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We released SLK 1.4 to the CodePlex Community last week. Due to the onset of a lengthy annual leave by the SLK CodePlex Coordinator, Richard Willis, the Education Product Group decided to release this version as a series of three patches. The alternative
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I’ve just heard that a number of partners have registered to attend this conference as delegates, presumably because it offers an opportunity to get up to speed with the way that SharePoint is being used in schools. As we only announced it on the Schools
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The great thing about SharePoint is that it can be used as a repository for any type of content. With the growing adoption of SharePoint is makes sense for Local Authorities and Schools to use it as the central curriculum library. As more and more VLE/LMS
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MICROSOFT LEARNING GATEWAY TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATION PARTNERS This free of charge workshop will introduce Microsoft Learning Gateway concepts, infrastructure, implementation and customisation through instructor led presentations, demonstrations
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There is a new non-technical collaboration community for Learning Gateway/SLK and future versions of the solution framework. It is now open for business so please go to: http://www.MSEDUcommunity.com To access the main site, you need to have a Live
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SLK activity on Codeplex has been quiet recently, but Jay Beavers is back on the case after paternity leave. As a result there is a lot of new information in the discussion threads that are worth checking out. For example, Richard Willis from SalamanderSoft
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There are five Microsoft Digital Literacy courses, available in two versions. The Original Version provides examples from Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003. Version 2 provides examples from Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Both versions have
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SharePoint Server 2007 Training, built on the Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit, is designed for server administrators to install on an Office SharePoint Server site to help end-users learn about Office SharePoint Server http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=673DC932-626A-4E59-9DCA-16D685600A51&displaylang=en
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A number of you have spotted that the recently released SLK Course Manager was not quite as expected. It was a surprise to us in the UK as well! I’ve included a screenshot below, but also got some clarification from the product group on what is happening.
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The Hunterstone Curriculum Standards tools allow you to Define and Upload a library of Curriculum Standards and assign those standards to documents within a SharePoint Site. The Curriculum Standards tools consist of three primary components: The first
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What Can You Do With Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS)?: Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device (Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device) Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them
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Great news! The highly successful Digital Literacy Curriculum is now available as SCORM objects that can be deployed in a Learning Platform or as part of a SharePoint/SLK implementation. The resources are free and can be downloaded from: http://cid-2fbbe67743d5177d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Digital%20Literacy%20Curriculum
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SCORM Engine on Windows Mobile based Smartphone platform Today, one can create quizzes using a Quizz Creator (e.g. HunterStone). That created quiz (which is SCORM 2004 compliant XML) can then be rendered on SharePoint via the SCORM 2004 engine. We have
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Learning Gateway Technical Workshop – Free of Charge The Learning Gateway is a Web-based collaboration, communications, and content delivery framework tailored for the education system. It enables teachers to manage their administrative workload, empowers
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Microsoft SharePoint and THESIS THESIS Librarian enhances the power of Microsoft SharePoint to create an environment where content authors can collate, manage, and control learning object content, while collaborating with others. With THESIS Librarian,
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