- Harvard is migrating all iSites to more sustainable platforms by the end of FY16 due to the outdated iSites platform. Over 1100 iSites in FAS need to be identified, inventoried, and migrated.
- The migration process involves reviewing requirements, identifying a new platform, learning the platform, and migrating content which HUIT will assist with.
- Several challenges include ensuring appropriate permissions, features, accessibility, and confidentiality on the new platforms. HUIT is working to address gaps and improve compliance.
- Significant progress has been made, but over 1000 FAS iSites still need migration by the end of the project.
Tips for Driving Learning Success with Moodle LMS ReportingLambda Solutions
As your courses run, your learners participate, and your instructors design, Moodle learning management systems create and store a wealth of data just underneath the hood. All of the information you need to optimize your system, report on the effectiveness of your courses, and identify opportunities for learner intervention are waiting to be analyzed, visualized, and shared.
Join Stewart Rogers, the Lambda Solutions reporting and analytics expert, to discover how you can use reporting and analytics in your Moodle LMS to drive learning success. This webinar will demonstrate what you can gain from analytic insights into your learner data created through Moodle, and provide tips and tricks on how you can quickly access, analyze, and share this information for actionable insights that will help you improve the effectiveness of your learning programs.
Attend the live webinar to learn how to:
- Monitor student progress and identify intervention opportunities
- Report on student activity and engagement within your courses
- Collect and visualize compliance data
- Assess “time spent” by your learners and instructors
- Analyze trends in the effectiveness of your learning programs
SIS integration with Moodle using Learning Information Services (LIS)Psydev
A brief presentation on the pros and cons of taking a standards based approach in integrating Moodle with third party Student Information Systems. This presentation was given at moodlemoot.ie 2013.
Tips for Driving Learning Success with Moodle LMS ReportingLambda Solutions
As your courses run, your learners participate, and your instructors design, Moodle learning management systems create and store a wealth of data just underneath the hood. All of the information you need to optimize your system, report on the effectiveness of your courses, and identify opportunities for learner intervention are waiting to be analyzed, visualized, and shared.
Join Stewart Rogers, the Lambda Solutions reporting and analytics expert, to discover how you can use reporting and analytics in your Moodle LMS to drive learning success. This webinar will demonstrate what you can gain from analytic insights into your learner data created through Moodle, and provide tips and tricks on how you can quickly access, analyze, and share this information for actionable insights that will help you improve the effectiveness of your learning programs.
Attend the live webinar to learn how to:
- Monitor student progress and identify intervention opportunities
- Report on student activity and engagement within your courses
- Collect and visualize compliance data
- Assess “time spent” by your learners and instructors
- Analyze trends in the effectiveness of your learning programs
SIS integration with Moodle using Learning Information Services (LIS)Psydev
A brief presentation on the pros and cons of taking a standards based approach in integrating Moodle with third party Student Information Systems. This presentation was given at moodlemoot.ie 2013.
Repensando o ESB: sua arquitetura SOA, usando APIsFábio Rosato
Quando pensamos em adotar uma arquitetura orientada a serviços pensa-se em adotar um ESB - Enterprise Services Bus.
Normalmente, isso significa ferramentas caras e difíceis de operar, o que é uma pena, porque um ESB simplifica a evolução e conectividade em sistemas legados, desacoplando e tendo baixo impacto no ambiente.
Esses são requisitos necessários para inovação rápida e digitalização dos negócios atuais.
Grandes empresas, como a Simpress, estão destravando seus back-ends legados, com um ESB via implementação de APIs internas, como um catalisador de estratégias digitais.
Nesse webinar, vamos mergulhar em um cenário de adoção do conceito ESB a partir de uma abordagem lightweight usando APIs internas como alternativa aos ESBs tradicionais.
SAP #BOBJ #BI 4.1 Upgrade Webcast Series 8: Converting Desktop Intelligence R...SAP Analytics
Learn about best practices for planning and converting SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence reports to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and how you can leverage the #DeskI Compatibility Pack in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 to smooth your upgrade. Topics covered during this webinar replay include:
- Why to convert your #DeskI documents and how to plan your conversion
- How to use the report conversion tool
- Best practices and tips, as well as sample conversions
- How to leverage the #DeskI Compatibility Pack
This webinar replay is part of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Upgrade Webinar Series: http://spr.ly/BI41_Migration_Webinars.
http://www.sapbusinessobjectsbi.com/
Marlabs Capabilities Overview: Banking and Finance Marlabs
Marlabs helps customers build robust applications, manage infrastructure, provide real-time analytics, tighten risk management, and improve operational efficiency. With Marlabs as the agile and experienced partner, clients can realize greater returns on their IT investments.
