WebBased are pleased to announce that Cornwall LA will be rolling out their Area Prospectus and Common Application Process this September.

The Prospectus is currently being populated with courses and we are working closely with the LA to ensure a successful rollout in the coming months.

WebBased are currently working with CASCAiD to integrate the IAG tools they offer into the ILP. 'Super web link' technology allows users to launch CASCAiD programs within the ILP, such as Kudos, without having to log in.

The second phase of this project is for the results of users' action plans in Kudos to appear automatically within a new 'Careers' tab in the ILP.

Since May 2010, schools in Devon and Torbay have been using the Online Feedback module to create careers questionnaires for learners to complete, as well as run reports on the responses.

"We are very excited about using the Online Feedback module to evaluate various aspects of our Careers Education Information, Advice and Guidance programmes and believe it will be a powerful tool in supporting the improvement of services provide our young people." Chris Maccullie, Devon County Council.

Recent updates have been made to the Report Builder, which is currently being used by TVC to pull together Attendance, eProgress Book and MIS data into one report.

Reports are now generated offline and an email is sent to the report administrator to confirm when it is available to view or download. This allows reports to be generated for long date ranges, such as an entire academic year.

The new attendance module has been live since the start of the summer term. All existing attendance data was transferred to the new module and feedback from the schools and providers using the module on a daily basis has been extremely positive.

Further updates will be made to the Attendance module shortly, including the addition of an Attendance Reporting tool which will allow instant access to daily attendance data without the need to navigate through individual registers; and the ability to retrieve attendance reports with longer date ranges.

Surrey LA will shortly be launching a multi-channel Content Management System for their 11-19 agenda and are gearing up to roll this out across the Local Authority from September. The focus for the first phase of the ILP rollout in June will be the Offsite Learning module, including tracking and monitoring tools.

The Offsite Learning module will support all of the Surrey networks for their travel to learn students.

We are delighted with the feedback we have received so far about out ILP Offsite Learning module. In particular, Tamarside Community College is pleased with the latest additions to this module. They have commented that it is now even easier to see all students that are offsite on a daily basis, and whether they have arrived safely.

WebBased is delighted to have rolled out the new Attendance module ready for the start of the new term. The new module builds on the existing functionality from the classic system and also introduces many new features which further simplify the process of marking registers, building timetables and viewing attendance data. All existing attendance data has been successfully migrated from the old system to the new module, ensuring a seamless transition.

The attendance reporting options which the new module offers forms a key part of WebBased's offsite learning module, allowing the tracking of attendance and progress across sites.

The launch by Gordon Brown of national 'OS OpenData' has provided WebBased with a stunning opportunity. uLearn's Free Map Service now includes this mapping, and is proving to be a very effective and popular addition to the service.

Register for a free 14-day trial on ulearn.infomapper.com and take advantage of the Free Map Service and the fresh new maps it features.

Having successfully launched CPD Online across hundreds of Kent schools early in 2010, Kent LA are now preparing to introduce the solution to a further two areas of the workforce.

Multi Agency and Safeguarding services are keen to start adding their courses online, allowing users to have anytime access to course information, book places online and receive communication via email.

CPD Online will be launched to a further seven Kent services over the coming year.

Kent CPD Online - http://cpdonline.kenttrustweb.org.uk 

Following a highly successful rollout of CPD Online, Camden LA are preparing to further increase efficiency with the introduction of the NQT Manager Module. This easy-to-use solution includes many features to help schools and the LA track and report on NQTs' progress. LA NQT Administrators can generate reports at any time, upload assessment forms and dates, and track when assessments have been completed or are due.

Camden Training and Development Services - www.camdentds.co.uk 

Schools across Wales are delighted with updates to their CourseFinder module. Staff have reported enhanced user experience as a result of comprehensive course session information, updated reporting methods, amendments to search facilities and updates to the site's look and feel.

South East Wales CPD Online - www.cpdsewales.org.uk

The eForum for the West Midlands communications platform has recently launched across the West Midlands workforce, with areas of the workforce each having their own 'network' area.

