Learning Management System

User Story Consolidation Complete

Over the last few months, the project team and your Faculty / area representatives have successfully consolidated and synthesized over 1800 collected user stories from across Imperial, to a final total of c.1000 that we are confident are an accurate representation of your requirements for a new LMS.

We would again like to thank all the academics, learning designers, students, administrators, course leaders, ed-tech staff, ICT specialists etc. who have given their thoughts, ideas and time during this important stage of the project.

Proof of Concept Testing Preparation

Ahead of the Proof of Concept testing of potential LMS products scheduled for next Spring, the LMS LTs have begun exciting work creating representative personas of Imperial LMS users and preparing test scenarios to ensure any new LMS product selected is fit for purpose.

Milestone Achieved

Over the past six months the LMS learning technologists (LTs) have been busy engaging with academics, learning designers, students, administrators, course leaders, ICT specialists etc. across Imperial, listening to your thoughts and ideas to understand your needs and priorities for a new LMS.

To date, the LMS LTs have collected c.1000 unconsolidated user stories from all corners of Imperial and we would like to sincerely thank those who contributed for their time and enthusiasm in this fundamental stage of the project.

Next Steps

From October, the project team and your faculty/ area representative will be working together to consolidate the user stories for inclusion in the Invitation to Tender (ITT), to be issued in November.

We are delighted to now have a full contingent of LMS LTs on the project so for faculty specific updates please do approach them directly if you have any questions:

We were delighted to welcome the first of our, currently, eight LMS learning technologists (LTs) to the project at the beginning of April.

Following rigorous requirements gathering training, the LMS LTs have now started organising workshops, interviews, focus groups and drop-ins to collect your thoughts and ideas to feed into user stories.

Given the significant scale of the project and the feedback that we have received, we are extremely keen to speak to academics, students at all stages and types of study, and support staff e.g. education technologists, administrators, learning designers etc.

Please do take the opportunity and look out for emails and local/ faculty-based advertisements from your LMS LT representatives, to ensure that your views and needs are documented.  

Alternatively, if you are unable to participate in the activities scheduled but would still like to register your thoughts, please do approach your LMS LTs directly:

This is a critical stage for the project and we very much welcome your feedback as to what you need from your LMS.