seeNet Applications

C Space Applications

C Space Resources The College intranet - C Space - consists of over 50 applications and services which have been developed by the ILS Team to meet the needs of staff and students at the College.

Although these in-house systems function as the central building blocks of C Space, the ILS Team have also set up and managed a range of third-party systems such as Sharepoint, TOIA, Turnitin, and KeySkill Builder.

If you have any questions about any of these applications and services please contact the ILS Team.

List of Applications

ARCHIvE is used for cataloguing and tracking documents and files not in everyday use by teaching, teaching support and business support staff.

The attendance data service provides a live 'snapshot' of each learners' current week's attendance and an easy to access breakdown of a students’ weekly attendance data for the year.

Enrolment Queue Management system, used to track and manage the flow of thousands of Applicants through the yearly process of enrolment.

The Bulletin Publisher is an application to facilitate management and distribution of the online staff and student bulletins. Student and staff bulletins are published weekly by the Marketing Team.

Online order form for Evening College students to order supplies from the College shop.

The College Sport site is maintained by the college Sports Department and ILS. It features information for students interested in sport across the College.

The Messaging Service provides a direct and immediate means of communication to all staff and students via their desktop.

DMS is used by College staff to upload, archive and publish official College documentation on Staff C Space.

ePortfolios have been development using SharePoint Services for HE and Initial Teacher Training students to create Personal Development Journals.

The FE and HE News RSS feeds provides up to the minute news from around the country on the Staff C Space homepage

The College forums provide a structured, controlled and safe environment in which students can discuss and debate all aspects of their life and learning at the College.

Managed by Student Support Services, the Graduate Vacancies JobShop provides details of graduate vacancies advertised through the college, as well as providing links to other institutions' vacancies sections.

The HE Programme Specifications application contains full details regarding HE programme aims, learning outcomes and modules. Information from the course documents is used to inform the Higher Education Tracking Database, Students Handbooks, and Module Guides etc.

A system used to inform Higher Education students of their end of year results, progression or re-sit information. Also used by business staff for viewing and processing results by Faculty.

The HelpFile Publisher is used to create collections of quick and easy helpfiles to support use of online systems.

A reporting tool that allows teaching staff to monitor students’ use of ILPs.

Booking form that staff can used to arrange training sessions run by the ILS Team on C Space applications and whiteboards.

ILPs allow students to monitor their own progress and set their own targets during their programmes.

The Induction Programme displays induction schedules for different groups of students. It is an essential planning tool for student inductions and is revised prior to the start of each academic year.

Managed by Student Support Services, JobShop is a free service that helps students to find part-time work and vacation work.

A repository of online journals, periodicals and newspapers.

The Key Skill Builder Initial and Diagnostic online assessments are used extensively across the College to gauge learners' particular numeracy and literacy skills and to determine the appropriate Key Skill level of each student. Results are also used by Academic Support to pick relevant 'SMART' targets and to help inform the ILPs of supported students.

An application that stores and reports on students’ assessment results in key skills.

A directory of staff generated teaching resources which are categorized within a comprehensive subject-based taxonomy. The directory contains over 5000 resources and can be accessed by staff and students. The directory has been modelled on the the IMS Learning Resource Meta-data Specification.

An online questionnaire that students use to measure their preferred learning style, it includes resources on different approaches to learning.

The Library Induction Booking System allows tutors to book library induction sessions for their students. Demand for this application is heaviest during the induction week at the start of the academic year but sessions run all year round to accommodate our varied start dates. Tutors may also book their students in for Online Resources Training and ATHENS Induction sessions using the same application.

seeNet Resources Metis is a course management, planning and delivery tool which provides staff with the tools to create

The National Learning Network Catalogue is an application that enables the College to store and disseminate curriculum resources that have been made freely available to FE Colleges. These resources have been categorised with 14 subject-based categories.

The noticeboard application allows staff and students to post messages on C Space.

A searchable phone list for all College telephone numbers.

System used by tutors to book online resources training sessions for their students.

The Plagiarism Advisory Service enables staff to carry out electronic comparison of students' work against electronic sources including work submitted by students at other institutions, over 4.5 billion web pages, essays from cheat site and selected subscription services. The Service can also be used by students. It also provides guidance and advice relating to all aspects of plagiarism prevention and detection.

The poll is run during each week of the academic year, upwards of 2000 students vote each week.

seeMail is the student email system. Student accounts are accessible via the student C Space homepage. The system allows students to email peers as well as members of staff.

The Kitchen Recording System allows Catering staff to record learning resources to support Culinary Arts students.

Sentinel is the College Events system. It is an application designed to automate booking of events held within the College. It also manages Estate helpdesk requests allowing the Estates team to better manage and organise incoming requests and monitor each requests progress.

The Staff Noticeboard application allows staff to post messages on Staff C Space.

The Access Control system allows teaching staff to manage the email and internet access privileges of students.

A reporting tool to track student adviser interviews, enquiries, quality of delivery, feedback and outcomes.

The online voting system is used to set up and run elections to the Student Council.

The Student Email is used by teaching staff to send emails to groups of students.

Members of the Student Council can use the Publisher to upload news and information about the work of the Student Council to C Space.

The survey allows students to express their views on C Space to the ILS team. Using the student voice to shape the development of C Space ensures that C Space continues to deliver a range of services and resources that support teaching and learning.

The Technical Services - Online Booking Form allows tutors to book resources for their sessions in advance from the Technical Services Team. Resources include cameras, video cameras, projectors, Interactive Whiteboards, televisions and DVD players. The system allows for repeat bookings of the same equipment across a number of weeks.

TOIA is used by tutors to create online assessments and questionnaires.

These reports permit the College to monitor usage statistics such as most visited pages and the total number of visitors to its intranet and websites. C Space is visited by over 4,000 students and staff every month and the website is visited by around 20,000 unique visitors every month.