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- Meet Kosmosnautes #20: Maxime, Technical ExpertMaxime tells us about his daily life and his projects since joining Kosmos.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #19: Alexis, the journey of a UX/UI designerAlexis tells us about taking up his new position following his apprenticeship contract in 2023.
- Kosmos supports Onisep in implementing the new Avenir(s) platformAvenir(s) is a comprehensive program, coordinated by Onisep, which aims to improve guidance for young people, enabling them to develop their skills and build their plans for the future.
- Digital transformation of teaching and training: Kosmos Group acquires LMS FactoryThe education and continuing professional training sector is undergoing radical change, with the increasing digitization of its practices. Kosmos is one of the key players in this transformation. With the acquisition of LMS Factory, the group now has the most comprehensive French offering in the digital education sector. With this alliance, the two companies merge their knowledge and values to provide a complete digital learning offering for the education sector.
- Meet the Kosmosnautes #18: Emma, Student Engineer at INSAEmma explains her missions and plans for her 5-month Internship at Kosmos in 2023.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #17: Élodie, Communications and Marketing ManagerÉlodie explains her varied career path prior to joining Kosmos, and how she came to take responsibility for the communications and marketing team. She finds it motivating to work in the educational digital sector, and encourages the presence of women in this fast-growing communications and marketing field.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #16: Bastien, test designerBastien is a V.I.E designer and tester at Kosmos, where he is responsible for quality at every stage in the development of our products, in order to guarantee a successful User experience.
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : Find your career path on the Educational counselling website O'rêkaEducational counselling is a crucial stage in a person's life, but it's not always easy to find one's way around the abundance of information out there. That's why the Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has set up an information portal dedicated to Educational counselling, called O'rêka.
- Meet the Kosmosnautes #15: Charles-Edouard, technical architectCharles-Edouard is a technical architect at Kosmos, responsible for offering our customers the best choices according to their needs.
- Launch of the new Skolengo mobile application for familiesKosmos launches a new Mobile application dedicated to families. Designed with the input of users, it was also tested by parents and students during the final phase of its development. Its intuitive, user-friendly and modern design makes it easy to use, offering families the essentials of Schooling services at their fingertips.
- KOSMOS and ASREC CENTRE join forces to offer a solution that simplifies the management of Catholic schools!On the occasion of Educ@tech Expo 2022, KOSMOS, specialist in digital solutions for education and publisher of the SKOLENGO solution, and ASREC CENTRE (Association des Services Régionaux de l'Enseignement Catholique), publisher of the AGATE software, unveil the content of their collaboration, the aim of which is to offer a complete software suite for better management of Catholic schools, from primary to higher education.
- Meet Kosmos at Educ@tech Expo 2022!We look forward to seeing you at this year's Educ@tech Expo on stand G34 from November 30 to December 2, 2022!
- Meet Kosmosnautes #14: Alexis, Project ManagerAlexis is a Project Manager at Kosmos, responsible for the operational follow-up of Skolengo projects.
- Explorasup, 5 good reasons to adopt the new digital Educational counselling solution for High school studentsExplorasup is the new online tool designed by grandes écoles and universities to help future students choose the right course of study. Why adopt it?
- Explorasup: the digital solution dedicated to Educational counselling, tested by Université Clermont AuvergneThe Université Clermont Auvergne has chosen to join forces with Kosmos by becoming a partner in the Explorasup project, as part of a call for projects under the PIA Orientation (Programme d'Investissement d'Avenir) launched by the Ministries of National Education, Higher Education and Research, and Caisse des Dépôts.
- Digital campus: definition, challenges and practical applications to support the learner's learning pathPlaced at the heart of the information system, the digital campus represents the full range of dematerialized services available to learners at every stage of their studies. This is a major challenge for many educational establishments, whether universities, grandes écoles or professional and continuing training organizations. It enables higher education Schools to enhance their image and attractiveness by offering each learner an individualized experience. What is a digital campus? Find out what's at stake and some concrete examples of applications.
- Registration software for higher education eventsColleges and universities offer numerous events for which registration is required. They need tools to present these events, manage their organization and enable participants to register. Event registration software enables smooth and efficient management of registrations for all types of events, such as conferences, open days, scientific events, etc.
- Meet the Kosmosnautes #13: Émilie, developerÉmilie is a developer at Kosmos, developing and preventing malfunctions on the Skolengo digital workspace.
- Educational counselling: ApLLy, an online Ranking test offered by Nantes UniversityNantes Université would like to help High school students decide which STAPS course to choose. In fact, the success rate for this course, which is so popular with high school students, is falling, particularly in the transition from Licence 1 to Licence 2. To avoid disillusionment among high school students and reduce the failure rate in this section, Nantes Université has decided to set up a new online digital tool to help them in their choice of post-bac Educational counselling.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #12: Camille, technical architectCamille has been a technical architect at Kosmos for 6 years. He is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of applications developed by Kosmos. Camille is involved in the entire project lifecycle, from the technical scoping phase through to production launch.
