Cloud Software we use at CloudSource Solutions – Part two
February 2nd, 2012 // 3:59 am @ admin
I thought it would be a good idea as we get moving in 2012 to do a quick follow up post to my article from April 2011 about the ‘Cloud Software’ we use at CloudSource Solutions, to compare the shifts we have made through 2012. The great thing about using cloud based web apps is that generally [...]
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The Google Apps Education Marketplace turns one
January 31st, 2012 // 3:23 am @ admin
On January 25th 2012 the Google Apps Marketplace will be one year old. It’s been an amazing journey for what has become one of the most disruptive trends in EdTech and here is a brief overview of the marketplace and my predictions for where it is going.
Firstly what is the Google Apps Marketplace? Essentially it [...]
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CourseDirector presentation from LogicWing
January 7th, 2012 // 4:00 am @ admin
Below is a CourseDirector presentation from our Gold Partner ‘LogicWing’ from New York. LogicWing are highly recommended not just for CourseDirector support but also for any schools in the N.E. US looking for Google Apps training, set-up and support
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CourseDirector news New Year 2012
January 3rd, 2012 // 9:15 am @ admin
Firstly and most importantly “Happy New Year” from Dan, Mike, Aleh and all at CourseDirector and to say here’s to a successful 2012 for all! When we launched CourseDirector in the Google Apps Marketplace back in March we couldn’t have imagined that we would get to work with educators across the world, from London down [...]
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Why there’s no such thing as a free LMS
October 17th, 2011 // 9:07 am @ admin
Given the announcement from Pearson PLC that they will be introducing a free LMS into the Google Apps Marketplace we have been asked over the weekend for our thoughts on this and how we see it affecting our business model as an LMS in the Google Apps Marketplace. It’s important to say that the Pearson [...]
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CourseDirector Newsletter 11 October 2011
October 11th, 2011 // 3:11 am @ admin
Hello from CourseDirector, the number one LMS/VLE/Gradebook in the Google Apps Marketplace, that allows you to run all your courses through Google Apps for Education.
Just a quick reminder for new schools that if you would like to trial our way of working natively with Google Apps, but are not yet ready to roll out CourseDirector across all [...]
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Comparison of CourseDirector with Moodle
October 11th, 2011 // 3:02 am @ admin
Introduction:
Moodle, the open source LMS, is the clear leader in the ‘Learning Management System’/’Course Management System’ market with an estimated 55% of the market share. Due to Moodle being the dominant LMS we are often asked to provide a comparison of the CourseDirector LMS with the Moodle LMS so this post will attempt to do [...]
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CourseDirector Newsletter 03/10/2011
October 3rd, 2011 // 1:48 am @ admin
Just a brief update from CourseDirector, the number one LMS/VLE/Gradebook in the Google Apps Marketplace. Hopefully the start of the new school year is going well for all of you and things are approaching ‘normality’. Our focus recently has been on drastically improving our Gradebook, with enhanced grading, attendance and report card functionality. When we started [...]
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CourseDirector Newsletter 8/9/2011
September 9th, 2011 // 5:07 am @ admin
New improved Gradebook
Our main focus in the past three weeks at CourseDirector has been on improving our gradebook functionality, which we have given a huge overhaul. We feel we already have a simple to use and highly integrated LMS, but many of our customers wanted more advanced grading functionality so we responded.
We have now rolled out [...]
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Press release from our Dubai partner LAPT Education
July 30th, 2011 // 11:57 pm @ admin
Date : 27th July 2011
LAPT Education has entered into partnership with CloudSource Solutions to offer consultancy and IT solutions for organisations operating in the education sector. CourseDirecor the LMS system developed by CloudSource Solutions is best suited for this region as it builds on the powerful features of Google Apps for Education the most recent [...]
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