Digital training for the government workforce
summary
Canada School of Public Service replaces an older LMS with Brightspace on AWS, configured (not code-modified) for a government-wide, Protected B deployment; rollout reaches a 300,000-employee population, creates 250,000 accounts and sees about 10,000 daily users, with near-continuous availability (maximum ~3 hours downtime in six months). Infrastructure-as-code automates environment changes, accessibility and bilingual requirements are met, instructors gain self-service content creation, and procurement/security discussions clear a path for other departments to adopt the platform.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction to digital training
- 1:28Government innovation challenges
- 5:44Preparing for transformation
- 9:42System adoption and reliability
- 11:59D2L platform advantages
- 17:46Brightspace implementation process
- 21:02Technical and process challenges
- 26:10Accessibility and security standards
- 29:45Future opportunities for D2L
- 33:05Biggest implementation challenges
- 37:00Benefits for the school
- 39:10Collaboration over vendor-buyer
- 40:57Final advice for the audience
- 43:23Q&A session
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