- Service M'orienter: a new information e-service dedicated to Educational counselling for students in the Occitanie RegionThe Occitanie Region and the Regional education authorities of Montpellier and Toulouse have worked with Kosmos teams to develop a new information e-service dedicated to Educational counselling.
- Meet the Kosmosnautes #11: Estelle, Designer and TesterEstelle is a test designer at Kosmos. She is involved in the early stages of each development of the Skolengo software solution. In constant dialogue with the developers, her role is to establish a test strategy to detect all bugs and anomalies in order to Confirm each evolution.
- Kosmos training organization obtains Qualiopi certificationWe are proud to announce that the Kosmos training center has obtained Qualiopi certification, on November 24, 2021, for its training actions for its Skolengo software solution.
- Kosmos NewslettersIn this article, you'll find previous Kosmos newsletters sent to our subscribers on a quarterly basis.
- Pyrénées-Orientales: school meal assistance goes paperlessThe County of Pyrénées-Orientales has launched an innovative new e-service to facilitate the management of school meal subsidies: the Chèque Restauration Solidarité service. Implemented in all the County's public Secondary schools, this new online service enhances the range of services accessible via the ENT project: Mon ENT Occitanie.
- Teaching continuity #7: Back to school with distance learning, all the lights are green for ENTsWith the resumption of distance learning courses in Secondary schools and High schools following the spring break, the quality of service and load-bearing capacity of ENT were once again under particular scrutiny. It's worth remembering that this year, unlike previous years, the start of the new school year took place on the same date for all schools in mainland France.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #10: Sébastien, Applications ManagerBefore joining Kosmos, Sébastien worked for over 20 years in the development of digital solutions. He was particularly attracted to Kosmos by its international outlook.
- Distance learning: Teaching continuity through ENTsIn this article, you will find all our press releases relating to Teaching continuity with Skolengo ENT during the Covid-19 health crisis.
- Teaching continuity #6: Distance learning, our ENTs are up and running!Following a number of comments reported by the media on the first day of the resumption of distance learning on Tuesday April 6, Kosmos, the French leader in the EMS (Education Management Software) market, would like to confirm that the EMS (Education Management Software) it operates through its Skolengo solution has indeed been successful.
- GAR: access to Resources dedicated to schools now available from the Skolengo primary ENTKosmos is the first French publisher to offer schools access to GAR (Administrator d'Accès aux Resources) educational resources, directly from its Skolengo primary ENT.
- EduConnect: the new single sign-on point for parents and studentsEduConnect is a new single sign-on service provided by the French Ministry of Education. Our Skolengo software solution now interconnects with EduConnect.
- SEO: loading time, an essential issue for your websitePage speed is now an essential criterion for the SEO of your university or college website. Why is this? Because page speed is one of the key elements used by Google to rank your website's content.
- Career of a Project Manager at Kosmos - MarineMarine joined Kosmos on an internship in the documentation department, then did a Course alternation as part of her Master 2 in training engineering. She is now project manager for 4 departmental projects.
- Digital workspaces: Practices have grown in popularity since the first lockdownThe November 2020 report from the French Ministry of Education's Direction du Numérique pour l'Education entitled "ENTs Facing the 2020 Health Crisis" highlights the Educational community's increased use of ENTs since the containment. During the first lockdown, ENTs were essential for distance learning. Since the end of this period, the rise in practices has continued even with the return of face-to-face courses: figures for the start of the 2020 school year attest to the increase in attendance and practices compared with the start of the 2019 school year.
- Federation of Identity and Education: securing and simplifying access to digital servicesIn the digital age, students, Teachers, School Administrators... have to access several digital applications on a daily basis, requiring them to create and remember numerous logins and passwords.
- Digital services for Local authoritiesAt the heart of the political and societal stakes of this health crisis, digital technology has demonstrated its importance and role as a facilitator in setting up and maintaining Local authority missions. Several Local authorities have set up innovative digital services to support one of the major thrusts of their public policy: digital access for all. Tailor-made applications have been developed for Local authorities. They enable them to efficiently manage and distribute the IT equipment they have financed and made available to their local Schools.
- AMOA consultancy: framing your digital education projectThe AMOA study is an essential step in securing upstream digital projects. Before you start drafting the specifications, it enables you to identify, formalize and prioritize your specific business needs in the education sector and the associated functionalities. It also enables you to estimate the time and cost of the project. You'll be able to draw on a wealth of advice to help you frame your digital education project in line with your business needs.
