How can those delivering online education learn from the organizational models of the business world? Learn how UMKC uses the project management platform Atlassian Jira to increase process proficiency and situational awareness in the development and quality assurance of online courses and programs. By automating repetitive tasks and notifications, increasing traceability, and reducing organizational overhead, Jira empowers teams to focus on the quality of online offerings.
Are online offerings increasing at your institution? How can instructional designers manage this growth and ensure consistent application of quality control across independent programs and departments? Can administrators both encourage autonomy and maintain traceability in the development of online instruction? Atlassian Jira is a project management platform in use by institutions as diverse as NASA, Twitter, Cerner, and Audi. Jira allows instructional design teams to increase the proficiency of course development, program funding, and quality assurance workflows. Integrated with Atlassian Confluence, Jira provides easy knowledge transfer and real-time collaboration across a distributed team. Notifications and reporting are automated, giving all stakeholders an individual, prioritized situational awareness at every stage. Learn how your institution can reduce organizational overhead for quality assurance of online courses and programs using Atlassian Jira. We'll discuss how to translate quality assurance workflows into Jira, manage distributed teams, and produce meaningful reporting for specific audiences.