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Intranets in Schools

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Release 1 pilot of Intranets in Schools and OnePortal has begun rolling out to 13 state schools.

Combined, these two initiatives will transform the way the Department and Education Queensland schools interact with information.

Overview

The school intranet will launch from Internet Explorer and will become the homepage for school-based staff. Each school's intranet will be customised with their school crest and motto.

The intranet will provide easy access to curriculum resources, classroom notes and a range of school based administrative tools.

Intranets will have a link to OnePortal where users can tailor the departmental content they commonly need and use, and customise the information they receive based on their role.

Intranets will provide an important source of information for OnePortal and will eventually be seamlessly integrated with OnePortal.

The Intranets in Schools rollout will be providing a new school intranet and will not be replacing the school's external website.

The platform chosen for this rollout is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 which will be installed in schools as part of the Managed Operating Environment (MOE V2.0) rollout.

Schools who currently have an intranet are advised that any content in their current intranet will need to be manually migrated to the new MOSS platform once rolled out to their school.

Main objectives

The main objectives of Intranets in Schools are to help schools:

  • enhance communication
  • teach through technology
  • integrate the curriculum
  • improve general school administration
  • access a standard layout of information consistent through all schools.

Achievement of the objective

The Department will help ensure that:

  • individual school needs are met
  • resources are based on a user-friendly interface, which will not require a high level of ICT skill to use
  • teachers are empowered to use intranets as learning tools to facilitate technology curriculum-integration
  • students use technology in learning.

Timeline of key aspects

Date Key aspect

March 2008

Release 1 pilot of Intranets in Schools

July 2008

Release 2 to further schools

Need more information?

Project Manager
Information Strategy Branch
Phone:
(07) 3421 6584
Fax:
(07) 3421 6544