About
A Living document capturing institutional and individual visions for an enterprise portal framework by higher education for higher education. Address problems we want to solve and descriptions of roles we see portals playing e.g customizable, personalizable user platform, service delivery mechanism
Summary
uPortal is a free, sharable portal under development by institutions of higher-education. This group sees an institutional portal as an abridged and customized version of the institutional Web presence... a "pocket-sized" version of the campus Web. Portal technology adds "customization" and "community" to the campus Web presence. Customization allows each user to define a unique and personal view of the campus Web. Community tools, such as chat, forums, survey, and so on, build relationships among campus constituencies.
uPortal is an open-standard effort using Java, XML, JSP and J2EE. It is a collaborative development project with the effort shared among several of the JA-SIG member institutions. You may download uPortal and use it on your site at no cost.
Individual/Institutional Vision Statements
SUNY Buffallo
"Improving the quality of lives (customer satisfaction) of our students by dehassling UB."
http://www.buffalo.edu/aboutmyub/projects_principles.html
University of Montana
The University of Montana enterprise portal will provide a single web platform for the integrated delivery of information, services and online communication tools to the University community. The enterprise portal will play a vital role in the attainment of many of the University's strategic initiatives. In particular, the portal will:
- Enhance recruitment and retention of quality students, faculty and staff by meeting high expectations for technology-enabled services.
- Enhance teaching, learning and research through the delivery of integrated resources and tools.
- Enhance University governance and management by improving business processes, knowledge management and communication.
- Provide tools for building strong community connections and collaboration with and among all stakeholders of the University.
- Connect The University of Montana with other universities in collaborative efforts to develop and implement advanced online services that will keep the University competitive into the future.
http://www.umt.edu/portalproject/mission.htm
University of Nottingham
Portal development is an integral part of the University's emerging eKnowledge strategy. Its aim is to provide an integrated personalised web environment for both staff and students allowing them to interact in a seamless, secure atmosphere for both teaching and research, and to provide the opportunity to optimise business processes and objectives.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/about/projects/portal/index.phtml