This document provides an overview of CDH and how Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 can enable classroom collaboration. CDH is an IT consulting firm that has been in business for 20 years and focuses on open source solutions. WSS 3.0 is a free collaboration platform that includes libraries, wikis, blogs, calendars and more. The presenter demonstrates features of WSS 3.0 and discusses add-ons like the SharePoint Learning Kit that further enhance its classroom utility. Hardware, software and additional resource requirements for implementing WSS 3.0 are also outlined.

1. CDH
CDH Open Source for Schools
MAEDs 2010
Mark Becker

2. CDH Quick Facts
About Us Approach Partnerships
• 20th Year • Vendor Agnostic • Microsoft Gold
• Central Region Client
• Grand Rapids & • Non-reseller Experience Award Winner
Royal Oak • Professional • VMware Enterprise
• 25 Staff Services Only • Cisco Premier
• Novell Platinum
• Citrix Silver

3. CDH Expertise
Project Management Infrastructure P
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Collaboration Access & Identity Management

4. CDH About Me
• Mark Becker
PMP, MCSE, MCNE
MarkB@cdh.com

5. CDH Agenda
• Synopsis
• Introductions
• What is SharePoint?
– What is WSS?
– What is Included in WSS 3.0?
– Top Ten Benefits
• How Does WSS Enable Collaboration in the
Classroom?
• Feature Demonstration
• Questions & Answer Session

6. CDH Goal
• To provide guidance and resources to
support enabling collaboration in the
classroom with freely available Microsoft
tools.

7. CDH Microsoft Vision for Education
“We see the world as an enriched learning
environment in which pupils, teachers, and
education institutions can fully realize their
potential”

8. CDH What is SharePoint?
• Microsoft’s browser-based, document
management and collaboration platform
• Functionality is surfaced through web
parts
• Web parts added to web pages hosted via
IIS
• SQL Server database on “back end”
• Comes in three (3) editions:
– WSS 3.0
– MOSS Standard 2007
– MOSS Enterprise 2007

9. CDH What Do I Get with WSS 3.0?
• Stands for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Free add-on available for Windows Server 2003 &
2008
• Wraps “two-sides” of WSS with search and basic
workflow functionality
Libraries Content Version
Templates Publishing
Types Control
Team Discussion
Workspaces Wiki Blogs RSS
Boards

10. CDH Top Ten Benefits of WSS 3.0
1. Improve team productivity with easy-to-use collaborative tools
2. Easily manage documents and help ensure integrity of
content
3. Get users up to speed quickly
4. Deploy solutions tailored to your business processes
5. Build a collaboration environment quickly and easily
6. Reduce the complexity of securing business information
7. Provide sophisticated controls for securing company
resources
8. Take file sharing to a new level with robust storage
capabilities
9. Easily scale your collaboration solution to meet business
needs
10. Provide a cost-effective foundation for building Web-based
applications

11. CDH Hardware Requirements
• Single 2.5 GHz CPU
– Recommended: Dual 3 GHz CPU
• 1 GB RAM
– Recommended: 2 GB RAM
• 3 GB HDD Space (NTFS)
• DVD Drive
• 1024 x 768 resolution
• 56 Kbps connection to clients

12. CDH Software Requirements
• Requires Windows Server 2003 w/ SP1
• Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0
• Enable ASP .NET 2.0
• SMTP Server
Internet Information
.Net Framework 3.0 ASP .NET 2.0 SMTP Server
Services

13. CDH Feature Demonstration
• OK, we’ve talked about it long enough…let’s
see what we actually get with WSS 3.0!

14. CDH Out of the Box Features
• Announcements: Create announcements and use alerts to “broadcast” to your
users.
• Calendar: Contains holidays, test days and other important event information.
• Contacts: Centralized location for public address book.
• Tasks: Action items and people assigned to them.
• Wiki: Yes, you can create your own wiki with SharePoint.
• Blog: Yes, you can also create public and private blogs with SharePoint.
• Discussion Board: These are your typical “BBS style” message boards.
• Image Library: Control all authorized images and logos.
• Forms Library: Maintain all official forms and templates in the forms library.
• Document Library: Create centralized repositories for documents, while letting
SharePoint control versions, updates and permissions.
• Search: Make it even easier to find your content with Search Server 2008
Express!
• Surveys: Ask your audience what they really think, what they want to see,
need from your site, etc.
• RSS Feeds: Just about everything can have its own RSS feeds and email
alerts!
• Security Trimming: Control who see what, down to the item level.

15. CDH Microsoft Learning Gateway
• Framework for designing and provisioning
a school or district-wide learning portal
• Personalized sites for students, teachers
and parents
• Guidance for integrating SharePoint,
Exchange and OCS
• “My Planner”, s calendaring application for
students and parents
– A single, consolidated view of classes,
assignments, the school calendar and
extracurricular events

16. CDH SharePoint Learning Kit
• SharePoint Learning Kit
– SharePoint Learning Kit is a SCORM 2004 certified e-learning
delivery and tracking application built as a Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0 solution. It works with either
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007, and has the following core features:
• Supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and Class Server content,
allowing users to store and manage this content in SharePoint
document libraries.
• Supports learner-centric and instructor-led (assigned) workflows.
• Allows assignment, tracking and grading of both e-learning and
non-e-learning content.

17. CDH Other Free Add-ons of Interest
• SharePoint Community Kit
– The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web
Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a
community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of
people with a common interest.
• Enhanced Blog Edition
• Enhanced Wiki Edition
• Internet/Extranet Edition
• User Group Edition
• SharePoint Podcasting Kit
– Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device
(Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device)
– Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them
on PKS on your own.
– Find the most relevant content using the five star rating system, tag cloud,
search engine and provide your feedback via comments.
• Search Server 2008 Express
– “Bolt On” addition available for WSS 3.0 which will provide enterprise search
functionality in free edition of SharePoint!

18. CDH References
• To review details of the hardware and software
requirements for WSS, click here
• To simply download WSS 3.0, click here
• To download any of the solutions that we incorporated in
our demo environment (and more) visit CodePlex where
you can download:
– SharePoint Learning Kit
– SharePoint Community Kit
– SharePoint Podcasting Kit
• To read C/D/H’s Learning Gateway article, click here
• Also, you can enhance your search functionality with
Search Server 2008 Express by downloading it here.
• To download any of the Fab 40 site templates, click here

19. CDH Thank You!
• If you have any questions, you can reach
me at markb@cdh.com.
• You can also visit our blog at
www.cdhtalkstech.com to pick up tips from
our consultants or learn more about our
firm at www.cdh.com.

20. CDH
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