1. Tom Ormerod Portal Development Manager tom.ormerod@rotherham.gov.uk 01709 823779 07826 953023

2. Portal History Secured ERDF funding through SYeLP Selected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Selected Morse Ltd. to work with RBT Designed the infrastructure and interfaces Installed/configured the hardware & software Entered UAT on 3 rd December 2007 Testing due to be complete by 31st Jan 2008

3. Extranet Website Pupil/Staff Class/Group School/Unit Borough Portal Structure

4. Current Portal Functions Online Personal Learning Spaces Email Calendar Private and Shared Files Targeted News Favourite Links Lists MySite Online Collaboration Learning Spaces Shared Files Discussion Forums Wikis Blogs Surveys Podcasts RGFL IT Techs http://portal.rgfl.org

5. Data Collection and Analysis Create and manage data collections via web forms Create and share online reports Create online interactive spreadsheets Future Portal Functions Virtual Learning Environment Assign work to students and/or staff Monitor who has and who hasn’t submitted work Automatically mark tests

6. Future Portal Functions SIMS.net Integration View live SIMS information online Aggregated Search Search school, borough and national content though one search box Text, Voice and Video Conferencing Instant messaging, chat rooms and video conferencing Multimedia Streaming Create media rich web pages via a WYSIWIG editor

7. Key Benefits Anytime anywhere learning Accessible on mobile devices Secure Uses industry standard software Almost unlimited development potential Integrates with existing 3 rd party systems Builds upon existing RGfL infrastructure Scalable

8. Screenshots http://portal.rgfl.org/