- Réseau Canopé and KOSMOS initiate their partnership for easier access to digital teacher training, through digital technologyOn the occasion of the "Etats Généraux du Numérique pour l'Education", Réseau Canopé, the French Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports' operator in charge of teacher training, and KOSMOS, a company specializing in digital technology for education, launch their partnership.
- An engineer's career at Kosmos - Axel, Project ManagerA Graduate of the general engineering program at IMT Atlantique (formerly the "organization and management of information technologies" option), Axel joined Kosmos in 2010. He is currently Project Director and a member of the Management Committee.
- Kosmos continues to expand nationwide with EMS SkolengoFor the start of the 2020 school year, the County of Seine-Saint-Denis has chosen Skolengo's Education Management Software (EMS) to support its digital education policy. Skolengo equips more than 3,600 Schools throughout France, with over 5 million Users.
- An engineer's career at Kosmos - Mathieu, Product ManagerA graduate of Polytech Nantes' "Systèmes Informatiques Logiciels et Réseaux" engineering program, specializing in Software Architecture, Mathieu joined Kosmos in 2009. He now manages one of the group's Montreal-based subsidiaries.
- Université Côte d'Azur: a new public portal with a visitor profileUniversité Côte d'Azur chose Kosmos to develop and implement its new public and connected Services Portal. With Kosmos solutioning, the Kosmos teams developed a new responsive design website with a new graphic identity, simplified functionalities and ergonomics. This project was carried out remotely, within a short timeframe (7 months).
- Educatice 2020 postponedDue to the health situation, the co-organizers of the "European Education Fair" have decided to postpone this 22nd edition, scheduled for November 25 to 27, 2020.
- Kosmos Newsletter - July 2020The July 2020 Newsletter is now online, featuring: new references, Réseau Canopé surrounds itself with digital experts, a new e-service to help applicants with their training plans at Nantes Université, the Top 10 Skolengo innovations of the school year, a testimonial from the High school français Vincent-Van-Gogh in The Hague-Amsterdam...
- Nantes Université: a new e-service to better support candidates in their training/certification projectNantes Université has launched a new application on its website to help applicants build their career path. It enables them to be oriented towards the right contact, to qualify their project, but also to involve them in the choice of their project.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #7: Thierry, Head of Training and Business ConsultantThierry has been a business consultant and head of training at Kosmos for the past four years. Thanks to his in-depth business and functional knowledge of our Skolengo product, Thierry supports our Users and internal teams through training, consulting and coaching.
- The French High school in The Hague-Amsterdam ensures teaching and administrative continuity with SkolengoThe French High school Vincent Van Gogh La Haye-Amsterdam (AEFE network) is spread over 2 sites: The Hague and Amsterdam. It brings together around 1,250 students from kindergarten to the end of secondary school. Céline Alric, head of the Amsterdam school and music teacher, and Elisabeth Segaud, the school's digital coordinator, tell us how they ensured teaching and administrative continuity during the closure of their schools.
- Active collaboration between education players in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region to ensure Teaching continuityFlorence Baizeau, in charge of the Digital Work Environment at the Information Systems and Digital Practices Department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, shares her experience of Skolengo during this unprecedented period of distance learning.
- A unique support system to ensure Teaching AND Settings continuitySince the announcement of the closure of the schools due to the acceleration of COVID-19, the schools have very quickly put in place a new way of carrying out their teaching and administrative missions. Since the beginning of the lockdown, Kosmos teams have been fully mobilized to maintain the teaching, social and administrative links between Schools and families via our Skolengo digital solution.
- Teaching continuity #5: with ENT, France benefits from a system that is unique in the worldOn March 16, all schools in France were forced to close as part of government measures to combat the COVID-19 epidemic. This unprecedented situation posed a crucial question for the Educational community and decision-makers: that of educational continuity.Exactly ten days after this historic decision, it's time to draw the first lessons on how this continuity was put in place.
- Teaching continuity #4: a positive interim assessmentAs we indicated in our previous press release, Kosmos teams have mobilized massively to deal with the serious crisis situation and ensure Teaching continuity since the general closure of the Schools. Thanks to this unprecedented mobilization, and despite some unavoidable malfunctions on Monday, the situation is now largely under control.
- Teaching continuity #3: unprecedented measures to cope with the exponential growth in ENT PracticesThe exceptional situation in which our country finds itself as a result of the accelerating Covid-19 epidemic means that all operators of digital services platforms, including Kosmos, must mobilize to cope with the foreseeable explosion in Practices.
- Teaching continuity #2: Covid-19, Kosmos mobilizes in the face of crisisThe general closure of schools, Secondary schools, High schools, Universities and Grandes Ecoles, for an indefinite period, announced last night by the President of the Republic, creates a totally unprecedented situation for the French education system. That's why Kosmos is doing everything in its power to guarantee all its customers and millions of users a quality of service equal to the challenges.
