Microsoft Solutions for Learning (Free)

Mark Becker

C/D/H Partner

PMP, MCSE,MCNE

Agenda

• Introduction• Microsoft’s school

collaboration offering: SharePoint Learning Gateway

• Live@EDU

Goals of the Microsoft Learning Gateway

• Helping teams work together efficiently.• Simplifying routine tasks.• Helping people connect to each other from anywhere.• Offering simple-to-use productivity tools for students and

teachers.• Integrating student information, grades and other content

securely and simply.• Enabling the delivery of students’ assessments.• Giving parents continuous feedback on student performance.• Supporting standards (including SCORM and IMS).• Providing a framework for integrating other Microsoft

components and third-party applications.

Components of the Learning Gateway

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0• Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit• Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007• Active Directory• Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005• Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)

Server 2006

SharePoint Custom Components

• Portal site template• Site definitions• List definitions• Web parts• Web application (for calendar integration)

Learning Gateway SharePoint Architecture

Portal Site Template

Learning Objects Repository

School Site

My Planner Web Part

My Assignments Web Part

Learning Resources Web Parts

My Classes Web Part

Collaboration Sites

My Site—for Personalized Content

Live@EDU

• Why Cloud Based?• Why Microsoft over Google?• What’s included in Live@EDU?

Cloud Based

Why?• Limited Resources

– $$$– IT Staff– Hardware & Software– Knowledge and Experience

Why not?• Customization versus Cookie Cutter• Integration with backend systems• Control of data

Microsoft vs Google

• Microsoft– Familiar Interface, local client integration, true

document fidelity– Per User storage (35GB vs 8-10GB)– Administration– Support– SharePoint is coming…

• Google– First to market – more popular – more seats– Simple– “Do no harm”

What’s Included?

• Outlook Web Access w/IM presence– 2010 Client released earlier this year

• Office Web Apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote

• SkyDrive• Spaces• Coming early 2011 – SharePoint 2010

Screen Shots

• Outlook• Skydrive• Word• Excel• PowerPoint

Resources

Mark Becker’s PresentationSearch for MAEDS 2010 SharePoint Presentation on www.Live.com

CodePlex Live@Edu linkhttp://www.codeplex.com/site/search?projectSearchText=live%40edu

Live@EDU Overview Webcast (Great Detail)https://www.educationwebcasts.com/Webcast.aspx?i=5095

CodePlex SharePoint 2010 Education Demohttp://sp2010education.codeplex.com/

Shareable Content Object Model (SCORM)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORM

Codeplex SharePoint Learning Gatewayhttp://lg.codeplex.com/

“Not free” SharePoint Learning Management systemhttp://www.sharepointlms.com/

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