[Year 12 IT Apps] FW: Ultranet

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Good onya Laurie...

Now which of the ultranet list features can already done by moodle,
which d0n't we need/want and which are there purely for their spyware
ability!!!

Feel free to add your comments to the bulleted lists below

. Strategy - ?
. Learning and Teaching Management - done by moodle
. Administration - so will the ultranet incorporate CASES/roll marking,
extras etc? 
. Collaboration - done by moodle
. Student Information - CASES?
. Staff Information - CASES?
. School Information - School website?
. Reporting  
. Productivity Tools
. Architecture
. Security
. Standards
. Change Management
. Development and Implementation
. Service Hosting, Operational Support and Maintenance


Cheers
Ros

Roslyn Meadows
Bentleigh Secondary College
9579 1044
0412 614 062	
-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 12:07 PM
To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] FW: Ultranet

I emailed the Ultranet people, here is their reply.

Laurie 

-----Original Message-----
From: Quach, Tam T [mailto:quach.tam.t at edumail.vic.gov.au] On Behalf Of
Ultranet
Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 9:28 AM
To: sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au
Subject: RE: Ultranet

Hi Laurie

Thank you for your enquiry of 17 August 2007 regarding the Ultranet.

The Department of Education is aware that some schools are using
learning
management systems such as Moodle.  Please refer to section 8.1.20 of
the
Request for Tender specifications below:

8.1.20 Learning Management Systems
A few Victorian government schools have made investments in third party
learning management solutions. Solutions include (but are not limited
to)
Edumate, My Classes, Scholaris, Studywiz, Moodle, Blackboard and other
custom developed intranet solutions.  The solutions are implemented
within
schools' curriculum network environment. DoE is in the process of
conducting
an extensive survey of existing applications in use at schools to assist
in
formulating the data conversion and change management strategies.

Learning management systems, however, are only one component of the
Ultranet.  The other components include:

. Strategy
. Learning and Teaching Management
. Administration
. Collaboration
. Student Information
. Staff Information
. School Information
. Reporting
. Productivity Tools
. Architecture
. Security
. Standards
. Change Management
. Development and Implementation
. Service Hosting, Operational Support and Maintenance

The Ultranet Request for Tender was released publicly on 1 August 2007.
You
can the Ultranet RFT from the Victorian Government Tenders web site at
www.tenders.vic.gov.au.  Search for 'Ultranet'. You will need to
register on
the site in order to download the document.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards
Tam Quach

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Savage [mailto:sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au]
Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 3:35 PM
To: Ultranet
Subject: Ultranet

We are already using a colloborative, intuitive e-learning system that
is
under constant development and improvement. We use it for VELS and VCE
cources. It is free, open source and can be tailored to local needs. It
is
written in PHP and uses a free backend database. It is called Moodle.
Does
the state need to spend $M60 to implement an untried alternative?

Laurie Savage
ICT/Comm. Tech. Teacher,
Pascoe Vale Girls College

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