Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit
Published: June 30, 2008
Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) enables educators to create course plans and assignments out of any document in SharePoint. With SLK, educators can:
| • | Distribute and work together on assignments with students. |
| • | NEW! Grade assignments based on multiple criteria they choose, and then combine those scores into a final grade. |
| • | NEW! Plan courses and curriculum—even to the detail of including learning and assessment activities. |
Detailed assessment data from interactive assignments are supported through support for SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2, and Class Server formats. Basic assignment and tracking functions are available for any electronic document. Meaning, you can assign and receive back from students everything from rich eLearning SCORM resources to standard Office documents—even PDF and MP3 files.
To empower community extensions and enrichment, SLK is supports developer accessibility and has been released to the Shared Source programs at no cost under the Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL) agreement.Partners can work directly with the source code to build SCORM-compliant assignment management and other education specific workflows directly into their solutions. To get the latest SLK software and source code go to CodePlex, SharePoint Learning Kit.
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Features at a glance
NEW! Curriculum planning tools | | • | Create complete curriculum plans—including both digital and analog content, as well as learning activities and assessment activities. |
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Certified SCORM 2004 support and full support for SCORM 1.2 and Microsoft Class Server formats | | • | Support for interactive branching, multimedia, and active content are possible with SCORM 2004, the most widely accepted worldwide e-learning content standard | | • | Protects your investment in Class Server content with full support for Class Server Learning Resources |
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Basic support for any electronic document | | • | Get assignment delivery and tracking for Microsoft Office documents, media files, PDF files, and any other document in a SharePoint Document Library |
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Ground-up integration with SharePoint | | • | Easy to deploy because no separate provisioning is required for SLK. It gets its data from SharePoint products and technologies | | • | Configuration and scaling are easy, building on the SharePoint built-in process | | • | True SharePoint integrated authentication and roles |
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Designed for community development and extension | | • | Much deeper customization and plug-in development opportunities |
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Student-centric design | | • | Enables students to self-assign content | | • | Enables students to participate in virtual classes | | • | Enables students to audit classes if approved by instructor |
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NEW! Grade book | | • | Grade activities based on criteria (potentially multiple criteria) that that educators can choose | | • | Combine assignment grades into a final course grade | | • | Use enhanced integrated communications tools |
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Partners
These partners are engaged in developing solutions built on or including SLK. Contact them for more information on how to implement a SLK solution in your institution.
NuSoft Solutions | Troy, Michigan, United States | Nusoft Solutions is a gold certified Microsoft Partner and winner of the 2006 Partner of the year award in three catagories. |
Civica | Hampshire, United Kingom | Civica is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner working with more than 1,500 organizations internationally. |
Denali Advanced Integration | Redmond, WA, United States | Denali Advanced Integration is a Microsoft Certifed Gold Partner. |
ITop | Orsay Cedex, France | ITop is a Microsoft Cetified Partner that deploys SLK. |
ITWorx | Cairo, Egypt | ITWorx is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with extensive experience deploying and providing both technical and end-user training surrounding SLK. |
LP+ | Borehamwood, Hertforshire United Kingdom | LP+ Limited is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, providing a solution for a school's or local authority's e-learning, communication, and information management needs. |
LodeStar Learning | Stillwater, Minnesota United States | LodeStar provides an eLearning authoring tool. Instructors can choose from a wide variety of templates, fill in their content, and export to the Web or to their online course. |
NuSoft Solutions | Troy, Michigan, United States | Nusoft Solutions is a gold certified MS Partner and winner of the 2006 Partner of the year award in three catagories. |
SIVECO Romania | Bucharest, Romania | SIVECO Romania is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, providing eLearning, eHealth, eBusiness, and eGovernment solutions. |
SolutionsIQ | Redmond, WA, United States | SolutionsIQ is an experienced SLK solutions provider. |
Solutions IT | Balcatta, WA, Australia | Scholaris International is now active across Asia Pacific and Canada, and soon to be in the UK. |
Teksys Limited | Hampshire, United Kingdom | Teksys is one of Microsoft’s top tier Gold Partners and holds five MS-certified competencies. Teksys has implemented numerous Microsoft portal solutions to education organizations. |
Wortell | Amstelveen, Netherlands | Wortell is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in deploying SLK |
Next steps
The SLK and the new Add-On pack are covered by the Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL) and available at no cost. We invite you to engage with us online through the SLK community to learn more.
