Open Session "JISC Service and Vendor Presentations"
This year's annual Institutional Web Management Workshop was held at the
University of Manchester on 6-8th July.
A session on
"JISC Service and Vendor Presentations"" was held in the Weston Theatre,
Manchester Conference Centre.
We are please to announce that this is an open session, which people can attend
without needing to register. This may be of particular interest to staff
at the University of Manchester, Manchester Metroploitan University and local
colleges who are interested in the services which the JISC Service can provide
and would like to hear more about Content Management Systems and Web Usage
software.
Further details are given below.
- Title:
- JISC Service and Vendor Presentations
- Abstract:
- We will be running a 'JISC Services and Vendor Slot' in which vendors of
commercial software will give brief presentations of their products.
In addition several JISC services will also participate and will describe the
services they provide.
- Time:
- This session will place from 16:00-17:30 on
Thursday 7th July 2005 in the Weston Lecture Theatre.
- Length of Presentations:
- Each of the speakers will talk for up to 10 minutes, with 5 minutes for
questions.
Details Of Presentations
- Nedstat, Ranjit Sidhu
- What do you know about your Web site visitors? How do they find you? How do
they navigate? Do they find the right route? Do they come back?
Sitestat gives you a direct insight into your Web site that enables you to
optimise your online communication. Sitestat is a service from
Nedstat,
European leader in Web site analytics. We aim to make Web site analytics
straightforward and accessible. So, our products are easy to use, reports
are clear and fast to access and the support we offer is personal and high
quality. Nedstat employs 115 people in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
Belgium, France and Germany.
- TERMINALFOUR
- TERMINALFOUR is a leading
provider of highly functional Enterprise Content Management Systems, eForms & Self Service
software and associated professional services. Our software enables organisations
to improve the creation, flow and delivery of information through various channels
including Web sites, personalised portals, intranets, extranets and utilising emerging
technologies. The company has a strong presence within a wide variety of sectors
including eGovernment, education, advertising, publishing, healthcare and finance.
Rather than giving a sales pitch, TERMINALFOUR, a sponsor of this year's
event, will offer some insights into best practises and possible pitfalls to be aware
of before, during and after installation of a CMS.
- RDN, Caroline Williams
- Are your students and staff frustrated with trying to find the "good stuff"
on the Web? The Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
selects catalogues and delivers high-quality Internet resources for further and
higher education as well as providing essential Internet training for students,
educators and researchers. The RDN offers reliable quality assured Web sites (100,000 plus)
i.e. the best of the Web, to specific subject communities, either directly through
its Web sites or via its Z39.50 targets, RDN Include facility and its work on
technical interoperability.
It is a collaborative network of over seventy educational and research institutions.
As well as a central Web site (available at
<http://www.rdn.ac.uk/>) it offers eight
subject services, whose work is coordinated by the Executive based at MIMAS,
the University of Manchester.
- OSS Watch, Randy Metcalfe
- OSS Watch is a JISC-funded advisory
service that provides unbiased advice and guidance about free and open source
software for UK further and higher education. What can OSS Watch do for you?
Whether the subject is national policies, open source licences, software development
methodologies, institutional IT strategies, or practical comparisons of open source
versus proprietary solutions - OSS Watch can help.
- JISC infoNet: Providing resources for use in planning and implementing
information systems, Andrew Stewart
- Whether you are a senior manager leading institutional strategy or you are
working in the field of systems, processes or e-learning,
JISC infoNet has resources
that can help you improve the support for, and quality of, learning and teaching
in your institution. As a JISC advisory service these are freely available to
institutions and individuals in the UK further and higher education sectors, with
our Web site forming the main access route to our services.
- Your Place or Ours? ... On-site Training from Netskills, Chris Young
- Netskills is part-funded by the
JISC and has been
providing high-quality training - to both individuals and whole organisations -
since 1995. As well as delivering a programme of public workshops at venues across
the UK, Netskills can also provide on-site training specifically for your organisation.
This session will introduce you to the wide range of training services, workshops
and materials we can offer - covering a range of topics from web development
skills & tools to technologies such as XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP & ASP
(as well as Information Skills, e-Learning, e-Assessment, Mobile Learning and
online plagiarism detection and deterrence.....).
There will also be an opportunity to find out how we can customise our workshops
for you and build flexible training programmes to meet your specific needs - this
might include training needs analysis, nationally recognised
BTEC
accreditation for participants and licenced materials for cascade training.
