Adiante Consultoría provides turn-key solutions for open source products like Moodle, eFront, and Chamilo. They specialize in e-learning, content management systems, and web portals built on Drupal. Their products include D-Campus, a Drupal-based tool for managing educational communities, and an upcoming product called D-News for publishing. They offer consulting, development, customization, deployment and support services for projects using their Drupal products.

1. Consulting, e-learning,
web content
management,
digital asset management,
IMS, information systems
deployment, LCMS,
Company Profile
support services, CMS,
Drupal, project
management, SCORM,
Web portal

2. ADIANTE CONSULTORÍA, SINCE 2003
Turn-key solutions on open
souce products Customers:
Projects:
Management of vendor network
e-learning courses (SCORM)
Turn-key J2EE/php applications
Moodle, eFront and Chamilo deployment.
Billing system integrated into a Drupal Intranet
Administrative processing for public administrations.
Training and consulting on PostgreSQL
Web portals on Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress y Typo3

3. ADIANTE CONSULTORÍA, FROM 2011 ON
E-LEARNING
Strategic focus
Specialisation to improve value
provided to our customers
PRODUCTS ON
DRUPAL

4. PRODUCTS ON DRUPAL
• D-Campus: Drupal based product to manage a complete
educative community.
• In the oven:
– D-News: Publishing system on Drupal

5. WHAT IS A PRODUCT ON DRUPAL?
• Packaged software made of: Drupal + modules required to
concrete applications + improvement.
– Example: E-commerce solution could be: Drupal 7 + Ubercart + local
adaptations for a concrete market.
• More efficient deployment and system launching
– Quick mock-up
– Personalisation: labeling , customer processes, …
– Pass to production.

6. D-CAMPUS
• Herramienta de gestión de comunidades educativas.
– Definición de usuarios, perfiles, grupos y clases.
– Servicios de comunicación y coordinación accesibles vía internet y
dispositivos móviles.
• Servicios:
– Calendarios, propios y de grupo (clases, prácticas, etc.)
– Tareas, propias y enviadas por profesores con mecanismos de entrega
– Espacios para notas y marcadores privados o compartidos.
– Gestión de Portfolios, foros, perfiles, etc.
– Integración con Google Docs o Dropbox.
– Integración con cuentas de Twitter y Facebook.

7. WHAT IS A PROJECT LIKE
Requirement analysis and solution proposal.
Rapid prototype based on Products (D-Campus, D-News)
Fine tuning to cover customer requirements.
Customisation: business processes, corporate labeling,
integration to legacy.
Deployment and support

8. WHY DRUPAL
• One of the best CMS and reliable framework to support web
application development.
– Scalable, extensible, sound, …
– Many modules extending the system.
– Source code availability.
– It is easy to create modules to support a concrete feature.
• More at…
– http://www.drupal.org/
– http://www.drupalshowcase.com/
– http://www.planetdrupal.com/

9. E-LEARNING
ANALYSIS DEPLOYMENT TRACKING
Requirements Content preparation Course tutoring
Participant profile Instructional design Community
Contents Packaging Management
Objectives Testing and fine Participant evaluation
Budget tuning Reports
Access devices Pilots Feedback

10. BUILDING EFECTIVE E-LEARNING
http://www.imsglobal.org/
• Define project objectives and target profile.
• Packaging standards ease deployment: SCORM ó IMS
http://www.adlnet.gov/
• Added services e-campus like
– Portfolios, communities, notes, taks,...
• Available through PC, Pads, smartphones, …
• Indicators analysis for continuous improvement.

11. MORE ON BUILDING EFECTIVE E-LEARNING
• Enthusiastic tutor will lead to enthusiastic participants
• Contents will be in line with objectives of each part.
– When is it required a video or animation?
– When shall I need some text to deepen into a topic?
– When a game may help?
• Auto-testing for participants is the best way for they to know
how things are going.
• Encourage personal relationships among participants
– Is it possible an off-line session?
– L+B (Learn & Beers ) Why not a social event?
– Exploit web 2.0 to make people socialise.

12. SUMMARY
• Drupal Consulting • E-learning for your company.
• Products on Drupal
– D-Campus
– D-News

13. CONTACT
WWW.adiante-csi.com /// @: adiante@adiante-csi.com