2012-06-12 Launching Sakai Successfully with a Hosting Partner

Description

Are you considering adopting Sakai? Are you investigating whether or not to host and support it yourself? If so, then you would benefit from attending this session in which representatives from Pepperdine University, an institution that has been using Sakai for three years, and the Longsight Group, a Sakai commercial affiliate that provides hosting services and concomitant support, will share the secret to a successful implementation of Sakai and why you may wish to seek hosting partner.

In 2009, Pepperdine personnel had no experience with Sakai nor resources to host it, yet desired to pilot the product. The Longsight Group submitted the winning RFP and was commissioned to host and support the service. The pilot was tremendously successful, the transition from pilot to production was seamless, and the relationship between Pepperdine and Longsight has grown into a partnership that results in positive faculty and student experiences with Sakai.

Representatives from each side of the relationship will share their advice to other institutions considering hosting Sakai -- what works, what doesn't, and how to create a true partnership.

Materials

• Pepperdine LMS Survey and decision to adopt Sakai (PDF)
• SlideShare Link
• Google Link

See the SlideShare link above for the "notes" pages of the presentation. Or use the Google Link and click Speaker Notes from the gear icon.

Additional Resources

• Pilot to Production materials from Sakai 2011 conference in Los Angeles, CA