Objectives:

1. To migrate PEUS online Indiwork from Moodle to Blackboard in order to be aligned to PolyU strategic objectives in teaching and learning.
2. To provide a single access point for students to submit their digital stories as well as their digital story scripts.
3. To integrate the LCR (language & communcation requirements) PEUS subject seamlessly with the institutional LMS (learning management system), Blackboard, in which Turnitin and eSFQ are the requirements of a GUR (general university requirements) subject.
4. To create a prototype of an online module that could be replicated for other subjects in future semesters.
5. To create a new operational structure within Blackboard where teaching staff have more autonomy to upload their own additional class materials.
6. To provide staff development for ELC (English Language Centre) staff who are teaching PEUS on the effective use of Blackboard.
7. To enable ELC staff who are teachin gPEUS to have more flexibility to design and deliver additional innovative online class materials in Blackboard.
8. To pilot the Indiwork online module for the whole PEUS cohort.

Remarks:

Outcomes & Deliverables:

• Report on the project "Developing an Online Independent Learning Course Site in Blackboard for Practical English for University Studies (PEUS)"