Stud.IP

Contact

Dipl.-Sozw. Marco Bohnsack

bohnsack@data-quest.de
Telephone: +49 (0)551 3819851

data-quest GmbH
Friedländer Weg 20a
37085 Göttingen
Germany

Website: www.studip.de [ German Version ]

Documentation

Software

The latest version you can download from: Stud.IP Download Page

Stud.IP is an internet-based working environment developed to simplify communication, information and organization and to provide support in university and other educational surroundings. The system is also suitable for project management and advanced training in companies and public authorities. Stud.IP does not only provide various communication features, allowing it to work in nearly every didactical scenario, it also comes with numerous functionalities to assist in administrative tasks in universities, companies and educational institutions.

: Stud.IP range of application

Stud.IP gives a quick and simple access to the world of e-learning. Every facility can provide schedules, folders for file uploads, discussion boards, participant lists, news tickers and lots more for all its courses. The aim of Stud.IP is not to replace events but to provide multimedia-based support for any kind of event. The developers of Stud.IP made an effort of creating an easy to use and intuitive system. Even inexperienced users can expect a quick feeling of success.

: Personal Information Page:
recent changes of content are marked in red

A second main focus was put an administrative tasks: Updating existing facility websites over the internet, management of resources like rooms and lend able equipment, printing of course summaries or participant lists through an XML interface or connecting Stud.IP to an existing LDAP-Server to use directory services. An integrated evaluation module allows a quick and cost-effective creation of evaluations.

: Supporting lecturers and students:
courses in Stud.IP provide a wide range of tools

Every user has a personal homepage which can be individually designed and updated. Teaching personnel for example can easily present their research projects or publications. Further personal services for example a private address book or a calendar synchronizable with MS Outlook are provided. Students have access to an automatically generated timetable and their record of study listing all their visited events and courses.

: PIM-Tools: calendar, address book, news

On one hand this smoothly increases the users media competence based on motivation by "ability". Current studies show that during the use of new media the own ability is a crucial factor. Therefore the system is built to be self-explanatory and can "learnt by doing". There is no need for further technical knowledge like installing browser plug-ins or using a special browser on the users side.

: Personal Homepage:
contact information and more

On the other hand the identification with the own university, the own course and field of studies and educational facility is increased. The studies and contacts to fellow students and lecturers now also take place between the usual meetings and events. So in this context 'identification' does not mean external management concepts like 'corporate identiy' but rather active participation in a 'social network of learning'. Therefore Stud.IP incorporates a lot of community elements that lead to the fact that people enjoy using the system - even besides the lectures.

: The same page, mirrored and integrated
as dynamic content into an existing www-page

By the way Stud.IP can be easily used together with ILIAS. The two systems are connected through a Stud.IP synchronization module. This module synchronizes the user account information and connect ILIAS learning modules to Stud.IP courses. This allows the creation and integration of learning modules of various popular standards like SCORM, LOM, AICC and QTI.

: Project management with the special
version for companies and public authorities

Interfaces are an important part of Stud.IP. Not only does it provide multiple export filters like HTML, RTF, PDF and XML, it also allows the import of data from the SOS and POS Modules of the academic information system HIS. The development of a connection module to HIS-LSF has already started and there are plans for a generic plug-in interface. Stud.IP already supports a direct connection to libraries providing instant access to library search functionalities. There are various add-ons available, for example for online test and surveys over a virtual exam system.

: Awareness modules:
raising motivation by community-features

Stud.IP is developed by the CoreGroup, the Stud.IP-community and the company data-quest located in Göttingen, Germany. The CoreGroup includes representatives of various universities. A high sustainability was achieved with this constellation. Therefore the further development of the system is guaranteed. Apart from that data-quest provides professional support including helpdesk, training courses and on-site service.

: Knowledge- and informationmanagement

Data-quest also provides a version of Stud.IP especially adapted for the use in companies and public service environments. This version not only provides extended groupware functionalities, it comes with a time registration feature and a project management- and controlling module. It can therefore replace a complete company network and makes effective "learning on the job" possible.

: Threaded discussion boards for every course

Automatic support for each course or meeting:

discussion boards
timetables
virtual file folders
surveys and tests
evaluations
wiki webs
free creatable pages
bibliographies and direct on-line search in libraries
link lists
lists of participants
news and dates
chatrooms
connection to ILIAS learning modules

: Ressourcemanagement: administration
of rooms and equipment, facilitymanagement

Organizational assistance for the study:

course list and extensive search functions
registration proceedings for participant-limited courses
individual timetables
personal calendars with synchronization interfaces for organizers and other calendar software
addressbook with synchronization features
access to materials of all ever visited courses
internal messages
own chatrooms for friends and guests
messenger
person search and friend chains
support of literature administrations like Citavi or Endnote

Organizational assistance for facilities:

personnel lists
overview of consulting hours, contact details and lots more for every facility member
Non-overlapping course planning
meeting timetables
access to the Stud.IP database from the facility website
room and ressource administration
central and decentral room and resource management
access to bibliographies and library catalogs
newsletter to mailinglists

Stud.IP-Community:

global and private chatrooms
personal homepage for every user
awareness components: internal messaging and 'who is online' functionality
search function for all registered users
picture upload
private news, timetable and evaluations
guestbook for every user
private bibliographies
view of connecting chains to other users

Management Functions:

resource management
export tools (RTF, PDF, HTML and XML document formats)
facility hierarchy for the representation of complex facility structures
course hierarchy for the representation of fields of study, subjects and levels
creation of printed course-, personnel and facility directories
Presentation of the Stud.IP data on facility websites
Extensions for the open source CMS TYPO3
external authentication (i.e. LDAP-servers)
metadata for courses, facilities and users, adjustable for multiple needs and standards

Extras:

Simple expandability around new functions by Plugin interface
Plugin-marketpalce in internet
simple, quick formatting; TeX support
role based authorizations: everyone has access to his own data
decentralized management of information on the spot
constant further development considering user needs
simple and intuitive user interface
complete online administration
open database architecture
WAP access
RSS-Feeds
multilingual user interface
open source
outstanding performance
excellent scalability

For more information about Stud.IP, please go to http://www.studip.de [ German Version ] !