Sustainable Training Portal (MERAS)
This initiative seeks to provide quick assistance to university affiliates in various essential areas they urgently need to smoothly start and navigate their university life. It does so by offering a digital, visual index that guides them swiftly to what they need, presenting answers to the most frequently asked questions. In addition, it aims to continuously meet the ongoing needs of the target groups by addressing their constant demand for certain skills relevant to their sectors. It also provides important links that direct them to details related to each entity or service.
- Enable new university affiliates to quickly access everything they need at the start of their academic journey.
- Achieve cost-effectiveness in expenses.
- Save staff efforts across different sites and reallocate them to other tasks, including the efforts of the Deanship team.
- Overcome time and place constraints, allowing users to access information without being tied to specific times or locations.
Requirements for Implementation
- Identify the entities and essential needs of new university affiliates.
- Coordinate with relevant entities to record a short video about each service/department.
- Upload the recorded videos to the Deanship’s webpage under the “Sustainable Training” tab.
- Announce the launch of the Sustainable Training Portal.
Importance of the Initiative
This initiative contributes to preparing new affiliates of the university—faculty, staff, and students—for smooth integration into their roles across the university, in collaboration with the relevant entities.
Implementation Activities
Pre-recorded training programs.
Summary of Achievements and Number of Beneficiaries
A task force was formed from the Deanship of Development and Quality Assurance, the Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education, and the University Center for Communication and Media to discuss the activation of the MERAS platform. The team reached the following outcomes:
- Developed an initial concept for the work and tasks required for implementation.
- Assigned tasks to team members according to their areas of expertise.
- Produced a prototype of a recorded training program to serve as a model for future training productions.
- Identify appropriate training programs.
- Select trainers.
- Review training materials.
- Develop a schedule for recording training programs.
Professional Development Unit
Deanship of Development and Quality Assurance
Provide studios for filming and recording training programs.
Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education
- Provide studios for recording.
- Coordinate with the trainer to set the filming schedule and develop a clear scenario for filming, editing, and production.
- Prepare the trainer for recording and editing sessions.
- Record the training programs.
- Perform technical editing of the programs.
- Finalize and produce the training programs.
University Center for Communication and Media
- Develop the training package according to the required specifications suitable for the MIRAS platform, divided into sections that include: presentation slides, training material, and five objective questions per section.
- Review the training package with the Professional Development Unit at the Deanship of Development and Quality Assurance for approval.
- Review the presentation with the production team to ensure full alignment with production and editing requirements.
- Deliver the training program.
- Quick access to recorded training programs.
- Cost savings.
- Better utilization of staff efforts across different sites, including those of the Deanship team.
- Overcoming time and place constraints, enabling users to access information anytime, anywhere.