1. Eleonora Sadykova Cathy Nyaga Ray Stoneham
Partnership by Collaboration: SharePoint as a powerful student engagement tool
Eleonora Sadykova
Cathy Nyaga
Ray Stoneham

2. SharePoint
Widely-used corporate system for website and intranet development
Contains powerful collaborative features
Integrates well with other Microsoft products
Uses a well-established user interface

3. Office 365 Includes cloud-based version of SharePoint
Available to all University of Greenwich staff and students
A powerful platform for software development with little or no coding

4. Use of SharePoint by students in CIS Department
Used as a collaborative environment for project teams
Document management
Project development
Intranet development
Website development
Used as a development environment for coursework and projects
An intranet for an organisation with workflow, etc.
An Extenuating Circumstances management system
Governance issues in corporate environments

5. Potential benefits for students
Enhanced IT skills
Opportunity for collaborative work with staff
Looks good on a CV
Good job prospects

6. SharePoint as a Project Management Tool

7. Student Project Team Site
Developed to manage the group coursework
A great way to share the information with other students in the group
Easy environment to track tasks, maintain project’s related documentation and monitor progress
Has a lot of features: shared repository, newsfeed, GANTT chart, calendar, etc.
The project management process is close to a real-life situation
Panopto demonstration

8. SharePoint complements Moodle
Structured around courses
Instructors have editing functionality
Ideal for learning
Managed centrally
SharePoint
Structured around users
All users have editing functionality
Ideal for teamwork
Managed by the users

9. SharePoint as a corporate system for Greenwich?
Powerful "out of the box" functionality
Document management
Collaborative environment
Team sites
Workflow
Requires governance
Requires planning
Requires resourcing
Requires training
SharePoint is already here
QA Docs
Business Faculty
CIS Department

10. Evaluation
SharePoint provides a rich collaborative and development environment for teaching and learning
Students have engaged with SharePoint
SharePoint provides the opportunity to develop systems
SharePoint enhances student employability
Governance is key to successful use of SharePoint in a corporate environment