Sakai

Related to the Sakai Project, the Sakai Collaboration & Learning Environment, and/or the rSmart Sakai CLE.

Cost Comparison vs. Proprietary LMS

Are you experiencing your own economic crisis on campus? If you are, rSmart may be able to help. Switching from your expensive proprietary LMS to our fully supported open source Sakai can save you a lot of money.

Don't worry-we're not going to tell you that open source software like Sakai is free. That was last year's misconception, and it was a pretty common one. Even though there are no license fees for Sakai, there are ongoing costs for support and maintenance. These costs can be all over the map, so a debate has arisen about whether using open source really saves any money at all. We're here to show you that it can.

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A Letter to U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services: Your Action is Needed

rSmart is asking our community to read the letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding the language included in Section 124 of the House Labor, Health and Human Service, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee's draft Fiscal Year 2012 budget for the U.S. Department of Labor. This language may compromise our ability to ensure that all students have affordable access to the highest quality educational resources and tools. Negotiations over this provision and the broader budget are expected to wrap up over the next few days, so any reinforcing grassroots outreach we can generate to Chairman Rehberg's office (the source of the offending language in Section 124) would be welcome.

rSmart User Agreement

Our Agreement

You should read this. It is short. When you accept below, you are agreeing to everything we say here.

Your Privacy: rSmart is open

rSmart is an open environment designed to promote community and sharing. When you use rSmart, information about you, your activities, and the content you add is public by default. You do have control over the privacy of your information, activities, and content where it matters most. Here are some highlights:

rSmart at EDUCAUSE 2011

Start: October 18 4:00 pm
End: October 21 5:00 pm
Timezone: America/New York
Location: Philadelphia, PA

At EDUCAUSE 2011, we would like to introduce you to rSmart, a powerful and compelling new online teaching, learning, and collaboration platform, powered by the innovation of the Sakai community.

How can you learn more?

rSmart experts will be providing live demonstrations during breaks and lunch while at EDUCAUSE. Pick a date and time below. Come to booth 310-312 at EDUCAUSE 2011. Watch a demonstration. Enter your name for a chance to win a iPod Nano.

Tufts University shares its experience evaluating and implementing rSmart Sakai

In this webinar, Gina Siesing, Director of Educational and Scholarly Technology Services at Tufts University, shared Tufts’ recent experience selecting Sakai as its “Next-Generation Platform for Learning, Teaching, and Collaboration.”

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rSmart exhibiting at EDUCAUSE 2011 Conference

Start: October 18 8:00 am
End: October 21 5:00 pm
Timezone: America/New York
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Mark your calendar for the premier information technology event in higher education—EDUCAUSE 2011, October 18–21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The program, "The best thinking in Higher Ed IT," will include pre-conference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops. rSmart will be in Booth 310-312 during the conference in the exhibit hall and is also exhibiting in the EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference.

This year's EDUCAUSE 2011 conference features an unprecedented number of Sakai-related events. Here are a few to put on your calendar.

rSmart Webinar: Tufts University shares its experience evaluating and selecting Sakai as its next LMS

Start: September 29 11:00 am
End: September 29 12:00 pm
Timezone: America/Los Angeles
Location: WebConference

What to expect and how to prepare for an LMS migration: Tips from the expert

In this webinar, Trish Harris, Client Relations Manager at rSmart, answered all of these questions and covered the following:

How to plan and approach migration
What to expect during a migration
How to get faculty involved and excited about the migration
Tips, resources, and best practices to consider when planning for a migration
Migration tools, service and support options

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rSmart Webinar: What to expect and how to prepare for an LMS Migration

Start: September 8 11:00 am
End: September 8 12:00 pm
Timezone: America/Los Angeles
Location: WebConference

Join us September 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM PT!

Planning and preparing for a migration to a new learning management system (LMS) can seem like a daunting task. What content will migrate? How do we manage change? How much time and resources should we dedicate to this migration? What migration tools are available to help us? How much will this cost?

During this webinar, an rSmart expert will answer all of these questions as well as provide strategies, resources, best practices, and support options when migrating from your legacy system to the rSmart Sakai CLE.

Major topics to be covered:

iRubric for Sakai: Benefits, features and demonstration

In this webinar, you will learn the following:

Introduction to rSmart, rSmart Sakai CLE, Reazon Systems Inc, and iRubric
Overall benefits for students, faculty, administrators and institutions who use iRubric
Features and ease-of-use for all users of iRubric through a demonstration
Licensing options available for iRubric
Contact information to learn more about iRubric for Sakai

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