4. Not The Same Old Story
Think Global and Think Virtual
The Cloud is the new paradigm
Get the best, where ever it is available
Internet is getting better and cheaper
IT Capacity in Uganda
The best is hard to get
Still in the traditional paradigm
5. virtualuni.ac.ug
Project site to become main portal for the VUU
Hosted in UG - Mountbatten
Build on Drupal 7 (Open Source)
#1 Open Source Content Management System
Extendible and allows integration with other
platforms
Designed for Education
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7. mail.virtualuni.ac.ug
Google Apps for Education
Full suite
Email, storage, information sharing, collaboration,
blogs, intranet, hosted applications etc
Full Academic License
Unlimited users (staff and students)
All advantages of Google support
99.99% uptime and secure
Easy to maintain (all hard work done by Google)
Used by Leading Universities
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9. mail.virtualuni.ac.ug ++
Several additions to the basic platform
Postini Threat Identification:
Increased security for staff and students
Aviary Design Suite:
Powerful online creation tools
Engrade Gradebook
#1 online gradebook
Manymoon
Social productivity project and
task management
10. myvirtualuni.ac.ug
Our learning platform
Moodle: #1 Open Source Learning Management
System
Content management, student management,
grade management, etc
Library
Hosted in by Stoas Learning NL
Leading supplier eLearning & Moodle partner
Full support of experts
Daily backup
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12. ourvirtualuni.pbworks.com
Our intranet and knowledge network
Wiki technology
Can be viewed and edited by all staff members
Hosted by PBWorks - US
Leading supplier in hosted wiki services
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15. The Administration building
Fast and reliable Fiber internet connection
As fast and reliable as it gets in UG (Roke)
Wireless in the building
All offices equipped with PCs and Internet
Resource center
Finance and student admin
Free and Open Source software platforms
16. The Big Picture Again
Google Apps Webportal LMS Intranet
Simple OK OK OK
Stable OK OK OK
Best of Breed OK OK OK OK
Low recurrent OK OK OK OK
cost
Insource OK OK OK OK
expertise
Reduce OK OK
vulnerabilities (with postini)
17. Not the Same Old Story - Rev
The VUU infrastructure and eLearning
environment is:
New and innovative
Works with the best engineers
Distributed and safe
Low recurrent costs
Average IT skills needed locally
Backed up by market leaders and leading
technology
