Supporting Open Source Software for Education
Blog posts from the rSmart team and selected external sources about specific topics in Sakai, Kuali, open source, education and technology.
March 9, 2010
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As I explained in earlier posts, global e-docs are among the most helpful features in the Kuali Financial System. Another time-saving feature of the system is mass import of accounting lines and other data. This feature is especially helpful when users have multiple lines of accounting data to enter and do not want to enter each line separately. Using this feature, they can quickly enter data into an import template and then upload it into the appropriate electronic document.
February 25, 2010
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Publication of Anna-Louise Jackson's insightful article, "Going for the Bold" (Business Officer Magazine, February 2010), confirms what the Kuali Community has long contended—that collaboratively developed administrative software provides enormous benefit to higher education institutions of all types and sizes.
January 3, 2010
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Each year at Kuali Days, a pre-conference session introduces newcomers to the Kuali Financial System. Having videotaped this session at Kuali Days VIII in November 2009, we've now posted part of it on YouTube in a series of videos. While the camera work is hardly professional, anyone who is new to the Kuali Financial System will find these videos very valuable.
The session consists of several different segments, each of which introduces a key aspect of the system and is presented by one or more Kuali Financial System experts.
(Note: Due to size restrictions on YouTube, each segment is made up of two or more video clips.The links below take you to the playlist for each segment.)
December 27, 2009
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If you'd like more details about Colorado State University's experience in going live with the Kuali Financial System, you'll want to watch four videos we've just posted on YouTube. Recorded at Kuali Days 2009, the videos feature Patrick Burns, CSU's Chief Information Officer, and John Hunter, CSU's Accounting Manager Financial Systems Services. Here are the appropriate links:
December 25, 2009
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While attending Kuali Days 2009 last month, I borrowed a co-worker's video camera and taped a few key presentations. Now, during the holiday lull, I'm posting some of them on YouTube. One of the pre-conference sessions, "Kuali Financial System Basics," includes an excellent introduction to the system by David Lyons, NACUBO Liaison to the Kuali Foundation. To view Dave's presentation, click the following links:
December 23, 2009
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A co-worker just sent me a link to the article "Sakai: Open Source … Open Minds" in the Dec. 13, 2009, issue of Learning Solutions Magazine. Written by Larissa Biggers, the article focuses on Sakai's collaborative learning environment. Ms. Biggers notes that the Sakai environment supports active learning on the part of students, with instructors serving as facilitators. She notes that "because the CLE is student-centered, students are in control of their own learning and ultimately, the outcome of their learning."
December 8, 2009
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As a Kuali Days VIII attendee, I just received the following info from Scott Shepherd by way of followup. If you're interested in the Kuali Student System, you may want to know about the links Scott mentions. He says:
Kuali Student conference session materials are already available at http://kuali.org/files/schedule/schedule.xml. Additional materials, including the demo video and audio, will be made available in coming weeks. Please follow the Kuali Student Reporter (http://blog.student.kuali.net/) for updates on these materials and other news related to Kuali Student.
Jonny Brown
Sr. Information Architect
rSmart
November 13, 2009
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Sometimes it's the simple things that trip you up. This happened to us when we were converting San Joaquin Delta College's building codes during their migration to the Kuali Financial System (KFS).
At Delta and many other institutions, building codes can contain ampersands and other special characters. KFS doesn't accept these characters in the Building Code fields. (If you're manually entering data through the UI, the system performs a validation that prevents you from entering invalid characters.) Entering special characters in these fields directly in the database causes errors, such as a PO remaining in "en route" status after approval.
November 11, 2009
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Wooo hoooo! Version 3.0 of the Kuali Financial System (KFS) has been released and is now available to every educational institution, everywhere in the world! What an incredible accomplishment for the Kuali Community. Not only have they produced the best community-source financial system on the market, they've produced the best financial system available for higher ed today, period!