CoSN

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CoSN Learning Management System and Student
Information System

• Debbie Karcher, Chief Information Officer
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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LMS Functions

• Centralize and Automate Administration
• Use Self-service and Self-guided services
• Assemble and Deliver Learning Content Rapidly
• Consolidate Training Initiatives On a Scalable
  Web-based Platform
• Support Portability and Standards
• Personalize Content and Enable Knowledge Reuse
• What Does It Mean To You?

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SIS Functions

• Handling Inquiries From Prospective Students
• Enrolling New Students and Creating Classes
• Creating Class Teacher Schedules
• Handling Records of Examinations, Assessments,
  Grades and Academic Progression
• Maintaining Attendance Records
• Recording Communications With Students
• Maintaining Discipline Records
• Providing Statistical Reports
• Communicating Student Details To Parents
• Special Education Services
• Student Health Records

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Mash-Up With Technology

• Systems or Applications Used
• Legacy Mainframe Systems
• Student Information System
• Third Party Web-enabled Systems
• Electronic Gradebook
• Student Class Scheduler
• Portals Using SharePoint
• Data Warehouse
• All Student Data
• All Staff Data

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Mainframe and Third Party to Data Warehouse to
Portal Mash-Up
Electronic Gradebook Daily Student
Attendance Student Scheduling Changes Learning
Village Testing Data from Vendors ESE Monitoring
Data
Mash-Up
Data Warehouse
Portal
Student Information System Student
Registration Course Information
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The Learning Village

• Create a Repository For All of The Districts
  Digital Resources, Aligned To Standards, And
  Accessible From One Point Of Entry

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The Learning Village

• Current Status
• Approximately 10,000 Lesson Plans
• Organized by nine-week periods, grade levels, and
  subject areas
• About 150 Digital Textbooks (student and teacher
  texts)
• Linked and displayed by course codes
• Roughly 25,000 Assessment Items
• Organized by grade and subject area, and subject
  area and standard

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The Learning Village

• Lesson Plans
• Goals
• Standardize Instructional Focus and Pacing Across
  Subject Areas And Schools
• Provide Support To New and New To Subject Area Or
  Grade Level Teachers
• Link Activities Within Plans To Other District
  Instructional Resources Including
• Riverdeep LMS
• Gizmos
• Online Databases

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The Learning Village

• Assessment Items
• Both Publisher Produced and Customized Items
  Produced By ETS
• Accessible Via Examview Test Generator
• Automated Creation Of Edusoft Answer Sheet For
  Scanning and Scoring (Publish To Edusoft)

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The Solution - www.dadeschools.net
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Principal
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Reports

• Access to Active Student Reports including
• Accountability
• Academic Achievement
• Attendance/Suspensions

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Teacher Portal
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Learning Village
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Learning Village
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Student Portfolio
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Parent
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Student
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Community
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