Marlabs’ solutions and services help retailers leverage data to make decisions that can help improve customer experience, operational efficiency and reduce costs. Our customizable solutions—IT and infrastructure, portal development and other Web based solutions, data warehouse enhancement, and automated inventory management—provide operational efficiency, productivity and cost savings.
(ISM310) Scholastic's Strategy to Integration as a ServiceAmazon Web Services
As a global publishing house, Scholastic Corporation has brought to market titles such as Clifford the Big Red Dog and series like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. Scholastic is in the midst of a multi-year technology transformation, which will move it out of the data center business and all-in on AWS. This session will discuss Scholastic’s DevOps model, which has allowed it to quickly deploy traditional software systems to AWS. It will also discuss how Scholastic addressed enterprise integration challenges by developing “Integration as a Service” and building parallel feeds into Amazon Redshift and other AWS data warehouse and analytics platforms.
Ellucian Live 2014 Presentation on Reporting and BIKent Brooks
The Wyoming Community College State System made the strategic decision to migrate seven community colleges to the Colleague by Ellucian SQL platform and deploy BusinessObjects as their reporting solution with the strategic goal to develop one state-wide reporting solution. This session will feature Caper College's journey, the collaboration with all six colleges, and a review of the data design and reporting strategy from the reporting solutions consultant.
Enterprise-level Transition from SAS to Open-source Programming for the whole...Kevin Lee
The paper is written for those who wants to learn the enterprise-level transition from SAS to open-source programming. The paper will introduce the transition project that the whole department of 150+ SAS programmers has completely moved from SAS to Open-source programming.
The paper will start with the scopes of the project – Analytic platform switch from SAS Studio to R Pro Server, converting the existing SAS codes to R/Python codes, Window server to AWS Cloud computing environment, and the transition of SAS programmers to R/Python programmers. It will also discuss the challenges of the project such as inexperience in Open-source Programming, new analytic platform, and change management. The paper will introduce how the transition-support team, executive leadership and SAS programmers have overcome the challenges together during the project.
The paper will also discuss the difference in SAS and Open-source language and programming, and it will show some examples of the conversion of SAS codes to R/Python codes. Finally, it will close with the benefits of the Open-source programming transition and the lessons learned from the project.
Fast, Flexible Application Development with Oracle Database Cloud ServiceGustavo Rene Antunez
Developing applications to run on the most important Database Manager in the world ? Why not do it in the cloud? With Oracle Database Cloud Service, developers can quickly and easily access the power and flexibility of the Oracle database in the cloud. With a choice between an instance or a dedicated database with full administrative control, or a schema dedicated to a development platform and full deployment managed by Oracle, developers can decide how much control they have over their development environments. Attend this session to learn more about the features and benefits of Oracle Database Cloud.
Communicating configurations - visualizing IT service maps and other configur...Robert Cowham
This presentation looks at techniques for communicating configurations of IT infrastructure. This includes data center rack diagrams, floor plans, network topology diagrams and ITIL service maps.
Understand how a business services depends on the underlying applications, databases, virtual and physical machines. Communicate the potential impact of a server fault on applications and services.
The Slippery Slope of Migrating to SharePoint Online or On-PremiseAdam Levithan
SharePoint migrations rarely turn out as you plan them, are sometimes risky, and too often take longer than planned. Over the last 10 years of migrating from SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010 to the latest versions of SharePoint/Office 365, we’ve seen a consistent theme: organizations underestimate the complexity and level of effort required for a successful migration.
Whether you are planning to complete your own migration, or engaging a vendor to assist, this tutorial will discuss precautions you can take to avoid the slippery slope experienced in SharePoint migrations.
During this tutorial, we will:
•Evaluate options of moving content from various systems of origin (including previous versions of SharePoint and non-Microsoft CMS)
•Go through the assessment steps to understand the full landscape of your existing environment
•Review methodologies for moving content from one environment to the next
•Review a check list of precautions you should take in migrating to either SharePoint 2013 on-premise or online
•Create a migration strategy you can take back to your organization
SharePoint migrations rarely turn out as you plan them, are sometimes risky, and too often take longer than planned. Over the last 10 years of migrating from SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010 to the latest versions of SharePoint/Office 365, we’ve seen a consistent theme: organizations underestimate the complexity and level of effort required for a successful migration.
Whether you are planning to complete your own migration, or engaging a vendor to assist, this tutorial discussed precautions you can take to avoid the slippery slope experienced in SharePoint migrations.
