Universitas engagement platform
An internal platform in daily use by the Universitas team. There is no public demonstration of it.
Specified, built and operated by Universitas
For continuing education and postgraduate schools
Academic design and technology decided together, before the programme opens
A programme is not only its syllabus. It is the learning outcomes, the materials, what the student sees week by week and what the administration has to do behind it. We design those four things at the same time.
The technology we deliver
Digital campus for your programme
A bespoke digital campus for one programme: the modules students follow, the assessment and progress the teaching team needs, and a completion record.
The result we work towards: a programme with its competence map, a production template every teaching team can follow, a student journey that has been walked through, and an administrative flow that somebody owns.
Three modules
01
Programme modules
The content structured as the instructional design defines it, in the languages the programme needs.
02
Assessment and progress
Activities and assessment with the progress of each participant visible to the teaching team.
03
Completion record
A record of who completed what, exportable for the administration of the programme.
First scope
One programme and one cohort. The campus runs for that cohort before the model is extended to the rest of the catalogue.
Acceptance criteria
- Every learning outcome of the programme is linked to at least one activity and one assessment in the map.
- A teaching team produces one module with the template without further explanation.
- The student journey is walked from enrolment to certificate in the prototype, with the school present.
- The administrative steps have a named owner in the institution.
Scope, price and calendar are agreed in writing before the pilot starts, based on the size of the programme and the systems involved.
What we need from you
- The approved programme description, with its objectives and structure.
- The academic person responsible for the programme, available for two working sessions.
- Any existing materials, even in draft form.
- Information about the virtual learning environment and the administrative systems in use.
Next step
Tell us the programme, the size of the first cohort and the launch date you are working towards. We reply with a scoped fit discussion.
Design my digital programmeThe sequence, step by step
- 01
Outcomes
What the student should be able to do
- 02
Design
Activities and assessment aligned with those outcomes
- 03
Production
Modules built with a shared template
- 04
Delivery
Student journey and administration with named owners
If you continue: implementation
Implementation turns the prototype into the environment where the programme actually runs, and extends the template to the rest of the catalogue.
- Configuration of the institution's virtual learning environment, or development where there is none.
- Production of the remaining modules with the teaching teams.
- Administrative flow: enrolment, records and certificates, with the roles agreed.
- Training of teaching and administrative staff.
- Review after the first cohort and the adjustments it suggests.
What already exists and what is built for you
Existing building blocks
Published digital courses produced with consortia, such as the Women Fitness Cycle and YouRef courses, and instructional design practice from Universitas.
Configuration and adaptation, subject to fit
Configuration of your virtual learning environment when one already exists, subject to a technical fit check.
Custom development
The structure of your programme, its assessment and its completion record are developed for this project.
Cost depends on the number of users, the integrations required, data migration, languages and support. The proposal confirms price and calendar before any work begins.
Example of application
Where artificial intelligence could help
These are custom developments we can propose, not features already deployed. In all of them a person reviews and approves before anything is used.
Drafting learning outcomes
Proposing outcomes and alignment tables from the approved programme description, which academic staff then correct and approve.
Reviewing course structure
Checking a produced module against the template and listing what is missing, for the teaching team to complete.
Preparing multilingual versions
First drafts of material in another working language, always revised by a person before publication.
Related references
Women Fitness Cycle
A published online course and a published Android application, both openly available.
Universitas: consortium coordination. The application is published by Sport Innovation Hub. Content produced with the academic partners.
Questions we are usually asked
- Do you replace our learning platform?
- Not by default. Where an institutional environment exists we configure it. We only build when there is nothing suitable, and we say so before starting.
- Who writes the academic content?
- The academic staff of the institution. We provide the structure, the template and the review, and Universitas can accompany the design as a consultancy service.
- Is the prototype the final product?
- No. It is a working model used to take decisions. What it becomes, and on which platform, is decided after the pilot.
- Can it work in several languages?
- Yes. Multilingual delivery is part of how we design, and it is scoped explicitly because it affects production effort.
Get in touch
Tell us which need your institution has
Write to us with the process involved, who leads it and the timeline. A specialist from Universitas reviews the case and replies with next steps.
Institutional channels
What to prepare
- The process involved: accreditation, teaching, projects or institutional data.
- Who leads it inside the institution and who has to review the result.
- The systems already in use and the timeline or deadline you work with.
What happens next
- 1A scoped fit discussion: we look at the process, who owns it and whether a pilot makes sense.
- 2A written scope and quote, with the calendar, before any work starts.
- 3The pilot runs and is accepted against the criteria agreed in that document.
Prepare a short brief
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Summary
Client type: Continuing education and postgraduate Type of institution: Training provider Need: Training and instructional design Timeline: Within three months
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