Sustaining Open Source Solutions

rSmart's Sakai Experience

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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