Ubuntu and Education : Benefits
Ubuntu has benefits for all categories of education stakeholders to assist in the role they play within their organisation or education unit.
Education Decision Makers
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Education Instituions
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Education Administrators
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Educators
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Parents of Learners
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Hardware OEMs
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Education Decision Makers
- Reduced costs for large scale deployments
- All the software is totally free
- Education Departments can Legally Copy and Distribute Software
- Copies can be made for the education department, schools, teachers and students
- students can take all the software home with them to install on their home PCs
- Time & Resources Savings on Licence Administration
- licence free, not free-licence
- no conditional licence or potential expiry of concession
- no registrations required
- no software licence/asset register to maintain
- Software Licence Savings can be Invested Elsewhere
- Money saved can be invested in
- additional hardware
- teacher professional development & training
- support services
- Ubuntu in Your Local Language
- language packs available for over 150 languages
- includes the very best localisation that the free software community has to offer
- includes accessibility infrastructure
- Broad range of Support is available
- Free Documentation
- Official Canonical Support, Canonical Partner and Affiliate Support
- Certified Training is available
Institutions: Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Institutions save money
- All the software is totally free
- Institutions can invest money elsewhere
- Money saved can be invested in
- additional hardware
- teacher professional development
- support services
- Institutions can Legally Copy and Distribute Software.
- Copies can be made for the staff, teachers and students
- Institutions can Save their Students Money
- students can take all the software home with them to install on their home PCs
- Institutions have reduced licencing liabilities
- There is no possibility of piracy problems when making open source software available
- Upgrades are free and open source software generally has a very long life spans
- software is very rarely ever made obsolete
- the data and experience with the software stays meaningful for much longer
- Broad range of Support is available
- Free Documentation
- Official Canonical Support, Official Canonical Partner and Affiliate Support
- Certified Training is available
Education Administrators
- Official Commercial Support is available
- Canonical Support
- The Canonical Global Support Services team understands challenges faced when introducing and maintaining new platforms and applications
- Their experience and knowledge base facilitates a maximimum return on Linux investments
- Professional Support Services are available
- Canonical Partner Support
- Official Canonical Partners have proven experience with our software
- Free Documentation
- Ubuntu Help Site
- Our Documentation site contains official documentation developed and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team
- Free Community Support
- Ubuntu & Education Community
- A range of free support options are available from the Ubuntu Community, including
- user forums
- IRC channels
- mailing lists
- wiki sites
- Multi-Language Community Support
- Ubuntu Local Languages Packs available for over 150 languages
- Ubuntu Local Community Teams provide multi-language community support
- translation of Ubuntu and associated applications into local languages
- local regional and language support
- organisation of local regional community meetings & user groups
- Technical Answers System
- Launchpad Questions, Answers and Bug Reports
- Support questions can be added in the tech answers system which is a part of the Launchpad system
- Queries remain active until a community member offers an answer which solves the problem
- Search through all other questions which have been asked and answered
Educators
- An easy to use desktop with applications bundled for an classroom environment
- A range of software tools and applications for working collaboratively in a classroom setting
- The best available free software and digital materials for education under one installation
- Most open source applications are easy for Mac and Windows users to understand
- There are thousands of free applications available for easy install
- The option to run Gnome and KDE education applications giving you a wider choice of free software
- All the software is totally free
- Copies can be made for the education department, schools, teachers and students
- students can take all the software home with them to install on their home PCs
- licence free, not free-licence
- no conditional licence or potential expiry of concession
- no registrations required
- no software licence/asset register to maintain
- additional hardware
- teacher professional development & training
- support services
- language packs available for over 150 languages
- includes the very best localisation that the free software community has to offer
- includes accessibility infrastructure
- Free Documentation
- Official Canonical Support, Canonical Partner and Affiliate Support
- Certified Training is available
- Institutions save money
- All the software is totally free
- Institutions can invest money elsewhere
- Money saved can be invested in
- additional hardware
- teacher professional development
- support services
- Institutions can Legally Copy and Distribute Software.
