Tom OrmerodPortal Development Manager

tom.ormerod@rotherham.gov.uk

01709 823779

07826 953023

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 3rd December 2007

Testing due to be complete by 31st Jan 2008

ExtranetExtranet

WebsiteWebsite

Pupil/StaffPupil/Staff

Class/GroupClass/Group

School/UnitSchool/Unit

BoroughBorough

Portal Structure

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

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

Future Portal Functions

SIMS.net Integration

View live SIMS information online

Aggregated SearchSearch school, borough and national content though one search box

Text, Voice and Video Conferencing

Instant messaging, chat rooms and video conferencing

Multimedia StreamingCreate media rich web pages via a WYSIWIG editor

Key BenefitsAnytime anywhere learning

Accessible on mobile devices

Secure

Uses industry standard software

Almost unlimited development potential

Integrates with existing 3rd party systems

Builds upon existing RGfL infrastructure

Scalable

Screenshotshttp://portal.rgfl.org/