WorkingMum

i know that here in Wirral there is 1 school who are planning to go straight to Life in May. they cant wait !!! they have planned what they want to use and structure, look feel etc and have downloaded content they want to keep and reuse. they said it has made them focus on a real housekeeping job of what is on their current Uniservity VLE and have had good convos on what of worthwhile and what can be dumped. The remainder are also champing at the bit just like us and discussing whether to wait for migration tools or just go for it. this has got to be the most exciting thing ever,well I think so, and if you have played in the sandpit it is so easy to use. one thing no one has mentioned is the Innovative Teachers network which is alreday part of the current cLc2 version and you again get it for free . the stuff currently up there is fab and saves you loads of time 'cos colleagues post what they have done, how to diy and examples of kids work ! why re invent the wheel. if you havent looked at it register and discover Benny Bear etc and the rest

if you are an existing Uniservity user the upgrade to LIFe is free. the current product we have been assured will be supported until at least April 2013. We have also been assured that the users, content and structure can be migrated over to LIFE. seems a lot of disinformation out there regarding LIFE imho

Hi – we use UniServity on Wirral, and the position that we’ve been told is that Life is released next month (April) for new customers, and that the migration path from the cLc to Life for existing customers is available from September. There is ‘sandpit’ access to Life available now which we’re using to get used to Life. If you go to Blog - Uniservity | Uniservity | The Learning Innovations Company you can register for it there. Hope this helps. we and many colleagues are really excited about LIFE and some colleagues have already decided to launch it in April for the new academic term.

Hi – we use UniServity on Wirral, and the position that we’ve been told is that Life is released next month (April) for new customers, and that the migration path from the cLc to Life for existing customers is available from September. There is ‘sandpit’ access to Life available now which we’re using to get used to Life. If you go to Blog - Uniservity | Uniservity | The Learning Innovations Company you can register for it there. Hope this helps

hi ict co ordinator just noticed you and 3204 are in same area. dont you both have same needs maybe you could join forces ? not sure which school you are in wirral as number of kids seems very large, are you the new pathfinder one and if so you could ask your managed service provider for help here, I think it may be in their remit. worth an ask best wishes

Ok in that case can you make sure you have the capacity to do this ? Bet if you are like us you have a very short deadline and prob being asked to deliver asap !! Think you are on a very fast learning curve of you going to get a moodle site up fast that is at least the same as your current VLE ! Suggest you keep posting here this crowd are fab at helping newbies. Best of luck

But isn't this company one that provides solutions based around Talmus which costs also? Surely if they want to go for a no cost system then suggesting a company to contact when they want to do it al themselves using open source isn't an option ? Or am I totally wrong here ?

But isn't this company one that provides solutions based sound Talmus which costs also?

Hi are you a school college or a FE one ? Reason I ask if the difference in what would be required by these different audiences . Do you have a big enough broadband capacity to cope and do you have Moodle experts to help set this up and with alt he cuts are you sure you can keep all the staff in post ? Don't want to curb your idea but suggest it will need very careful costing before you start. Good luck and post back if you need any help advice etc ?

if you dont want schools to be classed as ISPs then i suggest you take part in the consultation fast before you end up with having to adhere to the Act and it's full implications and obligations on school which will be costly. this is not the time to play the wait and see game, it needs clarifying now before it is passed in it's presnt form

most of the RBCs were there and I attended a meeting with our local RBC last week with other colleagues where the facts impications etc from that meeting were clearly laid out i have asked them to post their comments on this forum in reply to your questions but if we dont act now and make the practicalities of this Act re schools operation clear then things will be dire

great someone who sees the big picture. you can make a difference post your vies on the Consultation asap. Edugeek is a big player in the Industry and we need people to register their concerns before this Act is passed

yes interesting isn't it that the consultation finishes on July 30th and this Consult and implications of the Act seems to have gone under the radar so we all haven't picked it up?

sorry but you are being very naive here. there was a meeting 2 weeks ago attended by lawyers, RBC reps etc and jury still out on who will be classed as the ISP. it was stated at this meet that RBCs, LAs and schools will not be exempt and may be classed as ISPs. also the 400,000 user setting may be altered and the fine is £250,000.00 wake up all of you fast and submit your views .yes I know this is our busiest time of year when the kids etc have all gone ... but if this act goes through as it stands we are all in danger. well tried to warn you but /////

I cant belive no-one has an opinion on this. do you all realise that if it goes ahead as it stands schools can have theur Internet Access removed if there are 3 (as it stands now) infringements of copyright? basically schools will be classed as ISPs and not only run the risk of loosing Net access, 3 strikes and you're out rule !!! so if any 3 members of staff/kids unwittingly breached this ACT prosecution will start. So schools etc will have to shell out money, they havent got, to make sure they can comply with all the ISP obligations in this Act and cover costs of all appeals , providing dat when requested, advising your users etc etc etc etc. the Act is being baked by the film and music indusrty but basically if you have published anything to the Net you own the copyright and can sue anyone who uses it for any purpose !!!! the RBCs can also be classed as ISps so can LAs etc etc. we only have 6 days left to get this Act ammended so that the ISO definition remains just witht he TELCOs. go read the full Act please maybe then some-one may have an opinion [/i]

dear all has anyone been following the progress of the DEA (Digital Economy Act)? does anyone else have views on how schools, LAs maybe even RBCs will be able to comply with all the obligations of the Act ? in these recent times of ever shrinking ICT budgets how are we going to protect schools and pupils and not be possibly faced with these huge costs to impement and then possibly fuerther costs if the Act is infringed? The OFCOM consultation is open until July 30th so please everyone add your concerns to the consult