Elearning 2009 Introduction To Sakai Cost Savings.Feb.22.2009 V.1
1. rSmart Presents: Introduction to Sakai
How Sakai can save your institution money while providing robust LMS capabilities
Sunday, February 22, 2009
E-Learning 2009
Portland, OR
2. Agenda
Mike Zackrison
‣ IT landscape on campus VP of Marketing, rSmart
‣ Introduction to Sakai Nate Angell
Client Evangelist, rSmart
‣ Sakai the “community”
‣ Sakai the “software”
‣ rSmart’s services can save money
‣ Sakai demonstration
‣ How to get started with Sakai
‣ Q&A
3. Budget Cuts, 2008
percentage of institutions reporting budget reductions for academic
computing over prior year funding, 2000 - 2008
70
2000 2008
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Public Research Private Public 4-Yr. Private 4-Yr. Community
Universities Research Colleges Colleges Colleges
Universities
Source: The Campus Computing Project
4. Budgets Trends by IT Function, 2008
percentage of institutions reporting budget increases or budget
cuts, by IT budget function
60
Increase Cut
50
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
Central IT Academic Adm. ERP Network
IT Emergency
Wireless
Services Computing Computing Software Networking Servers
Security Notification
& Services
Source: The Campus Computing Project
5. Rising Use of IT in Instruction
Learning Management Tools (CMS/LMS)
percentage of courses using CMS/LMS by sector, 2000-2008
70
2000 2008
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Public Research Private Research Public 4-Yr. Private 4-Yr. Community
Universities Universities Colleges Colleges Colleges
Source: The Campus Computing Project
6. Open Source LMS Deployment, 2007-2008
percentages by sector, 2007 vs. 2008
30
2007 2008
25
20
15
10
5
0
Public Research Private Research Public 4-Yr. Private 4-Yr. Community
Universities Universities Colleges Colleges Colleges
Source: The Campus Computing Project
7. Migrating to Open Source ERP Apps by 2013?
percentage reporting very likely to migrate by sector, 2008
(scale score: 1=not likely; 7=highly likely; data for scores of 6 or 7)
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
LMS Content Student Info Finance Research HR Development
Mgmt System Mgmt
Public Research Private Research Public 4-Year Private 4-Year Community
Universities Universities Colleges Colleges Colleges
Source: The Campus Computing Project
8. Sakai: The Community
• Collaborative educational software initiative
between Michigan, Indiana, MIT and Academic
Stanford, funded by Mellon Foundation Institutions
• Membership ~ 120 academic institutions
and 15 commercial affiliates around the Standards
Non-profits
world Bodies
• Project activities coordinated by the Sakai
Foundation, a non-profit 501 (C3), charged
with ensuring viability of community and Commercial
software Enterprises
• 9 product releases since 2004
9. Sakai: The Community
200+ Production and Pilot Instances on 7 continents
Sample Implementations Worldwide with Approximate Size
Institutions Users
Indiana, UNISA 130,000+
Michigan 60,000+
UC Berkeley, Cape Town, Etudes Consortium, New England (AU), 11,000 - 50,000
Valencia, Virginia Tech, Yale, Cerritos College, University of Hawaii,
RINET
Cambridge University, La Salle, Charles Sturt, Fernando Pessoa, 1,000 - 10,000
Lleida, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Rice, Roskilde, Saginaw Valley,
UC Merced, Whitman, Arteveldehogeschool, eTech Ohio, Columbia
Earth Institute, OHSU, Limerick, Marist College, University of Baltimore
Corporations: Performance Learning Systems, Holmes Corporation
11. About rSmart
Supporting Open Source Innovations in Education
We are the leading open source application software
company serving the education market. It’s our passion Open Source Projects
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.
12. About rSmart’s Business and Offerings
OS Adoption Services
Perceived lack of support
• Installation
is a primary barrier to
• Configuration
open source (OS)
adoption • Customization
• Integration
• Training
• Consulting
• Hosting
The “Red Hat” for OS Education Applications
13. rSmart “Supported” Open Source Customers
‣ AMDG, Inc. ‣ Portland State University ‣ University of Connecticut
‣ IHEP
‣ Antioch University ‣ Radford University ‣ University of Hawaii
‣ Iowa State University
‣ Bentley College ‣ RI.NET ‣ University of Houston Clear Lake
‣ITT Educational Services
‣ Boston University ‣ Rider University ‣ University of Limerick
‣ Jupiter Innovations
‣ Carnegie Mellon University ‣ Ross Institute ‣ UNC Chapel Hill
‣ Kapiolani’ CC
‣ Cerritos College ‣ Rutgers University ‣ USC
‣ La Salle University
‣ Charles Sturt University ‣ San Joaquin Delta ‣ U Penn
‣ Marist College
‣ Colorado State University ‣ Seton Hall University ‣ University of Windsor
‣ MCC BII
‣ Cornell University ‣ Strathmore University ‣ University of Wyoming
‣ Mesa Community College
‣ eTech Ohio Commission ‣ TAFE ‣ Virginia Tech
‣ Embanet ‣ University of Arizona ‣ WSU Vancouver
‣ National Healthcare Group
Singapore
‣ Georgetown ‣ UC Irvine
‣ Naval Postgraduate School
‣ Hebrew Union College ‣ UC Merced
‣ Oregon Health & Science
‣ IBM ‣ University of Baltimore
University
14. rSmart / Sakai Value Proposition
‣ Outstanding product
‣ Community innovation
‣ Open source freedom
‣ Commercial support
‣ Superior value
16. Examples of Resource Savings
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.
SELF SUPPORTED rSmart SUPPORTED SAKAI
17. Sakai: The Software
‣ 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
21. rSmart Sakai CLE Adoption Package
‣ Includes:
‣ Services and Training
Software Support
‣
‣ Configuration requirements session
Hosting*
(onsite)
‣ Six months standard support
‣ Functional and admin training (onsite)
‣ Up to 500 users
‣ Branding and skinning
‣ Ability to expand as needed
‣ LDAP integration
*Can be deployed onsite if preferred
‣ SIS integration
‣
Cost: $25K Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks Installation
22. Questions and Contact
Don’t miss:
TRY SAKAI
Webinar: mySakai 101
March 3, 2009, 11 AM PST
on our server
Webinar: rSmart Client Panel
Featuring Marist, Radford and OHSU
March 5, 2009, 11 AM PST
mysakai.rsmart.com
Contact us:
on your server
Mike Zackrison
mikez@rsmart.com
Nate Angell
nate.angell@rsmart.com
General
www.rsmart.com
info@rsmart.com