The site contains many professional networking tools and resources including news, events, notice board posts, job vacancies, conversation boards, comments and member profiles.

Users are kept up to date with any new content and posts added to their networks and matching their profile preferences.

West Midlands eForum - www.eforumwestmidlands.co.uk

South East Wales have launched their Good Practice Database which allows schools to upload information and case studies of good practice with an easy-to-use search for end users to utilise.

Users can search for good practice by a variety of filters including LEA, phase, theme, subject area and keyword. Case studies are automatically formatted into web pages which include images, links and resources.

For more information, please contact the CPD Online team

South East Wales Consortium - www.sewales.org.uk

We are delighted to announce that Kent LA has gone live with CPD Online across their schools - further rollouts will continue throughout the year across the Kent Children's Workforce.

Kent CPD Online - http://cpdschools.kenttrustweb.org.uk

WebBased are excited to be working with DCSF to achieve national interoperability between all CAP and Area Prospectus sites. We were tasked with putting together a proposed adoption plan in response to DCSF's draft interoperability roadmap - this was returned in January.

DCSF are due to release a Local Area Guidance Pack at the end of March that will provide guidance on how we work towards achieving their objectives.

Visit the DCSF website.

WebBased have been working with Education Leeds to establish a Shibboleth solution that will enable users to be authenticated in the ILP after logging into the Leeds Learning Network. This is shortly due to be rolled out to schools across Leeds.

Following on from this success, Shibboleth will be implemented across the South West, using the Merlin IDP as a mechanism to authenticate users.

Supporting schools and end users with questions regarding the ILP is a key task for Local Authorities. To help reduce the number of questions which are received, a new online help system has been developed and will shortly be added to the beta site of the ILP

Initially, this will allow users to access the latest version of the ILP help material. Further updates will be made to the help system later in the year, including the addition of more interactive help features and an FAQ section.

Click here to visit the e-ILP website.

The Area Prospectus Online Feedback module was originally designed to collect feedback from users on the site itself as well as being a general feedback/questionnaire tool. Devon and Torbay Local Authorities are taking this one step further by using the module as an IAG tool to create careers questionnaires for learners to complete.

To maximise the potential of this tool, updates will be made to the module to allow the creation of sub-questions, as well as additional reporting tools.

Find out more about the Area Prospectus.

WebBased is currently working with South West LAs to develop a SIF Agent. To allow the integration between MIS systems and the ILP, schools will install a SIF Agent which reads and writes data to the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL).

By the end of March, WebBased's ILP SIF Agent will be able to read and write core data to SWGfL.

WBi have just launched the first version of our new CRM system for BioVault. The CRM is interfaced with WebBased's QMS system, which BioVault also operate, to process human tissue samples and extract stem cells.

This is a very exciting venture between WebBased and BioVault that has great scope for future development.

uLearn has just launched its Free Map Printing service. In addition the many maps that uLearn itself provides, there are now 38 Local Authorities who have included local historical and/or aerial mapping in the service. This makes uLearn's Free Map Printing service the easiest way for teachers to access the widest possible range of mapping - completely free!

Simply register at ulearn.infomapper.com and choose 'Free map print'. When you register, you can claim a free 14-day trial!

NI Maps, uLearn's bespoke mapping service for Northern Ireland teachers, will go live next week! Northern Ireland users have been using InfoMapper Classic (the previous version of our serice) in their teaching and will now be able to benefit greatly from the increased speed and more map interaction tools that will be provided in NI Maps. 

Contact the uLearn team for more information. 

uLearn's new FREE service allows you to view and print world maps and satellite images, European maps, local OS maps, aerial photographs, historic map areas and any aerial/historic mapping provided by your Authority. 

Simply register at ulearn.infomapper.com and choose 'Free map print'. When you register, you can claim a free 14-day trial!

Kent will be launching their multi-channel CPD Online system in 2010 which will operate across many services areas including Schools, Early Years, Social Care, Health and the Private and Voluntary sector. With 580 schools, 750 settings and hundreds of organisations, Kent CPD Online will pull together and advertise all the training opportunities across the LA, providing an easy-to-use unified solution.