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rSmart Presents: Introduction to Sakai How Sakai can save your institution money while providing robust LMS capabilities
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Agenda
‣ IT landscape on campus
‣ Introduction to Sakai
‣ Sakai the “community”
‣ Sakai the “software”
‣ rSmart’s services can save money
‣ Sakai demonstration
‣ How to get started with Sakai
‣ Q & A
Mike Zackrison
VP of Marketing, rSmart
Spencer Harris Higher Education Consultant, rSmart
Budget Cuts, 2008 percentage of institutions reporting budget reductions for academic computing over prior year funding, 2000 - 2008
2000 2008
Source: The Campus Computing Project
Budgets Trends by IT Function, 2008 percentage of institutions reporting budget increases or budget cuts, by IT budget function
Increase Cut
Academic Computing
Adm. Computing
ERP Software
& Services
Wireless Networking
IT Security
Network Servers
Emergency Notification
Central IT Services
Source: The Campus Computing Project
Rising Use of IT in Instruction Learning Management Tools (CMS/LMS)
percentage of courses using CMS/LMS by sector, 2000-2008
2000 2008
Source: The Campus Computing Project
Open Source LMS Deployment, 2007-2008 percentages by sector, 2007 vs. 2008
2007 2008
Source: The Campus Computing Project
Migrating to Open Source ERP Apps by 2013?
Public Research Universities
Private Research Universities
Public 4-Year Colleges
Private 4-Year Colleges
Community Colleges
percentage reporting very likely to migrate by sector, 2008 (scale score: 1=not likely; 7=highly likely; data for scores of 6 or 7)
Source: The Campus Computing Project
Academic Institutions
Commercial Enterprises
Non-profits Standards Bodies
• Collaborative educational software initiative between Michigan, Indiana, MIT and
Stanford, funded by Mellon Foundation
• Membership ~ 120 academic institutions and 15 commercial affiliates around the world
• Project activities coordinated by the Sakai Foundation, a non-profit 501 (C3), charged with ensuring viability of community and software
• 9 product releases since 2004
Sakai: The Community
Institutions Users
Indiana, UNISA 130,000+
Michigan 60,000+
UC Berkeley, Cape Town, Etudes Consortium, New England (AU), Valencia, Virginia Tech, Yale, Cerritos College, University of Hawaii, RINET
11,000 - 50,000
Cambridge University, La Salle, Charles Sturt, Fernando Pessoa, Lleida, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Rice, Roskilde, Saginaw Valley, UC Merced, Whitman, Arteveldehogeschool, eTech Ohio, Columbia Earth Institute, OHSU, Limerick, Marist College, University of Baltimore
1,000 - 10,000
Corporations: Performance Learning Systems, Holmes Corporation
200+ Production and Pilot Instances on 7 continents Sample Implementations Worldwide with Approximate Size
Sakai: The Community
rSmart’s Role in Open Source Communities
Supporting Open Source Innovations in Education
We are the leading open source application software company serving the education market. It’s our passion and only focus.
We package, certify, service, and support a suite of enterprise financial, collaboration and learning applications that power the Education Enterprise.
We have been instrumental in establishing and sustaining some of the most visible open source projects in education.
About rSmart
Open Source Projects
About rSmart’s Business and Offerings
Perceived lack of support is a primary barrier to open source (OS) adoption
OS Adoption Services
• Installation
• Configuration
• Customization
• Integration
• Training
• Consulting
• Hosting
The “Red Hat” for OS Education Applications
rSmart / Sakai Value Proposition
‣ Outstanding product
‣ Community innovation
‣ Open source freedom
‣ Commercial support
‣ Superior value
Examples of Saving License Fees
http://www.rsmart.com/sakai-cle-pricing
Examples of Resource Savings
SELF SUPPORTED rSmart SUPPORTED SAKAI
rSmart Enables:
• You to use Sakai with fewer technical resources
• You to focus more of your resources on constituent service instead of servicing technology
• You to use Sakai with the same staff you use to support Bb and other vended solutions.
‣ Next generation collaboration and learning environment ‣ Teaching, Learning, Scholarly Collaboration, Research, (LMS, CMS, CLE, VLE, VRE)
‣ Built by the world’s leading educational institutions ‣ By and for Education - Enlightened self-interest
‣ Unmatched innovation in OS software development ‣ 4 years, 9 releases,over 60 tools (wiki, blog, podcasting, portfolio, polls, web services, gallery, statistics, grad tools, evaluations, online live meeting, forums, assessment, reporting)
‣ Enterprise ready (performs w/ 130,000 users, integration, code)
‣ Freely available under an OS license
Sakai: The Software
Sakai: The Software
Teaching & Learning ePortfolios
Groups and Projects
rSmart Sakai CLE Demo
Getting Started with Sakai
rSmart Sakai CLE Adoption Package
‣ Includes:
‣ Services and Training
‣ Configuration requirements session (onsite)
‣ Functional and admin training (onsite)
‣ Branding and skinning
‣ LDAP integration
‣ SIS integration
‣ Installation
Software Support
‣ Hosting*
‣ Six months standard support
‣ Up to 500 users
‣ Ability to expand as needed
*Can be deployed onsite if preferred
Cost: $25K Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks
Questions and Contact
mysakai.rsmart.com
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Mike Zackrison
Spencer Harris
General
Contact us:
www.rsmart.com
TRY SAKAI Don’t miss: Webinar: mySakai 101 February 17, 2009
eLearning 2009 Portland, OR February 21 – 24, 2009
Webinar: rSmart Client Panel March 5, 2009