Open Source Software

• freely available
• may be redistributed
• may be modified 

We are going to play today.

Awesome UBC FOSS

https://github.com/ubcfoss/awesome-ubc-foss

A curated list of free and open source software projects at UBC 

Open Source Educational Technology:

UBC Faculty of Education Context

• Canvas
• Kaltura
• WordPress
• Mattermost
• H5P
• Etherpad
• Open edX
• UBC Wiki

https://ets.educ.ubc.ca/open-learning-technologies/

UN document "Education in a post-COVID world" https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373717/PDF/373717eng.pdf.multi

Canvas

Canvas is an open source LMS

• UBC licenses the cloud version of Canvas from Instructure, Inc.
• Cloud computing means increased reliability, speed, and updates
• This is an example of an open source technology hosted by a third party.

https://keepteaching.ubc.ca/get-started/

Kaltura

Kaltura is an open source media platform

• UBC hosts Kaltura for the Province
• I explain it as YouTube at UBC
• Access in Canvas with the           button
• My Media in Canvas is another way

https://ets.educ.ubc.ca/kaltura-tool/

edX

Open edX is an open source Learning Management System built for the delivery of instructor-paced and self-paced Massive Open Online Courses.

UBC and edX

• edx.org is an example of an open source technology operated by a third party with additional cloud functionality.
• UBCxOnline is an example of one we host ourselves at UBC.

Open edX at UBC

https://ubcxonline.exl.ubc.ca

UBCxOnline is an Open edX server hosted and operated by UBC:

• More enrolment flexibility
• Full platform control
• Accessible from every country
• Our server, our policies
• Can scale up at minimal cost
• Ideally suited for big impact fast

Open edX at UBC: UBCxOnline

teachmentalhealth.org

Open edX at UBC: UBCxOnline

teachmentalhealth.org

WordPress

Mattermost

This is an example of an open source tool hosted by UBC, but with a paid license to enable CWL login and course user sync.

https://ets.educ.ubc.ca/mattermost

Think "Slack" or "Microsoft Teams"

H5P

Interactive content for WordPress or Canvas!

https://ets.educ.ubc.ca/h5p/

Privacy and OSS

No tracking

No data monetization

No sovereignty issues

Join the OpenETC Mattermost community: https://bit.ly/openetc

From opened.ca:

The OpenETC is a community of educators, technologists, and designers sharing their expertise to foster and support open infrastructure for the BC post-secondary sector.

Sandstorm Demo

• Etherpad

• Draw.io

Questions?

Conversation?

Thanks!