Sustaining Open Source Solutions rSmart's Sakai Experience
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group History of rSmart’s Involvement with Sakai First Commercial Affiliate Active in governance, community leadership, technical leadership Founded the OSP project Active contributor to code, documentation Help to grow and expand community Help develop processes for collaboration
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Mesa Community College Online Training Environment
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Mesa Community College-China Online Training Environment Objective: Create an environment that offers medical education and ESL training for doctors in China. Integration: Developed Virtual classroom integration with Elluminate Customizations: Developed voucher system that plugs into Sakai and allows students to purchase a voucher used to pay for a class Developed registration system that allows students to register online and take a class Contributions: Completed Chinese translation of core Sakai tools and donated back to the community
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Cerritos Community College
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Cerritos College Campus-Wide Sakai Implementation Objectives: Move campus off legacy system-onto Sakai Integrate with ERP systems on campus Increase online course offerings Become contributing member of Sakai community Integration: Developed PeopleSoft Integration Customization: Developed customizations for special online course offerings Basic Course Evaluation tool Contribution: Microsoft SQL Server support
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Rhode Island Network Educational Technology
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group RINET - Sakai Based ePortfolio Solution Objective: Use ePortfolios to assess student learning according to state standards and district expectations Provide reports of that learning to the state and nat’l accrediting organizations Integration: Developed integration with Maximus (SIS for K-12) Customization: Integrated Goal Management provisional tool withm Sakai’s Assignment tool, providing a bridge between classroom-based assessment and national, state-level standards Made inroads into supporting single Sakai application across multiple school districts-multi-tenant capability Developed OSP reporting capability Contribution: All customization work contributed back to Sakai community
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group Successes and Lessons Learned Stakeholders Expectations Customization Collaboration Partnerships
June 14, 2007The rSmart Group rSmart Offerings Confidence Consulting, customization, implementation services Training, mentoring Peace of Mind Certified distribution - rSmart Sakai CLE 2.4 Support subscription Satisfaction