Ecordia & Further Education (FE)

Ecordia caters for many different types of qualification, such as NVQ, BtEC, Diplomas (including the new 14-19 Diplomas), Key Skills and Technical Certificates. Ecordia is a platform for college-wide management and delivery of all qualifications.

• Create Schemes of Work
• Virtual Learning Environment for your department or across college
• Tutors who can access
• Assessment Teams
• Internal Messaging System, no need for email.
• Increase Employer Engagement – employers and workplace managers can have online
access to different aspects of Ecordia including learner progress information. 
• Share and store learning materials to help candidates achieve guided learning hours.
• Widen-participation by removing geographical barriers
• Reduce course lengths
• Increase achievement rates and improve timely achievement

Aidan Shiel – Director of IT Services, Llandrillo College

“Colleges are finding that implementation of an e‐assessment system is not an easy task. We have been looking into this for a few years as there are many systems available that claim to do what Ecordia does, but in our experience this has not been the case. Ecordia has proved to be an exceptionally effective system and at a reasonable cost. I believe it to be the real solution for online assessment and management of NVQs. This system goes significantly beyond other e‐portfolio systems”.

Dale McBride, Head of Department — Bradford College

“We chose Ecordia because we believe in being proactive instead of reactive. The benefits of being paperless will eventually become apparent to the whole industry, so we would prefer to be ahead instead of catching‐up. Another key factor is that the Ecordia team were able to develop the system to meet our specific requirements.
The system works very well within my department. The main benefits of Ecordia are that it gives students the empowerment to achieve their aims. Through the online portfolio it is clear and apparent to them how much work they need to do to at any given time. Also, all of the information they need is on the system, accessible 24/7. We can use Ecordia's Resources system to store work, in‐case any students miss lessons and we can set targets ‐ for example this half‐term all our first year learners have been set a target of 20% completion before they come back. Ecordia also helps me monitor each student and identify students that are struggling, which enables me to put action into place.

Like any new technology, the assessors and candidates were sceptical at first. However, as time has gone by they have come to enjoy using the system and now very much appreciate the benefits it gives them. The support has been excellent. Whenever I have had a problem I have received instant help and guidance. The Ecordia team not only offer amazing support but they also explain everything in detail in an understandable and non‐confusing way.

We have worked with Ecordia to deliver the BtEC National Diplomas and I would recommend to any college that delivers NVQ or BtEC to look at Ecordia sooner rather than later! It surprises and amazes me how colleges can continue to operate with paper”.