Great SharePoint resources for Education

Microsoft has created a great document for SharePoint (MOSS 2007) with great resources for this product.

The premise behind the attached SharePoint Resource Guide is that almost everything in the booklet is the result of an education customer asking for more information

Check here for the document.

SharePoint Learning Kit, VLE for SharePoint

This is the SharePoint Learning Kit, which is a SCORM 2004-conformant e-learning delivery and tracking application. It works on Microsoft Office SharePoint server (you have to buy this one), or Windows SharePoint services (Free version!). Basically, it's a kit for you to build your own VLE, and like Moodle it's free...

It supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and Class Server content and allows assignment, tracking and grading of both e-learning and non-e-learning content. It is really the first step with this product to a VLE, if you use the SharePoint Server, you can use mysites, to tell something about yourselves and share documents with your class or teachers.

You can download it from the Codeplex website too

How to use Microsoft software in education

Today at the Microsoft Worldwide partner conference a video is showed about Microsoft product in the education market, with me also in the video :)


Video: Case study for using Microsoft Information Worker technology in education

Moodle webparts for SharePoint 2007

On codeplex, http://www.codeplex.com the webparts of Moodle arrived. With these webparts you can integrate Moodle with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007

Information:

The solution enables you to access core Moodle™ data from within your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) or the corresponding Windows SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0 (WSS).

List of Web Parts available:

Course OverviewProvides several views on all courses available in Moodle™. Views are: All
Courses, New Courses, My Courses, and My Teaching Courses. The different views can be selected in the drop-down box at the top of the web part.

My Teaching CoursesLists all courses available in the Moodle™ system with the user enrolled as a teacher.

My CoursesLists all courses available in the Moodle™ system with the user enrolled in any role.

Latest NewsLists the latest news published in the Moodle™ system. The list can be extended with announcements of a SPS/MOSS/WSS Announcements List.
MessagesDisplays unread messages a user has received through Moodle’s internal messaging system. Moodle’s message compose block is linked from the web part to allow answering.

Online UsersLists users currently online (based on information provided by the Moodle™ system). The actual MSN Online Status is displayed hovering over the user name enabling the user to start an Instant Messenger communication. Moodle’s message compose block is also linked to enable the user to send messages through Moodle.

Online StudentsSimilar to Online Users but only students enrolled in the teacher’s courses are displayed.

Online ColleaguesSimilar to Online Users but only other teachers are displayed.

My Scheduled AssignmentsLists all Moodle™ activities (Announcements, Choice, Quiz, Survey, etc.) assigned to the user. The items listed link to the actual assignments in the Moodle™ system.

My Supervised AssignmentsLists all Moodle™ activities (Announcements, Choice, Quiz, Survey, etc.) the user has defined as a teacher in his courses. Additionally the number of solutions uploaded by students is displayed. The items listed link to the actual assignments in the Moodle™ system.

WelcomeDisplays a personalized welcome message including the user’s picture and last logon information to the Moodle™ system.

Document ExchangeProvides the functionality to move documents between Moodle™ courses and SPS/MOSS/WSS document libraries.