Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Kuali Foundation Newsletter Online

Get all of the Kuali Foundation news in the September newsletter, now online at http://www.kuali.org/newsletters/. Kgraphic

Executive Director Jennifer Foutty provides some insights into higher education’s “interesting summer,” while there is an article debunking the myth that there is “no support” for adopters of community source software. The newsletter also provides updates on KFS, Student, Rice, Coeus, the Kuali Roadmap Team, and commercial affiliates.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Early registration reminder for Kuali Days VIII

Only 10 days left to register early for Kuali Days VIII! Early registration is $425 for Kuali members and $555 for non-members. After October 5, the registration fee jumps to $555 for Kuali members and $625 for non-members.

Kuali Days VIII will be held November 17 and 18 at the  Marriot Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX. In addition to the Kuali Days VIII conference event, there will be pre-conference sessions, community meetings, and other networking activities. To register and for more information, visit the Kuali Days Web site.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Kuali Student to Present at PACRAO

There will be an overview presentation on Kuali Student at PACRAO 2009, November 1-4 in Newport Beach, CA. For more information about the conference and registration, visit http://tinyurl.com/meq4xd.

Presented by Anne De Luca from the University of California-Berkeley, the invited session will provide an overview of the Kuali Student consortium software project. Participants will learn about the scope of the project, project time line, and whPACRAO.KS blogich institutions are Founders and Partners. The first release of software (related to creating courses and programs) is anticipated to have been released by the time of the conference; participants will get to view screens, workflow and functionality as it is available. Participants will leave with an electronic 'goodie bag' of links about Kuali Student, job descriptions of staff working on the project, and user experience methodology used to create use cases and personas for the interface.

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