- Copies can be made for the staff, teachers and students
- Institutions can Save their Students Money
- students can take all the software home with them to install on their home PCs
- Institutions have reduced licencing liabilities
- There is no possibility of piracy problems when making open source software available
- Upgrades are free and open source software generally has a very long life spans
- software is very rarely ever made obsolete
- the data and experience with the software stays meaningful for much longer
- Broad range of Support is available
- Free Documentation
- Official Canonical Support, Official Canonical Partner and Affiliate Support
- Certified Training is available
Education Administrators
- Official Commercial Support is available
- Canonical Support
- The Canonical Global Support Services team understands challenges faced when introducing and maintaining new platforms and applications
- Their experience and knowledge base facilitates a maximimum return on Linux investments
- Professional Support Services are available
- Canonical Partner Support
- Official Canonical Partners have proven experience with our software
- Free Documentation
- Ubuntu Help Site
- Our Documentation site contains official documentation developed and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team
- Free Community Support
- Ubuntu & Education Community
- A range of free support options are available from the Ubuntu Community, including
- user forums
- IRC channels
- mailing lists
- wiki sites
- Multi-Language Community Support
- Ubuntu Local Languages Packs available for over 150 languages
- Ubuntu Local Community Teams provide multi-language community support
- translation of Ubuntu and associated applications into local languages
- local regional and language support
- organisation of local regional community meetings & user groups
- Technical Answers System
- Launchpad Questions, Answers and Bug Reports
- Support questions can be added in the tech answers system which is a part of the Launchpad system
- Queries remain active until a community member offers an answer which solves the problem
- Search through all other questions which have been asked and answered
Educators
- An easy to use desktop with applications bundled for an classroom environment
- A range of software tools and applications for working collaboratively in a classroom setting
- The best available free software and digital materials for education under one installation
- Most open source applications are easy for Mac and Windows users to understand
- There are thousands of free applications available for easy install
- The option to run Gnome and KDE education applications giving you a wider choice of free software
- Canonical Support
- The Canonical Global Support Services team understands challenges faced when introducing and maintaining new platforms and applications
- Their experience and knowledge base facilitates a maximimum return on Linux investments
- Canonical Partner Support
- Official Canonical Partners have proven experience with our software
- Ubuntu Help Site
- Our Documentation site contains official documentation developed and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team
- Ubuntu & Education Community
- A range of free support options are available from the Ubuntu Community, including
- user forums
- IRC channels
- mailing lists
- wiki sites
- Multi-Language Community Support
- Ubuntu Local Languages Packs available for over 150 languages
- Ubuntu Local Community Teams provide multi-language community support
- translation of Ubuntu and associated applications into local languages
- local regional and language support
- organisation of local regional community meetings & user groups
- Launchpad Questions, Answers and Bug Reports
- Support questions can be added in the tech answers system which is a part of the Launchpad system
- Queries remain active until a community member offers an answer which solves the problem
- Search through all other questions which have been asked and answered
- An easy to use desktop with applications bundled for an classroom environment
- A range of software tools and applications for working collaboratively in a classroom setting
- The best available free software and digital materials for education under one installation
- Most open source applications are easy for Mac and Windows users to understand
- There are thousands of free applications available for easy install
- The option to run Gnome and KDE education applications giving you a wider choice of free software
- Basic set of supported Applications are bundled into the default install
- Additional applications can be located by a simple search & selection from the add/remove menu and seamlessly downloaded and installed from the internet
- Automated maintenance updates and security patches are distributed from our central repositories
- licence free, not free-licence
- no conditional licence or potential expiry of concession
- no registrations required
- no software licence/asset register to maintain
- students can take all the software home with them to install on their home PCs
- There is also a special support group for using Uubuntu in education
- Ubuntu Local Language Packs
- Ubuntu Local Community Teams provide multi-language community support
- Free Documentation
- Official Canonical Support, Official Canonical Partner and Affiliate Support
- Certified Training is available
Parents of Learners
- An easy to use desktop with applications bundled for an classroom environment
- Application Repositories with free software for learners of all ages
- Can be install as a dual boot
- You can leave your existing personal operating system untouched and install Ubuntu as a second option for your kids
Hardware OEMs
- Ubuntu software can be pre-installed on systems without cost or restriction
- Ubuntu software is licenced under GPL
- Avoid anti-piracy laws
- Ubuntu software has a solid reputation with a high user demand
- Adds market value to your hardware
- Reduced costs for User ready systems
- Lower-cost per machine allows for greater margin for manufacturer
- More competitive in large education and government bids
- Canonical Hardware Certification
- The Canonical certification programme will test and certify your equipment compatability with Ubuntu software
- Canonical Partner Programmes
- Canonical partner programmes are designed to help Canonical Partners when using Ubuntu as a major element of their solutions
- Partner Programmes are tailored into categories and levels with different benefits and different qualifying criteria depending on the size, skills and experience of companies
- In return for commitment, partners get access to valuable sales, marketing, technical and support resources directly from Canonical
- Ubuntu in Your Local Language
- Language Packs available for over 150 languages
- Ubuntu aims to be usable by as many people as possible, which is why we include the very best localisation and accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to offer
- You can leave your existing personal operating system untouched and install Ubuntu as a second option for your kids
- Ubuntu software can be pre-installed on systems without cost or restriction
- Ubuntu software is licenced under GPL
- Avoid anti-piracy laws
- Ubuntu software has a solid reputation with a high user demand
- Adds market value to your hardware
- Reduced costs for User ready systems
- Lower-cost per machine allows for greater margin for manufacturer
- More competitive in large education and government bids
- Canonical Hardware Certification
- The Canonical certification programme will test and certify your equipment compatability with Ubuntu software
- Canonical Partner Programmes
- Canonical partner programmes are designed to help Canonical Partners when using Ubuntu as a major element of their solutions
- Partner Programmes are tailored into categories and levels with different benefits and different qualifying criteria depending on the size, skills and experience of companies
- In return for commitment, partners get access to valuable sales, marketing, technical and support resources directly from Canonical
- Ubuntu in Your Local Language
- Language Packs available for over 150 languages
- Ubuntu aims to be usable by as many people as possible, which is why we include the very best localisation and accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to offer
