rSmart ® Sakai CLE The Next Step in Collaborative Learning Spencer Harris Higher Education Consultant

Agenda Introduction to Sakai (10 minutes) rSmart Sakai CLE Demonstration (30 minutes) Short Break (5-10 minutes) rSmart Support and Services (20 minutes) General Q & A (20 minutes)

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text About Sakai Academic Institutions Academic Institutions Commercial Enterprises Commercial Enterprises Non-profits Standards Bodies Standards Bodies Sakai Project started as a collaborative software development project in 2004 between Indiana University, MIT, University of Michigan, and Stanford and funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation Project activities are currently coordinated by the Sakai Foundation, a non-profit 501(c3) corporation dedicated to coordinating activities around Sakai and the Sakai community to insure Sakai's long-term viability. 112 Academic Institutions and 15 Commercial Affiliates are members of the Sakai community 7 product releases since 2004 Over 136 Production and Pilot instances on 7 Continents

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text The rSmart Group Helping to Enable the Move Toward Open Source in Education We are the leading open source application software company serving the education market. It’s our passion and only focus. We package, certify, deploy, and support a suite of enterprise financial and collaborative learning applications that are powering the Education Enterprise. We have been instrumental in establishing and sustaining some of the most visible open source projects in education. Open Source Project

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text Teaching & Learning | ePortfolios | Group Projects Teaching & LearningElectronic PortfoliosSmall Groups & Projects Tools that support fully on-line courses, blended face-to-face learning, and just about anything else in-between. Post course documents, conduct tests and quizzes, present sequenced content, post syllabi and assignments, manage a course calendar, engage in on-line discussions and chat, construct group edited documents, and much more. Individual learners and instructors use the electronic portfolio system as a repository to store and organize digital evidence of teaching and learning. Instructors can use the system to design guided reflective processes which help learners integrate and enhance what they have learned. Administrators use the enterprise electronic portfolio system as a data-driven decision making and reporting tool. Tools for individual and group collaboration spaces provides the flexibility to support virtually any form of group collaboration. Administrators, faculty, and students can collaboratively work on and share documents, communicate ideas and key dates, use mailing lists, participate in group discussions, and more.

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text CoursesProjectsPortfoliosAdmin Comprehensive Tool Box My Workspace

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text rSmart Sakai CLE Product Demonstration

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text UsersInstitutions 130,000+Indiana, UNISA 60,000+Michigan 11, ,000UC Berkeley, Cape Town, Etudes Consortium, New England (AU), Valencia, Virginia Tech, Yale, Windsor, Rutgers, RINET 1, ,000Cambridge University, Cerritos, Charles Sturt, Fernando Pessoa, Lleida, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Rice, Roskilde, Saginaw Valley, UC Merced, Whitman, Arteveldehogeschool, eTech Ohio, AMDG Inc., OHSU, Limerick, Ross Institute Sakai in Production Over 136 Production, Pilot Instances on 7 continents Sample Implementations Worldwide with Approximate Size

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text The rSmart Group Helping to Enable the Move Toward Open Source in Education We are the leading open source application software company serving the education market. It’s our passion and only focus. We package, certify, deploy, and support a suite of enterprise financial and collaborative learning applications that are powering the Education Enterprise. We have been instrumental in establishing and sustaining some of the most visible open source projects in education. Open Source Project

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text rSmart’s Service Offerings Software Subscription (Maintenance and Support) Services  Our support services assure “peace of mind”. We are accountable to our Clients for the ongoing performance and reliability of the open source applications we support. Consulting / Engineering Services  Our end-to-end consulting and engineering services provide Clients with the skills and resources to make their open source initiatives successful. Hosting Services  Our hosting services offer Clients the benefits of financial freedom, operational freedom, and reduced risk.

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text rSmart Subscription Benefits Software. Commercially packaged, tested, refined, and supported distribution with comprehensive documentation. Updates. Regular updates, patches & security fixes, new releases. Support. Multiple support services providing unlimited incidents and coverage up to 24 x 7 with 2 hour response. Guaranteed. Legal Assurance. rSmart open source assurance safeguards clients who are deploying supported open source software.

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text End-to-End Consulting & Engineering Services Planning Full Service Provider Implementation Planning System Integration Migration Services Installation and Configuration Operations & SupportImplementation Site Assessment Learning Services Managed Application Services Customization and Development RSN Network

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text Oregon Health & Science University “The rSmart CLE and hosting solution was attractive to us because it provided a ready-made and well-tested skin, a systems level support structure for the CLE and our integration needs, and a quality hosting solution that has guaranteed uptime, backups, and security.” - Maggie McVay Lynch, Director of Statewide Teaching and Learning Services Oregon Health & Science University

The rSmart Groupcopyright 2006, all rights reserved. Sub-title text Try Sakai Free download and install on your hardware Free, hosted Sakai trial environment