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TIP SHEET
Planning for an LMS/SIS
Implementation
If your school is considering transitioning to a new LMS and SIS such as Blackbaud Learning
Management System
TM
and Blackbaud Student Information System
TM
, it's never too early to start
planning for the implementation and launch. Following these tips will help make this process as
smooth as possible.
1
Create an implementation team.
Having a small committee of school administrators and teachers who are accountable for the
overall implementation process and day-to-day task setup is essential to success.
• Appoint a project leader who will attend all of the LMS/SIS consulting sessions and
maintain responsibility for keeping the entire implementation on track.
• Establish one or two staff members to be topic experts on each LMS/SIS feature that your
school is planning to use. When working with Blackbaud, you'll want them to attend the
appropriate Blackbaud University (BBU) classes so they can lead the training sessions that
pertain to their areas. For example, consider breaking up the workload like this:
• Academic group setup and Grading—the registrar, academic dean, or even the
college counseling and guidance staff
• Class Pages and Gradebook setup—the academic technology coordinator or a
couple of teachers who are already successfully using technology in their classes
and are willing to help train others
• Attendance—the attendance managers or front-desk staff (i.e., the people
responsible for attendance each day)
• Schedule—the scheduler or scheduling team
• Team page setup and athletic management—the athletic director or staff
• Medical—the school nurse
BY ANNA DAYLOR, Business Analyst, Blackbaud K–12
