StarOfficeTM 6.0 In Education

Gary F. Serda

Global Education & Research

StarOffice In Education Agenda

● StarOffice Product Overview● StarOffice in Education

Licensing● StarOffice Training● StarOffice Demo

What is StarOffice?● The full featured office productivity suite that is available to education through a no-cost license

● Compelling alternative Office Suite– Windows, SolarisTM Operating

Environment, Linux– Interoperable with MS Office– OpenOffice.org developing for Mac OS

X:X11

Writer: word

processing, html

Calc: spreadsheets

Impress: presentations

Draw: drawings and 3-D

Base: database client

Graphing, diagrams, photo editing, web publishing, art gallery, help & more

StarOffice 6.0 Components

StarOffice 6.0 Benefits– Value and savings

● Powerful compelling alternative● No-cost licensing● Works with older hardware

– Works with your world● Multi-platform: Windows, Solaris platform, Linux● Interoperable with Microsoft Office, XML● Easy for beginners – powerful for others

– Safe Alternative● Open Source, published file formats● XML, standards-based● Provides control of upgrades

StarOffice Licensing For Education

No-Cost License For Educationhttp://www.sun.com/edu/staroffice● No-cost license for education

institutions● Free download for institutions and

individuals or US$25 for media kit ● Allows for distribution on

networks, institution systems● Education media kit offers access

to multilingual versions of StarOffice 6.0

StarOffice Distributor License● Enables MOEs, DOEs,

consortiums or districts to reproduce for members for home use by faculty and students

● Ability to host a “non-public” download site for faculty, students and staff for home use

StarOffice Path To Deployment● Step 1: Download for Free or

Purchase StarOffice Education Media Kit:– Sun Download Center (Global)

http://www.sun.com/edu/commofinterest/staroffice/download

– CCV Softwarehttp://www.ccvsoftware.com/staroffice.html

– Sun eSales/Sun Rep

● Step 2: Distribute and Install software

Education Support Bundlehttp://www.sun.com/edu/commofinterest/staroffice/download/support.html#Support

● 3 authorized customer contacts● Unlimited incidents● Support during business hours● All updates and upgrades● Access to online SunSolve

(http://sunsolve.sun.com/staroffice/)

US$1008 per district/campus, per year($84/mo)

StarOffice Successes

"The possibility to make StarOffice available for Swedish Schools is in line with the Agency's work on a soft infrastructure which focuses on the use of open standards within education.”

Peter KarlbergSoft Instrastructure Program Swedish National Agency for School ImprovementApril 29, 2003(Note: 2.6 million students and staff throughout Sweden)

StarOffice Successes"Through the Teacher Laptop Program, Dallas ISD will be providing laptop computers to over 11,000 teachers over the next 18 months. With no-cost StarOffice licensing from Sun, we are able pre-install a full-featured office suite that meets the needs of our teachers and provides our school district with significant cost savings."

Dr. Cherie HaldermanDirector of TechnologyDallas Indpendent School DistrictMay, 2003

StarOffice Training

StarOffice Training Options● Free Web-based Training

– End user training for Secondary & Higher Ed (English, French, German, Japanese)

– StarOffice Tutorial For Kids for K12 (English & Spanish)

● StarOffice Leadership Academy (SLA)– Prepares K12 districts to conduct own

training– T3 institute for K12 Master Trainers

(English)– Free curriculum for localization

Free Web-based Training● StarOffice End User Courseware (WOB-

1600)– Transitioning to StarOffice 6.0 Application

Suite– Getting Started With StarOffice 6.0 Writer– Getting Started With StarOffice 6.0 Calc– Getting Started With StarOffice 6.0 Impress

● Register at http://www.sunacademic.com– Generates institution registration code for

students access

StarOffice Leadership Academyhttp://www.sun.com/edu/commofinterest/staroffice/leadership.html● StarOffice Teacher Training

Curriculum● 2-3 Day Train-the-Trainer Academy

– StarOffice skills– T3 and IT Integration Strategies– Trainer's Toolkit

● Master Trainer's Guide & Slides

● Professional Development Planning

StarOffice Tutorial For Kidshttp://www.sun.com/edu/commofinterest/staroffice/star_tutorial/index.htm

● Online interactive tool for students to learn StarOffice through engaging activities

● English & Spanish

StarOffice Training"StarOffice software will benefit schools in urban and rural areas by introducing the IT culture to future generations, expanding the pool of IT talent and raising IT standards in Malaysia. However, the software alone is not enough; it has to be accompanied with training and I'm happy that Sun will be offering this to our teachers"

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Musa Bin MohamadMinister of EducationMalaysiaOctober 4, 2002

StarOffice 6.1

● Schedule– Beta 2 available today

http://www.sun.com/staroffice– General availability in early fall

● Release objectives– Improved MS Office compatibility– Full featured (XML, Admin tools, SDK)

StarOffice Roadmap

StarOffice 6.0

2002 2003 2004

Release

Features ● XML as default file format

● Support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean

● Removal of desktop

● Redesigned help● Productivity

enhancements● More extras,

templates● Improved MS

Office filters

StarOffice 6.X StarOffice 7.0

● Enhanced MS Office interoperability

● Export to PDF, Flash & Web conferencing formats

● Advanced administration and configuration tools

● Enabling Assistive Technologies

● Writing tools for the Asian market

● Bi-directional writing for Hebrew, Hindi and Arabic markets

● Enterprise features

● Usability enhancements

● Redesigned charting

● More languages:Asian

● Advanced programmatic solutions and developer support

Gary F. Serdagserda@attbi.com

www.sun.com/edu