Event Details

ICFOSS is organizing a 2 day workshop on Information Delivery Systems for Academic and Research Institutions (IDSARI), at ICFOSS, Technopark, Trivandrum.

This 2-day programme, directed at the staff of Educational and Research institutions in general, and Programme Officers/Course Co-ordinators, Teachers, Librarians and students in particular, will equip the participants with knowledge of modern information storage, delivery and management systems such as Moodle and DSpace. Besides theory sessions on the basics of relevant FOSS-based server platforms and software, the programme will also have hands-on sessions where participants can directly install and manage these software. Participants will receive completion certificates as well as selected software at the successful completion of the programme.

Objectives of the Workshop

The objectives of the workshop are to provide:

• Guidelines for starting an course management system, institutional repository & Institutional Personal Profile Website
• To provide hands-on experience in using Moodle, DSpace and Open Scholar software’s
• To make the participant able to start an Institutional Repository using DSpace, people website using open scholar and a course management system using Moodle

Areas Covered

The following areas will be covered in the workshop and hands on practical training will be given in 

these areas:

 Course Management System

• Create a Course
• Assign Teachers & Students
• Management Course Activities
• Course Announcements
• Lecture Plans
• Assignment Submission
• Youtube Videos sharing
• Comprehension followed by Questions
• Online Quiz
• Feedback Sessions
• Surveys
• Grading
• Virtual Classrooms
• Virtual Labs
• Chat

Institutional Repositories

• Metadata and Metadata Standards 
• Introduction DSpace Software
• DSpace Installation & Configuration
• DSpace Users& Groups: Anonymous, Members & Authors 
• DSpace Administration & Customization
• DSpace Workflow & Submissions
• Backup, Export and Import in DSpace
• Unicode and Indian Languages 

Deployment and Management of people websites using Open Scholar

The sessions include lectures, demonstrations and practices on the topics mentioned above.

Resource Person

The resource person for the programme is Mr. Binu.A, Head of the Department, Department of Information Technology, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Cochin. He is a trainer and expert for Learning Management Systems and Institutional Repositories in various Academic Institutes. He earned M.Tech Degree in Software Engineering from the Department of Computer Science,CUSAT. At Present he is doing Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science CUSAT.

Fees

Fees for the 2-day workshop (inclusive of lunch and tea) is as follows:

Payment options:-

1. 1. You can visit to our office ( ICFOSS, 7th Floor, Tejaswini, Technopark, Trivandrum - 695 581) between 9.30 am and 5.00 pm on   working days and make the payment directly. OR
2. Through cheque in the name of The Director, ICFOSS or DD in favour of The Director, ICFOSS payable at Trivandrum (SBT) or through account transfer.
3. Details for account transfer :
   
       Name of the account            - ICFOSS
       Account Number                  - 67242303296
       IFSC Code                          - SBTR0000737
       Name of Branch                   - Technopark, Trivandrum
       Branch Code                        - 70737

For Registrations

Seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register using the Registration tab on the top of this page. For any enquiries, kindly contact Hasiya by email (hasiyanoohu@icfoss.in) or phone (+91 471 2700012).