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Tom Ormerod Portal Development Manager. tom.ormerod@rotherham.gov.uk 01709 823779 07826 953023. Portal History. Secured ERDF funding through SYeLP Selected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Selected Morse Ltd. to work with RBT Designed the infrastructure and interfaces
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Tom OrmerodPortal Development Manager tom.ormerod@rotherham.gov.uk 01709 823779 07826 953023
Portal History Secured ERDF funding through SYeLP Selected Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Selected Morse Ltd. to work with RBT Designed the infrastructure and interfaces Installed/configured the hardware & software Entered UAT on 3rd December 2007 Testing due to be complete by 31st Jan 2008
Portal Structure Extranet Website Borough School/Unit Class/Group Pupil/Staff
Current Portal Functions • Online Personal Learning Spaces • Email • Calendar • Private and Shared Files • Targeted News • Favourite Links Lists • MySite • Online Collaboration Learning Spaces • Shared Files • Discussion Forums • Wikis • Blogs • Surveys • Podcasts • RGFL IT Techs http://portal.rgfl.org
Future Portal Functions • Virtual Learning Environment • Assign work to students and/or staff • Monitor who has and who hasn’t submitted work • Automatically mark tests • Data Collection and Analysis • Create and manage data collections via web forms • Create and share online reports • Create online interactive spreadsheets
Future Portal Functions • Text, Voice and Video Conferencing • Instant messaging, chat rooms and video conferencing • Multimedia Streaming • Create media rich web pages via a WYSIWIG editor • SIMS.net Integration • View live SIMS information online • Aggregated Search • Search school, borough and national content though one search box
Key Benefits • Anytime anywhere learning • Accessible on mobile devices • Secure • Uses industry standard software • Almost unlimited development potential • Integrates with existing 3rd party systems • Builds upon existing RGfL infrastructure • Scalable
Q&A Screenshots http://portal.rgfl.org/