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- 2. What is *Unity? • Cloud collaboration for academia • Within and between institutions • Consumer-grade User Experience • Institutional ownership and SLA • Open source platform • Built by universities, for universities • Low cost, ‘utility’ pricing
- 3. Within one institution, use *Unity instead of… • SharePoint • Collaborative wikis • Groups in LMS/VLE not used for learning • Third party identity providers • Cloud or campus data storage
- 4. Between institutions, use *Unity instead of… • BaseCamp, Hudl etc • Google docs, Microsoft 365 etc • Ad hoc collaboration mechanisms • No set up, easier to use, better real-world security
- 5. Who is *Unity for? • Faculty • Staff • Students • Alumni • ‘The Others’
- 6. What is *Unity for? • Research • Informal learning • Alumni • Administration
- 7. *Unity is a network of Research & Scholarship • 400 tenancies at leading institutions • Rising to 10s of 000s this year • Universities • Research institutes • Funders • Government • Some companies • Some schools
- 8. Multi-tenant • Each university has its own tenancy • Integrates with Single Sign On • Powerful permissions model baked into the interface: – Easy to keep material secure inside your tenancy – Easy to share material with people outside your tenancy
- 9. Your tenancy • Currently – Tenancy controlled by *Research – Users agree *Research Terms & Conditions – Data owned by *Research • When you subscribe – Tenancy controlled by you – Users agree your Terms & Conditions – Data owned by you – Service Level Agreement
- 10. Game plan • Get some users to try *Unity out • See if they like it • If they do, come and get a subscription
- 11. Administration • Full suite of tenancy admin tools • “Become user” • Brand with your logo, skin with your theme • Configure your own tenancy landing page • Integrate with your single sign on service(s) • Monitor usage
- 12. Data control • Servers located in the Netherlands • SLA enables your compliance with: – Data privacy legislation – Export control legislation – Federal Educational Rights And Privacy Act (US only)
- 13. Platform • Modern architecture • Built to integrate • Built for content re-use • Node.js • Everything is an API • Ongoing development • Open source
- 14. Examples of integrations • Experience API or xAPI (learning analytics) • MediaCore (streaming media)
- 15. Utility Pricing • You pay for what you use • Cost plus 20 per cent • No per-user costs • No quotas you don’t need • Quarterly billing • It’s easy to start small
- 16. Why ‘Integrate your mojo’? • Academia is a great place for fluid, easy interactions that help people think deeply • But your VLE/LMS is more like a classroom – enclosed and didactic • *Unity lets you bring the spirit of your campus to the IT services you provide – an approach we sum up as ‘Integrate your mojo’.