sustaining open source solutions rsmart's sakai experience
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Sustaining Open Source Solutions
rSmart's Sakai Experience
June 14, 2007 The rSmart Group
History of rSmart’s Involvement with Sakai
First Commercial AffiliateActive in governance, community
leadership, technical leadershipFounded the OSP project - 2003Active contributor to code, documentationHelp to grow and expand community Help develop processes for collaboration
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Mesa Community CollegeOnline Training Environment
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Mesa Community College-China Online Training EnvironmentObjective: 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
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Cerritos Community College
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Cerritos College Campus-Wide Sakai ImplementationObjectives: 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
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Rhode Island Network Educational Technology
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RINET - Sakai Based ePortfolio SolutionObjective: 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
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Successes and Lessons Learned
StakeholdersExpectationsCustomizationCollaborationPartnerships
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rSmart Offerings
Confidence• Consulting, customization, implementation services• Training, mentoring
Peace of Mind• Certified distribution - rSmart Sakai CLE 2.4• Support subscription
Satisfaction