Thinkific Virtual Education Platform

Description

NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife’s (DFW) Bureau of Information & Education requests the use of the software platform Thinkific to offer online educational programs, train-the-trainer programs, and in school programs. Traditionally these programs have been in-person, but as a result of COVID-19, it is no longer feasible to offer these programs in-person for long periods of time. Thinkific provides the software platform that would enable the Division’s education section to deliver our own online aquatic education, R3 (Recruit, Retain, Reactivate), and Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs program education courses while having complete control of the data and content.

Problem Statement

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Project Justification

NJDEP DFW’s Bureau of Information and Education has offered in-person programs prior to COVID-19 reaching thousands of people annually. Programs ranged from half day to all day to weekend trainings. Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs offer weekend train-the-trainer workshops, fishing and hunting clinics are offered as 1-day programs, and Trout in the Classroom requires in school tank setup. The need to offer programs still exists but due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person instruction is not feasible. As a result, staff would like to develop virtual online training courses that could be offered in lieu of the in-person instruction portion of workshops, or as a complement to a meet-up with COVID-19 precautions in place. Using Thinkific’s software platform, that provides the storage and platform to develop, create and offer virtual programs would allow staff to easily input current content into ready-made templates. Additionally, Thinkific provides ways to easily track participation in courses, evaluation tools and to easily store all participant workshop information.

Estimated Transactions

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Target Rollout Date

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Target Rollout Date Reason

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Activity

Knute Jensen 12 September 2022, 21:04

program need is lessened with COVID restrictions lifted, and also got some improvements from an existing set of tools to help. Project is terminated with this record preserved to inform possible future need along these lines.