During this tutorial, we:
Evaluate options of moving content from various systems of origin (including previous versions of SharePoint and non-Microsoft CMS)
Go through the assessment steps to understand the full landscape of your existing environment
Review methodologies for moving content from one environment to the next
Review a check list of precautions you should take in migrating to either SharePoint 2013 on-premise or online
Create a migration strategy you can take back to your organization
3 Things to Learn:
-How data is driving digital transformation to help businesses innovate rapidly
-How Choice Hotels (one of largest hoteliers) is using Cloudera Enterprise to gain meaningful insights that drive their business
-How Choice Hotels has transformed business through innovative use of Apache Hadoop, Cloudera Enterprise, and deployment in the cloud — from developing customer experiences to meeting IT compliance requirements
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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2. The value of iSites
Course iSites are typically recreated each
year. Not so with standard iSites.
iSites are important administrative tools,
used for:
• Public facing communication
• Administrative functions
• Private collaborations
• And so on – iSites can do everything!
But the iSites platform is built on old
technology and is no longer sustainable.
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3. What does this mean for you?
Migrating your iSite is not always a simple process. It
might require you to:
• Review and confirm your business requirements
• Find a platform that meets those requirements
• Check that you have access to that platform
• Learn how to use the new platform
• Get buy-in from your stakeholders
• Inventory your site
• Migrate navigation, content, images, video and files
• Launch a new site, with a new domain name
But we are here to help.
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4. It’s not just retiring the platform
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We are working towards these outcomes:
• Sustainable web platforms that meet key
website owner needs
• Improved overall user experiences
• Strategic solutions to issues identified
during discovery process
• Comprehensive, accurate reporting
• Repository of website data for future
• Informed and satisfied customers
• Retirement of the iSites platform
5. We have a process
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With over 1100 iSites in FAS and no easy way to identify the owners or their
department, we have to be efficient. Our process is:
• Empty sites - Make Inactive
• Affiliation – Match administrators to departments using Midas
• Liaisons – Find someone to help manage the iSites in departments
• Emails – Send to liaisons with list of iSites and status updates
• Survey – Collect metadata for each iSite that will migrate to other platforms
• Support – Partner with you to help with migrations
• Tracking – Update iSite status in Salesforce
6. We planned on two phases
The plan:
• Phase One – FY15
– Identify all iSites that will NOT migrate
and retire them (make them inactive)
• Phase Two – FY16
– Migrate all remaining iSites to a new
platform
The reality:
– It’s not that simple…
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7. Web platforms - not available to everyone
• OpenScholar – anyone with a Harvard ID
• Harvard Wikis –anyone with a Harvard ID
• Harvard Blog – academic content only
• Harvard SharePoint – for CA, HDS, HSPH, FAS,
GSE, GSD, and Radcliffe
• Harvard Google Sites – for FAS
• Harvard Qualtrics –anyone with a Harvard ID
except HMS, Dental, and HBS
• Canvas –informal learning experiences only
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8. There are feature gaps
Retiring the iSites platform leaves some gaps in our
web service delivery, especially around:
– Permissions
– Signup tools
– Granular access
– Video publishing
This process has also raised other issues:
– Accessibility standards
– Confidentiality (Level 3) standards
– Collecting metadata for tracking and reporting
– Redirects and domain naming processes
– Replacing applications
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9. Any room on your roadmap?
We are talking to other teams in HUIT about:
– A central permission management system to replace the current
iCommons API
– A video solution that will meet the needs of non-course websites
– Accessibility compliance for web platforms to the WCAG 2 AA standard
– Confidentiality (Level 3) compliance for web platforms
– An archive solution for those iSites that require retention or preservation
– A redirect and domain naming solution for iSites that have migrated to
other platforms
– A signup tool for recurring events
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15. The good news is…
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• HLS has retired or migrated 97% (272/281)
• HKS has retired or migrated 90% (146/162)
• CA has retired or migrated 90% (934/1,039)
• HSPH has retired or migrated 82% (494/604)
• HUIT has retired or migrated 85% (470/553)
• GSD has retired or migrated 81% (175/215)
• HDS has retired or migrated 76% (66/87)
• GSE has retired or migrated 74% (743/999)
• FAS has retired or migrated 71% (849/1,196)
• DCE has retired or migrated 13% (13/104)
16. But we still have a long way to go…1,145 iSites
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We will continue to plan, adjust, communicate, partner, and push until we get
there.
17. Thank You!
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Please contact me at kathleen_stuart@harvard.edu or visit our website
http://standardisites.harvard.edu for more information. You can see
progress reports from other schools at
http://standardisites.harvard.edu/dashboard.
If you have an iSite and want help with your next steps:
• Submit a ticket to ithelp@harvard.edu or
• Complete the form on our website
http://standardisites.harvard.edu/support-form or
• Contact your IT support team at your school or department or
• Contact me directly
