The Digital Learning Journey from Smart Apprentices

Apprenticeships have changed.

Does your technology measure up?

Innovative Technology for Apprentices

Hello, The levy funding is an exciting opportunity for providers to grow their apprenticeships by differentiating themselves to deliver what employers need.

Digital Blended Learning Journey

In the complex and convoluted world of apprenticeships, we’ve created a simple digital learning journey for you to share with your employers, to make it easier for them to invest their levy money with you.

After all, most employers prefer to spend their levy, they don’t want to hand it over as another tax. We can help you make it easier for employers to invest their levy with you with our digital learning journey.

The digital learning journey is illustrated here, and each stage of the journey has its own page.

If you would like to know more about our technology platforms please contact Danny.Taylor@smartapprentices.com or myself Fiona.hudson-kelly@smartapprentices.com

Fiona Hudson-Kelly Fiona Hudson-Kelly CEO of Smart Apprentices

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The Digital Learning Journey

Attracting Employers

Recruiting Apprentices

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Initial Assessments

Digital Enrolment

Employer App

Smart Virtual Learning Environment

Smart Off The Job Training

Bespoke Employer Courses

Workplace Activities

Learning Resources

Dynamic Feedback

SMARTASSESSOR Next Generation E-Portfolio Software

Learners Assessors/Coaches Sector Managers Employers Internal Quality Assurers External Moderators & EPAOs Senior Leaders

Management Dashboard Quality Assurance

Tracking K S B Progression

Who can use

Seamless MIS Data Transfer

Interactive Learning Plan

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Smart End

Summative Portfolio Ofsted Compliance

Point Assessment

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Gateway Assessments

1. FAS - Attracting Employers

Smart Apprentices have partnered with Nick Linford to develop FAS, a technology platform you can use as a business development tool to help you recruit levy employers. To find out more contact Gemma Gathercole at gemma.gathercole@lsect.com.

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2. Not.A.CV - Recruiting Apprentices

Our Not.A.CV technology platform transforms apprentices dull cv’s into dynamic and engaging online profiles, which includes their showreel video.

A modern way for your employers to easily view your candidates looking for an apprenticeship.

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3. Smart VLE - Initial Assessments

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Initial assessments underpin an effective learning plan. Within the Smart VLE technology platform you can create initial assessments and diagnostic questions and answers on any topic, British values, knowledge questions relating to the standards, safeguarding, anything. You create the assessment questions, flag the correct answers and Smart VLE does the rest providing you with a comprehensive initial assessment report.

What’s more we’ve included functional skills level 1 and 2 English & mathematics, initial assessments, diagnostics and resources.

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Create any form using our smart assessor e-portfolio technology platform, including enrolment packs, review forms, health & safety, employer contracts or any type of form.

4. Digital Enrolment

Smart electronic forms eliminate paperwork, so it doesn’t get lost and with digital signatures, you can easily track who still needs to sign; including employers, learners and parents.

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5. Employer Engagement The Digital Learning Journey

In the exciting new world of apprenticeships, the most successful providers will be those who can create strong relationships with employers.

In Smart Assessor employers have their own dashboard as well as their own app to keep them engaged with their apprentices learning journey.

From electronically signing review forms, to checking their progress, Smart Assessor makes it easy for your employers to get involved.

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6. Seamless MIS Data Transfer

Data is transferred seamlessly into our Smart Assessor e-portfolio technology platform from: Pics EBS Maytas Pro Solutions Unit 4 Unit-e Rems and many others saving you the time and cost of having to enter data into 2 separate systems.

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7. Bespoke Employer Courses

Bespoke Employer Courses

All qualifications and standards are already available for you to use out of the box.

You can easily edit them to create your own bespoke employer courses using our new Course Builder.

Can your e-portfolio do this?

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8. Interactive Learning Plan

Our online interactive learning plan is a living breathing individual learning plan that updates itself as learning progresses and goals are achieved.

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9. Smart Off The Job Training

Use our innovative ‘Smart’ integrated web conference rooms to deliver trainer led blended learning - making ‘off the job’ easy. Record the learning as evidence in our e-portfolio, to comply with your ESFA and Ofsted audits. What’s more, Smart Assessor tracks any ‘off the job’ activity automatically in the time log.

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10. Workplace Activities

Workplace Activities

Connect off the job training to workplace tasks using activities, create a library of activities which learners can apply to their own work, helping them to blend knowledge, skills and behaviours to enhance job performance throughout their apprenticeship.

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Create a library of learning resources from any file; video, audio, PDF or scorm and our technology platform will reveal when a learner has opened it, completed and how useful they found it. If you are using our Smart VLE we have already created functional skills English and mathematics resources for you.

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12. Tracking Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours

Tracking KSB Progression

Our Smart Assessor e-portfolio technology platform provides a clear progress tracker of knowledge, skills and behaviours in real time, including an evidence library of work created by your apprentice.

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Use our new Smart Annotation technology to feedback on any work including video, audio and PDF. Simply watch the video of your apprentice’s work, add your feedback and the feedback will stay attached at that point in the file. Can your e-portfolio do this?

13. Dynamic Feedback

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14. Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance

Quality assurers have their own dashboards from which they can sample apprentice’s work and validate consistency of assessments. External moderators can log in to audit online too.

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15. Management Dashboard

Smart Assessor’s management dashboard monitors key performance, giving you everything you need to stay on track and audit ready – every day.

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16. Gateway Assessments

Within the suite of Smart Apprentices technologies, we have Smart EPA, the first purposely designed technology used by leading End Point Assessment organisations.

Gateway Assessments

This partnership with EPAOs has given us a unique insight into their requirements, from gateway assessments and progression through to end point assessment.

We have applied this knowledge to create a rigorous gateway assessment, giving you the peace of mind that you can evidence apprentices’ EPA readiness.

Criteria that has been signed o

% of course criteria with mapped evidence

Course Duration

Gateway: Gateway 3

Can your e-portfolio do this?

Progress Widget

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17. Summative Portfolio

Apprentices can choose which evidence of work to export to their summative portfolio to take with them to end point assessment and beyond.

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Ofsted Compliance

18. Ofsted Compliance

Outstanding teaching, learning, assessments and progression are all clearly visible within our technology platforms, helping you manage your Ofsted compliance at any time.

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19. Smart End Point Assessment

s The first purposely designed end point assessment technology platform is used by leading end point assessment organisations including; NCFE, Pearson, VTCT, Skillsfirst, Manpower, British Computing Society and many more, providing a smooth and seamless transition from gateway to end point assessment for you, employers and apprentices.

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Who Can Use Our Technology Platforms?

For a completely digital, blended learning journey our technology platforms can be used by assessors, coaches, sector managers, employers, quality assurers, external moderators, apprentices, learners and senior leaders.

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Apprenticeships have changed.

Does your technology measure up?

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Innovative Technology for Apprentices