3Running a pilot
Running a pilot
A pilot is the quickest way to build the case for Lena. This guide walks you from choosing classes to presenting your results.
Pick your classes
1. Choose classes that feel the pain
Pick two or three classes, or one department, that carry influence and feel today’s friction most. Good signs: teachers who collect work over email, track marks in spreadsheets, or have already asked for something better.
They’ll be the most motivated to try Lena, and the most believable advocates when it’s time to share results.
Run a baseline survey
2. Measure how things feel today
Before anyone touches Lena, ask the pilot teachers and students how things work today, whether that’s an LMS or paper, email and group chats. It gives you a baseline to compare against and shows exactly which problems Lena needs to solve.
Adoption
Where the work happens today, and how often.
What do you use today for coursework? Pick all that apply.
How often do you use it for teaching?
How much of your coursework lives in one place?
Ease of use
Where things get in the way today. 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree.
It’s easy to set and grade an assignment
I can see who’s behind without asking around
Students can find what’s due without help
Time
Whether the way you work gives time back or takes it.
I spend more time teaching than doing admin
Releasing grades to a class is quick
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Fill it in and we’ll say where to start
Answer as the teachers in your pilot would — the first question, and a few of the 1-to-5s.
Set up the pilot
3. We’ll set it up with you
Book a call and our team sets up your pilot workspace, usually in a day. We bring in the pilot classes and rosters, from another LMS or a simple spreadsheet, set up sign-in for the teachers and students taking part, and walk them through their first assignment.
Run the pilot for four to six weeks, long enough to cover a full cycle of assignments, a quiz and a round of grading.
1 day
to set up a typical pilot, with rosters, sign-in and the first courses ready for teachers.