ever need it. That's great and we consider that a success too! If you can, please share how what you have learned benefits library customers. Thank you so much for your time.

886 Course Completions and still more time

We're up to 886 course completions! Keep up the good work and keep going! You still have until August 31 to complete courses. Here's the stats:

Desktop - 314 completions, 121 users logged in out of 179 seats provided
IT Pro - 59 completions, 24 users logged in out of 34 seats provided
Business - 513 completions, 196 users logged in out of 245 seats provided

TOTAL - 886 completions, 328 users, 458 seats. Of course, this has been a very busy year for public libraries and there is always attrition. (Note: If you are wondering why the Desktop completions went down a little from last month, there's no explaining. Sometimes the summary statistic reports from SkillSoft are a little off. What's important is that overall the numbers are going up).

838 Course Completions but some seats empty

We're up to 838 course completions! However, there could be some folks out there who have not even logged in for the first time yet, so now may be a good time to run your own Custom Report to see if all of the people who signed up are using SkillSoft. Anyways, truly, we are doing great so keep going!

Desktop - 336 completions, 128 users logged in out of 179 seats provided
Business - 449 completions, 176 users logged in out of 245 seats provided
IT Pro - 53 completions, 24 users logged in out of 34 seats provided
TOTAL - 838 completions, 328 users, 458 seats

Of course, this has been a very busy year for public libraries and there is always attrition. It would still be helpful if you can run your report and check, though.

No SkillSoft Access on March 14

This maintenance has been scheduled for your hosting instance on Saturday, March 14, 2009, starting at 6:00 AM EST and will be completed no later than 6:00 PM EST. During this time the SkillPort will not be available.

455 course completions and it's still cold

Okay, we're up to 455 course completions. It's still cold - and winter is often a great time to do online learning. So don't forget your SkillSoft!

329 course completions so far

We have had 329 course completions so far! SkillSoft Liaisons report that everything is going really well. Here's the breakdown:

27 course completions - IT Professional
106 course completions - IT Desktop
196 course completions - Business

There are some folks who have not logged in yet. Now is a great time to remind people about this project. Winter is often the best time to work on these courses.

Since this project is grant funded, there are certain expectations that everyone must meet:

• IT users (Professional and Desktop) must complete at least 6 hours of content. They must complete at least one course, or can complete multiple courses that add up to at least the 6 hours.
• Business users must complete at least 2 courses. It doesn't matter how long the courses are as long as they complete 2.
• To complete a course, they must pass all assessments with an average total score of at least 75%.