1. CoSN – Learning Management System and Student Information System
Debbie Karcher, Chief Information Officer
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

2. LMS Functions Centralize and Automate Administration
Use Self-service and Self-guided services
Assemble and Deliver Learning Content Rapidly
Consolidate Training Initiatives On a Scalable Web-based Platform
Support Portability and Standards
Personalize Content and Enable Knowledge Reuse
What Does It Mean To You?

3. SIS Functions Handling Inquiries From Prospective Students
Enrolling New Students and Creating Classes
Creating Class & Teacher Schedules
Handling Records of Examinations, Assessments, Grades and Academic Progression
Maintaining Attendance Records
Recording Communications With Students
Maintaining Discipline Records
Providing Statistical Reports
Communicating Student Details To Parents
Special Education Services
Student Health Records

4. Mash-Up With Technology
Systems or Applications Used:
Legacy Mainframe Systems
Student Information System
Third Party Web-enabled Systems
Electronic Gradebook
Student Class Scheduler
Portals Using SharePoint
Data Warehouse
All Student Data
All Staff Data

5. Mainframe and Third Party to Data Warehouse to Portal = Mash-Up
Electronic Gradebook
Daily Student Attendance
Student Scheduling Changes
Learning Village
Testing Data from Vendors
ESE Monitoring Data
Mash-Up
Data Warehouse
Portal
Student Information System
Student Registration
Course Information

6. The Learning Village
Create a Repository For All of The District’s Digital Resources, Aligned To Standards, And Accessible From One Point Of Entry

7. The Learning Village Current Status Approximately 10,000 Lesson Plans
Organized by nine-week periods, grade levels, and subject areas
About 150 Digital Textbooks (student and teacher texts)
Linked and displayed by course codes
Roughly 25,000 Assessment Items
Organized by grade and subject area, and subject area and standard

8. The Learning Village Lesson Plans Goals
Standardize Instructional Focus and Pacing Across Subject Areas And Schools
Provide Support To New and New To Subject Area Or Grade Level Teachers
Link Activities Within Plans To Other District Instructional Resources Including
Riverdeep LMS
Gizmos
Online Databases

9. The Learning Village Assessment Items
Both Publisher Produced and Customized Items Produced By ETS
Accessible Via Examview Test Generator
Automated Creation Of Edusoft Answer Sheet For Scanning and Scoring (Publish To Edusoft)

10. The Solution - www.dadeschools.net
Parents
Students
Community
Employees

11. Principal

12. Reports Access to Active Student Reports including: Accountability
Academic Achievement
Attendance/Suspensions

13. Teacher Portal

14. Learning Village

15. Learning Village

16. Student Portfolio

17. Parent

18. Student

19. Community

20. Q & A