KM Lab Systems

These systems have been made available as a result of Monash KM Lab industry collaboration. We acknowledge the valuable contribution of our industry partners in providing access to the state of the art systems to support our students and researchers.

Knowledge Tree

Document Management Made Simple.

KnowledgeTree® is open source document management software that connects people, processes, and ideas. Collaborate, securely store all your critical documents, address compliance challenges, and focus on providing a simple solution that works for your business.

> Knowledge Tree website

Compass WorkScript

WordWare is an Australian company that specialises in "industrial-strength" documentation, and Knowledge and Process Management and has done so for over 20 years. WordWare was established in 1986 as a Melbourne-based documentation and knowledge management consultancy. Since then they have completed numerous documentation projects, mainly for Australia 's top 100 companies. Its consultants are experts in developing innovative yet pragmatic solutions to large scale corporate documentation, knowledge and process management requirements.

WordWare business process management system Compass WorkScript can be applied to model Organisational processes.

Download Compass Workscript Documentation file (100 pages). You need to obtain a password from your tutor to read the file.

> Compass WorkScript website

gStepOne

gStepOne is a free Google wizard writer developed by WordWare that turns the organisation's processes into interactive wizards. It combines your expertise with your organisation's business processes to create interactive wizards tailored to your needs.

> gStepOne website

Sakai

All-in-one collaboration environment.

Sakai VRE enables you to share files within your research team, create wikis and blogs, create multiple virtual work areas, add participants into your team, and publish information to the internet or keep information secure within your research team. Sakai VRE has many other exciting features for you to explore as you need them.

> Sakai website

EVO

Next generation desktop-based "access grid" and video conferencing technology.

EVO is a PC-based multipoint collaboration tool which features advanced videoconferencing, as well as a host of integrated tools to facilitate collaboration between researchers and educators. Groups of three or more geographically distributed people can synchronously communicate using audio, video and instant messaging, exchange files, work on a share virtual whiteboard and share their own computer screen. EVO carries forward many of the ideas pioneered by Access Grid <link to http://www.accessgrid.org/>. EVO can be deployed in meeting rooms, teaching spaces and on your desktop. Comparison of EVO with various other videoconferencing technologies is available here.

> EVO website

Confluence

Enterprise wiki.

The Confluence Enterprise Wiki is one of the newest additions to the Monash University collaborative research space. Confluence is an enterprise wiki created by Atlassian that provides a secure, stable and customisable wiki environment for users, and relies upon the Monash LaRDS research data store, which provides reliable long term preservation of data.

As a highly-developed and professional-level wiki, Confluence provides access to a number of useful tools and features which include the collaborative creation and modification of both internal and external web pages and wiki pages, and also provides the following:

Work areas,
Blogs,
Bulletins,
Notices,
News posts,
File storage,
Versioning,
Custom templates, and
User-configurable skinning.

> Confluence Enterprise Wiki website

Twiki

Enterprise wiki - Monash University wiki.

The Wiki service is provided to enhance the web presence of Monash University. Following is a list of currently active wikis.

 Employment Careers - Employment Careers Wiki

 Student and Community Services - Student and Community Services Wiki

 Student Communications - Student Communications Wiki

 Student Systems - Student Systems Wiki

 Human Resources - Human Resources Wiki

 ITS Network Infrastructure Services - ITS Network Infrastructure Services Wiki

 Education Lesson Documents - Education Lesson Documents Wiki

 Web centre wiki - Web centre wiki

> Twiki website

Word Press

Blog. The Blogs service is provided to enhance the web presence of Monash University. Following is a list of currently active blogs.

 Webcentre - Advancement Web Centre activities

 Education News - Monash, Faculty of Education news and events

 Green IT - Environmental initiatives for IT at Monash University

 Law Faculty Gazette - Law Faculty Gazette

 Travel Management - Travel information for Monash travellers and travel bookers

 Ask a pharmacy student - An insight into student and study life

 ITS Networks Group - Work issue tracking

 International Newsletter - Newsletter for international students

 ITS Berwick/Peninsula News - News for SLA customers

 Monash Architecture - Showcasing student work and the architecture department

 Engineering Summer Research - Communication with summer research students

 TSG Desktop services - Technical Updates for clients of Desktop Services

 Accounting & Finance eLearning - Keeping staff up to date with Educational Technology

 MPPA blog - Information and discussion for Monash Philosophy Postgraduate Association students

 e-Research demonstration - blog demonstration for e-Research

 Sustainability Matters - Discussion around environmental issues raised over Sustainability Month

 Research News - current research media coverage

 ACDS - Teaching and Learning Conference

 BusEco Bulletin - Monthly Business and Economics Bulletin

 ITSM System Selection - ITSM System Tender process

 Monash Marketing - The exchange of quality engagement within the marketing profession

 Messaging and Scheduling services - Providing information about work that is going on within this service

 Identity Management at Monash - Providing information about work that is going on within this service

 Education for Sustainability Framework - Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Invite comments on document

 Marketing Student Network - Higher Degrees by Research

 Library News - News about library services and resources

> World Press Blog website

Drupal

Wiki and web environment.

Drupal 6.13 and 5.19, maintenance releases fixing problems reported using the bug tracking system, as well as critical security vulnerabilities, are now available for download. Both releases fix some other smaller issues as well.

> Drupal website

Plone

Content management system - a powerful, flexible Content Management solution that is easy to install, use and extend.

Plone lets non-technical people create and maintain information using only a web browser. Perfect for web sites or intranets, Plone offers superior security without sacrificing extensibility or ease of use.

> Plone website

Optiportal

Visual collaboration system.

Monash Micro Imaging, as a result of an ARC linkage grant between Monash scientists and Leica Microsystems, has established an optiportal in its Image Analysis & Visualisation Lab in the STRIP at Clayton. The optiportal, comprising a 46 megapixel tiled screen was established in collaboration with Monash e-Research Centre (MeRC), and will allow researchers to visualise high resolution microscopy images at full resolution while also viewing the entire image.

More information can be found here:

> http://www.microimaging.monash.org/docs/2008/optiportal.pdf

> http://www.monash.edu.au/eresearch/capabilities/resinfra.html

> http://wiki.optiputer.net/optiportal/index.php/OptIPortal_Deployments

Subversion (SVN)

Version control system.

Monash LaRDS Subversion repository is provided 'as is' by Monash University for use by Monash researchers and their research collaborators at other institutions.

More information can be found here:

> http://www.monash.edu.au/eresearch/activities/svn/svn.html

Inmagic

Maxus Australia is one of the world's major suppliers of the popular Inmagic(r) content and information management software. For more than twenty years, Inmagic software supplied by Maxus has been helping Australian organisations harness the value of their unstructured information assets. Inmagic Genie is a comprehensive web-based library management system that meets the specific needs of corporate information centres whose focus is on providing effective access to both traditional and non-traditional materials, including books, multimedia resources, internal reports and other knowledge resources of high strategic value. In addition to Genie, Maxus also supplies and supports a number of other Inmagic applications for the management of information assets.