Cs Slk Notification

Special Notice

Class Server

Class Server Retirement

What’s happening to Class Server and what you need to know about its successor May 2007 update The successor to Class Server, the SharePoint Learning Kit, is a standards-compliant eLearning tool that makes it easy for educators to distribute electronic resources in their curriculum.

What’s Happening to Class Server? Microsoft has finished development on new Learning Server technology that works with the newest SharePoint technology. As a result, Class Server was discontinued on December 31, 2006 and removed from all Microsoft price lists as of that date.

source Editor. To help you protect your investment, the SharePoint Learning Kit will run all of your existing Class Server resources. The Learning Resource Editor will continue to work on Windows XP with IE6 should you need to edit or update Class Server resources used with SLK.

What’s Next

Rich interactive content is supported with full SCORM 2004 compliance and basic functions are supported for any electronic document.

The SharePoint Learning Kit! New code from the ground up, SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is a standards-compliant eLearning tool for SharePoint 2007 that makes it easy for educators to distribute electronic resources. Rich interactive content is supported with full SCORM 2004 compliance and basic assignment distribution, tracking and grading functions are supported for any electronic document. The SharePoint Learning Kit was released on January 10, 2007 as Community Source, and is available free of charge. Current release builds are now available free of charge at http://www.codeplex.com/slk.

Protecting Your Investment

SharePoint Learning Kit will be released January 10, 2007 as Community Source, available free of charge.

We recognize that you may have a significant investment in the content you have developed for Class Server with the Learning Resource Editor as well as investments in staff professional development using the Learning Re-

Technology Transition Period Many institutions may not upgrade to SLK & SharePoint 2007 for a year or more. We want to support institutions that wish to continue using Class Server and SharePoint 2003 as they transition. Effective immediately, we have waived the user and machine CAL requirement for all Class Server 4 users. Also, for owners of a Class Server 4 – Server license, we now allow the licensee to replicate and use the Server in perpetuity. (You must continue using Windows XP and IE6 to continue using Class Server.) It is our hope that these accommodations let you get the most from your Class Server 4 investment while you evaluate SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint Learning Kit.

Class Server Support

Migrating to SLK

Users worldwide can now use an international vendor for Class Server and Learning Gateway support on Windows XP and IE6. This model is the same as has been used in Europe and Asia for some time now. US customers will enjoy Learning Gateway support along with their Class Server support for the first time. Support incidents with this vendor have been pre-paid by Microsoft through 2007.

Learning Resources – Class Server learning resources will work in SLK SharePoint 2003 Sites – SLK requires SharePoint 2007. Class Server web parts do not work in SharePoint 2007, and must be removed by a manual process Provisioning Data – SLK gets its class, student, and teacher data from SharePoint site structure and membership. There is no need to migrate Class Server provisioning. Historical Student Assignment Data - No migration tool included. (Please check www.LearningGateway.net for the latest info on migration tools that may be available)

Create assignments directly from the content repository in which you find them. No copy-paste manipulation means technology that is easier to use.

Next Steps 

Download the SharePoint Learning Kit Overview from the www.LearningGateway.net site.

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Read the Learning Gateway roadmap on www.LearningGateway.net

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Download the SharePoint Learning Kit from http://www.codeplex.com/slk and try it out!

Additional Resources The Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit page:

The Learning Gateway Community Page:

http://www.microsoft.com/education/SLK.mspx

http://www.LearningGateway.net

Download SLK from CodePlex.com:

Learn more about Community Source:

http://CodePlex.com (search for SLK)

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource

What’s Different Between Class Server and SharePoint Learning Kit? Beyond Class Server  More options for assignable content.  Users can self-assign work to themselves and have multiple roles.  Easier to install and administer.  Full support for Vista, IE7, and SharePoint 2007 Missing from SLK  No built-in authoring tool (though Class Server’s Learning Resource Editor will still work)  No PC-based offline client to install.  No pre-set standards framework. (Standards reporting is up to the content) A full matrix can be found in the appendix of the SLK Customer Overview PowerPoint deck on the http://www.LearningGateway.net site.

The SharePoint Learning Kit is compatible with the following content formats: SCORM 2004 2nd Edition, Version 1.3.1 with the SCORM 2004 2nd Edition Addendum Version 1.2 • SCORM 1.2 • Class Server (LRM and IMS+)

System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2003 server or higher • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 • PC with a Intel Pentium III-compatible processor; 1GHz or faster processor recommended • 512 MB of RAM required; 1GB or more recommended • 2 GB of available hard-disk space • SVGA 800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor ©2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no claim or warranties, expressed or implied, in this summary. Microsoft, Windows, and SharePoint are all either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other coun-