Office 365/Sharepoint/Teacher Dashboard Help/Advice

[profit10]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm feeling quite overwhelmed at the moment as I've been burdened with setting up a VLE of sorts that SLT want up and running for Septemember along with everything else that needs doing this summer, but I'll try to refrain from ranting about that!

 

Basically, SLT keep throwing around the word VLE but don't really know what it means, as in the capabilities and what it can do for the school nor can they give a straightforward answer as to exactly what it is they want. They also don't want to pay for it so that leaves it down to Moodle or from what I've read on here using 365 along with Sharepoint 2013 and teacher dashboard.

 

What they have told me is they want a front page where students/staff can login. Once logged in the front page will have news/blog and links to a calendar, email, shared documents etc. So I'm guessing this can be done with a Sharepoint site?

 

They also want a means for students to submit homework, teachers mark it and return to the student which I've seen can be done with Dashboard. Does this tie in with the Sharepoint site?

 

Other than that they haven't really told me what they want but tomorrow I have a meeting to explain what can be done with 365/Sharepoint as I told them this was probably the route to take.

 

I have minimal experience with this and have only just set up our Office365 so trying to take it all on board is quite taxing at the minute. If anyone could provide a quick write up or bullet point what can be achieved with this set up, maybe some links to examples of this being implemented or some guides on it all that would be great. I have done my own research but some guidance would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks a lot.

[mikkydoos]

Tons of guides / tutorials on youtube.

 

There's a VLE called FrogLearn which isn't too expensive (I think £2500 a year) and is really good. Gives staff the ownership of creating their own content and is very intuitive.

It has AD and Exchange integration too. Went to their annual conference in Birmingham this Tuesday and some schools are doing some pretty awesome stuff with it.

 

Moodle is going to be difficult if you haven't got the time/skills in your team.

 

I've used O365 Sharepoint and its very complicated compared.

 

Good luck trying to get it off the ground. Take your time choosing the right product tho'

Edited June 18, 2015 by mikkydoos

[GeekyPete]

Yep you can do all that with sharepoint.

 

Also Take look at OneNote:

http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/07/introducing-onenote-class-notebooks-flexible-digital-framework-teaching-learning/

 

Interactive Demonstration video

Collaborating in the classroom with the OneNote Class Notebook Creator

 

Training Site

OneNote for Teachers - Interactive Guides

 

It will meet most of your needs and get some brownie point too.

[profit10]

Thanks for your input guys. I will check that out.