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Leonardo da Vinci





Work in progress


ACTIVITIES REPORT
Partners' Institution:
CPR Gijón
Project's period (from/to):
November 2007 - September 2009
WP concerned:
WP 4 - Check of the language contents of the ELS portal

Objectives of activities carried out:
1. To check the contents available in Units 1 & 2, Level 1, in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform.
2. To check the technical functioning and fill in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis, according to the week by week calendar.
3. To get familiar with the ELS Platform (User’s Levels, Units, Design, etc)
4. To check all the contents of the portal for the Spanish language and upload the modifications on the ELS platform (Units 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 for both levels)
5. To check the technical functioning and fill in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis, according to the week by week calendar.
6. To use the Mantis platform in order to verify if the technical corrections are right, which is not always the case, so that feedback needs to be given and issues need to be revised again.
7. To correct the content issues assigned by the technical partners.
8. To provide future users a tool that is both correct and effective from the language learning point of view.

Description of activities carried out:
1. One Meeting with the head of the CPR Gijón to discuss the Tasks assignment of the WP4 for the reported period
2. Three Meetings with the desk staff, advisors and head of the CPR Gijón (15 people) to let them know the partner’s role and tasks assignment for the period reported
3. Two Meetings with the educational advisors in ICT of the CPR Gijón to discuss the check of the contents available in Units 1 & 2, Level 1, in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform
4. Checking the contents available in Units 1 & 2, Level 1, in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform (Marian González)
5. Two Meetings with the educational advisors in ICT of the CPR Gijón to discuss the check the technical functioning and fill in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis
6. Checking the technical functioning and filling in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis, according to the week by week calendar (Marian González)
7. Analysis in detail of the ELS Portal (Relevance of contents, Effectiveness of the platform)
8. One Meeting with the head of the CPR Gijón to discuss the Tasks assignment of the WP4 for the reported period.
9. Six Meetings with the educational advisors in ICT of the CPR Gijón to discuss the check of the contents available in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform.
10. Four Meetings with the educational advisors in ICT of the CPR Gijón to discuss the check of the technical functioning and fill in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis.
11. Checking of all the contents in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform (Marian González)
12. Checking the technical functioning and fill in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis, according to the week by week calendar (Marian González)
13. Checking of the 99% of the issues assigned to us through the Mantis platform. Giving feedback about those technical issues that need to be revised. This is a very time consuming activity.
14. Checking of all the content issues.
15. Correction of all the grammar pop-ups which were not active.

Outcomes:
1. Organization of the WP 4: tasks assignment and responsibilities.
2. Checking the contents available in Units 1 & 2, Level 1, in Spanish and upload the modifications on the ELS platform.
3. Checking the technical functioning and filling in the forms indicating problems and bugs to Connectis, according to the week by week calendar.
4. Completion of the checking of all the contents in Spanish and uploading the modifications on the ELS platform.
5. Completion of the 99% of all the content issues in Spanish through the Mantis platform.
6. Completion of the all the content issues in Spanish, including the grammar pop-ups.

Evaluation of the work undertaken:
The extra time devoted to get familiar with the ELS portal and the structure of the modules, before checking the Spanish units of the Level 1, has increased the staff costs allowed for that purpose. Being that modification the only relevant issue differing from the planning of the WP4, the rest of the tasks assigned to the CPR Gijón have been completed as expected.

The work plan has been fully accomplished and the objectives and results have been satisfactorily reached by the CPR Gijón.
The task force to finalize WP4 has been increased with 2 work groups of 13 language teachers. Plenty of word processing and extra technical support have been required to meet deadlines, raising the staff costs allowed for that purpose.

The platform has been improved. The Spanish on-line tutor is actively carrying out her task. The problem is there are very few people who choose the Spanish on-line course.


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