CMS Team

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CMS Team

• Nina Boston, Mary Hightower,
• Yvonne McCool, Chris Meux,
• Bob Reynolds, Donna Rinke

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Definitions

• A web portal is a Web site or service that offers
  a broad array of resources and services, such as
  e-mail, forums, search engines, and on-line
  shopping malls.
• A portal is the front door of our site.

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Definitions

• A content management system (CMS) is a software
  system for organizing and facilitating
  collaborative creation of documents and other
  content.
• CMS can require special client software for
  editing and constructing articles.

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Definitions

• Metadata is data about data, information about
  the content such as author, date created, date
  retired, subject category and types of output
  (web, print, PDA).

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Definitions

• LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access
  Protocol, which communicates and manages account
  identity information across network services.

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Types of CMS

• Web CMS automates various aspects of web
  publishing.
• Transactional (T-CMS) manages e-commerce
  transactions.
• Integrated (I-CMS) manages enterprise documents
  and content.
• Publications (P-CMS) manages publications life
  cycle.
• Learning (L-CMS) manages web learning content
  life cycle.
• Document imaging systems are in the general CMS
  family.
• Enterprise (E-CMS) vary in functionality.

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Luminis Features

• Integrated Web-based e-mail, calendar, message
  board, and chat
• Software to create and manage online groups and
  group homepages
• Course tools that allow faculty to create links,
  share/post files, manage message boards/chat
  rooms, and send e-mail to participants

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Luminis Features

• Customizable pages and portal elements (banners,
  colors, etc.) that can be tailored globally or
  targeted individually
• Targeted announcements based on Banner criteria
• LDAP-based data storage and account management

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Luminis Features

• Web-based tools to manage user and group
  profiles, announcements, content and layout, and
  performance and usage
• A portal interface to control channel and content
  delivery

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Luminis Features

• Channels to commonly used SCT Banner
  functionality are included
• An integration suite to share data between
  third-party applications, and databases

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Luminis Features

• Application program interfaces, using software
  development kits (SDKs)
• create custom channels
• manage LDAP data
• develop applications with announcement
  capabilities
• use external authentication mechanisms
• develop single signon into other Web applications

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The Arkansas Game Plan
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• Communications and IT together will
• Define roles
• Develop metadata standards
• Attend training on the software dimensions
• Design the look and feel
• Develop workflow paths
• Train departments and counties

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• Yvonne McCool is the project leader
• Two IT positions will be advertised in May
• All programmers, graphic artists, web developers,
  network administrators, and call center staff
  will play roles

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• Communications will add staff and redefine roles
  of existing staff as the project progresses
• Four servers, UPS and backup hardware will be
  ordered in May

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Work Underway

• Upgrade of Novell Servers complete
• Upgrade of Microsoft Servers nearing completion
• Conversion of all web applications to Oracle
  targeted for July 1, 2007

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CMS Project Goal Posts

• January 2007 Software ordered
• May 2007 Hardware ordered
• May 2007 IT positions advertised
• July 2007 Hardware installed
• September 2007 Campus visits complete
• July 2007 July 2008 Technical training
• July 2007 July 2008 Define metadata standards
  and policies

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CMS Project Goal Posts

• July 2008 Portal live
• July 2008 July 2009 Create templates,
  channels, workflow, content
• October 2008 November 2008 Train departments
• November 2008 May 2009 Departments post
  content
• April 2009 June 2009 Final editing
• July 2009 CMS live

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The Arkansas Game Plan