And so we face the final curtain…

Yes it’s the end of the project!  It has been a thoroughly fulfilling ride for the Plymouth College of Art.  During events and discussions with other projects it has become evident how lucky we have been with the data gathering side of the feed production.  

 

At the beginning of the project the College was undergoing brand and marketing changes as well as a new College website which had already enabled the College to review how data was being stored and disseminated.  

We had fantastic support from SMT and both marketing and Human Resources were interested in our proposals to extend the feed to include staff profiles.  

This has enabled us to devote the time and energy to develop the software for staff profiles as well as an aggregator demonstrator for the creative institutions involved in the JISC programme.

The project has enabled us to travel and meet other institutions, network, present at and attend conferences…and meet Jonny Ball!

Extension to the feed: 

Our bespoke version of Mahara has been received well at the college by staff.  With strong project champions and a clear message about why we are using it, we are looking forward to its roll out through the college.

We also now have a shiny new brochure  which has been designed to specifically suit the college’s requirements for Mahara and has been produced as e-publication for easy use on an iPad. 

The development of Mahara will be something the college takes beyond the project to build on certain elements such as research and collaborations.  We see this as an iterative process that can only improve over time. 

Creators Assemble!

The original superhero collaboration that inspired another

The Arts Assembly has been a fantastic collaborative journey.  Our aggregator website is now near completion and can be found at www.arts-university.co.uk

The value in this website is three fold:

•  With it being fed and regularly updated by the XCRI-CAP feed it is sustainable and has a life after the project’s completion

• Running our feeds through the aggregator has allowed us to identify any issues that we may have with the information being provided and fix them.  We have had to ensure that we are being consistent as a group with the information in the fields, such as course levels for example.

• We hope that this will broaden the network of specialist Art institutions involved with the XCRI-CAP feed and the aggregator website.  Making new connections and networks is extremely beneficial as well as the added impact of providing specialist information to students interested in art and design courses.

Last but not least…

You can hear about our project on JISC on air 

We would like to thank all those that have given their time and energy to this project to make it the success that it is, from internal colleagues, to external stakeholders to our students.  This project has certainly given us food for thought and connections for future opportunities. 

It has been a real pleasure meeting all the other projects involved in this programme at the various JISC conferences and hope to see you all soon in the not too distant future.

 

For now let us not say goodbye but auf wiedersehen.