The rSmart Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) is the company's fully packaged, tested and supported distribution of the Sakai software. The CLE provides a feature-rich, fully scalable, enterprise ready software application that is unique in its ability to support teaching and learning, project collaboration, group interaction, and ePortfolio construction. It offers an open source collaboration environment that is polished, customizable, and fully supported by an accountable partner - rSmart.

1. Innovate
teachIng, LearnIng &
coLLaBoratIon
wIth SakaI
The rSmarT Sakai CLe
is the company’s fully packaged, tested and supported
distribution of the Sakai software. Similar to the way
redhat™ distributes and supports the Linux™ operating
system, rSmart distributes and supports Sakai.
The CLe provides a feature-rich, fully scalable, enterprise
ready software application that is unique in its ability to
support teaching and learning, project collaboration,
group interaction and ePortfolio construction. it offers an
open source collaboration environment that is polished,
customizable and fully supported by an accountable
partner — rSmart.
ThE rSmarT DIFFErENCE KEY CLE BENEFITS
With rSmart, you can be assured that your deployment of Sakai will be a success. Our Community Developed
User-Centered Design
experienced support and services staff work collaboratively with institutions of all types and
easy to Deploy and administer
sizes to achieve their educational and technological visions. We offer on-demand, highly-skilled
highly Configurable
consulting, training and professional services as well as guaranteed support. Through our CLe Flexible
support subscriptions, we help customers keep their systems current, stable and operational so Customizable
Scalable
there’s no need to hire additional staff to keep up with the rapid pace of innovation common in
Cost effective
open source software development. as key Sakai stakeholders, we participate in, support and
Open License
help guide the direction of the Sakai software, serving as your voice to the larger community. No Software License Fees
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2. rSmarT SaKaI CLE
COLLabOraTiON & LearNiNg
eNvirONmeNT
Sakai is the world’s leading
open source platform for online
scholarly collaboration. Developed
b y t h e w o r l d ’s l e a d i n g e d u c a t i o n
institutions, it is based on the latest
web technologies and a flexible design
that accommodates the diverse needs
of educational institutions around
the globe. Sample Course (amCULT 300) home page
Project Sites
Personal Workspace
Users each have their own personal learning space Commonly used to support:
that can be used to: group collaboration
Faculty development work
Store and organize content
grant proposal writing
maintain personal calendars, web pages, blogs, wikis,
Doctoral committee work
and other Web 2.0 services
extra-curricular clubs
view aggregate information across all their group sites
Scientific research and collaboration
human resource administration
Course Sites institutional coordination
Comprehensive environment for teaching, learning,
Portfolio Sites
and project group collaboration in order to:
Combine artifacts from a classroom, co-curricular,
professional, and volunteer experiences to:
maintain a course home page and syllabus
keep a course calendar for deadlines and activities
Collect and share learning artifacts
manage assessments and grading
reflect on work in relation to educational standards
Provide targeted feedback
integrate knowledge across the curriculum
moderate online discussions
Demonstrate understanding of learning goals
Send private messages
guide students reflection on educational objectives
Sequence learning content
measure educational outcomes
manage site membership, roles and permissions
align goals with institutional mission
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