- Teaching continuity #1: how to maintain links with remote students via ENT?Following the closure of many schools to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, Kosmos, the specialist in digital transformation for education, has put in place emergency measures to support secondary schools in maintaining teaching continuity and links with students and families.
- Kosmos accompanies presidential mission to PolandAccompanied by Business France, Kosmos travelled to Poland with a French delegation on the occasion of the presidential visit of French President Emmanuel Macron. During their stay, the Kosmos team had the opportunity to discover the Polish education market in greater depth by meeting key players in the sector.
- Université de technologie de Troyes: user experience at the heart of the digital universityKosmos solutioning teams have designed and produced all the websites for the Université de Technologie de Troyes (UTT). To successfully complete this project, Kosmos placed the User experience at the heart of the design, adopting a "design thinking" approach.
- Kosmos Newsletter - January 2020The January 2020 Newsletter is on line, featuring: The Career Explorer, the High school student's guide to Educational counselling, the new Campus Condorcet portal, the latest Skolengo online features, Kosmos reinvents itself to clarify its offer, our teams' presence at the Bett and Sett international trade fairs...
- Campus Condorcet: a new portal for public and connected servicesCampus Condorcet chose Kosmos to develop and implement its new public services portal. The Kosmos solutioning teams were able to meet a major schedule challenge (10 months), delivering the new Portal as soon as the campus officially opened.
- Kosmos reinvents itself to clarify its offering in France and abroadKosmos is evolving its identity by creating 3 new brands based on 3 principles: innovation, adaptability and security. Our aim: to offer scalable, adaptable and customizable digital solutions to meet the new challenges facing the education system.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #5: Gaëtan, UX/UI DesignerGaëtan has been a UX/UI Designer at Kosmos for three years. He is involved upstream in the design of web projects and applications. His role is to analyze user needs, propose a user experience, prototypes or mock-ups, and contribute to their graphic integration.
- Resources publishers: how do you integrate your solution into RBM?Find out how to get hooked on GAR the easy way, thanks to Kosmos' technical solution offering Subscriptions management, an authentication service and everything hosted and outsourced in France.
- Skolengo teams took part in BETT 2020!Our teams took part in Bett 2020 on the French pavilion last January in London. Bett is a major international trade show for educational technology, welcoming over 30,000 visitors every year.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #4: François-Xavier, Lead DeveloperFrançois-Xavier has been a Lead Developer for the past 2 years within the team that develops specific projects (websites and web applications), in particular for universities and Grandes Ecoles. He is responsible for the operational management and skills development of a team of developers. On a day-to-day basis, he/she is responsible for the technical design of solutions and contributes to their development. He/she also participates in the industrialization of practices and tooling.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #3: Aline, User AdvisorAline has been a User Advisor at Kosmos for almost a year. As part of a 15-strong team, she provides functional support to users, answering customer queries on the use of our software solutions.
- Kosmos Newsletter - October 2019The October Kosmos newsletter. On the agenda: Skolengo, the reference solution for back-to-school 2019, our teams at Educatice, Kosmos solutioning and its projects with the Grand-Est Region and Nantes University, and meet two Kosmosnautes who tell us about their jobs!
- Online registration: new e-service for Nantes University studentsAfter working with Kosmos to set up the training offer on its website, Nantes Université is continuing its partnership with the Kosmos team by entrusting it with the creation of a new service: online registration.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #2: Lionel, Design AnalystLionel is currently a design analyst and joined Kosmos three years ago. Working in our Product County, which offers a solution delivered in SaaS mode (Skolengo), Lionel represents the customer and his needs to the team of UX-UI designers, developers and designer-testers.
- Back to school 2019: 4 regions, 43 counties and 14 Regional education authorities have chosen SkolengoIn 2019, Kosmos, a specialist in digital solutions for education, confirms its leading position in the ENT market and announces that it has won 5 major Attendance registers in France.
- EducaTice 2019: an edition rich in encountersThis year's edition of Educatice saw an 8% increase in the number of visitors, 2 workshops on the Kosmos stand and...
- Gesmat secures the distribution of 275,000 computers in the Grand Est RegionSince the start of the 2018 school year, Kosmos, a specialist in digital transformation for education, has been supporting the Grand Est Region in its ambitious educational digital plan: High school 4.0.
- Meet Kosmosnautes #1: Django, Applications ManagerDjango has been Applications Manager at Kosmos for over 8 years. At the heart of the Application Management team and in direct contact with our customers, he is the guarantor of service quality and application availability. He is involved in a wide range of technical areas, from front- and back-end problems to complex infrastructure and database issues.
- 1 year after the launch of Mon Bureau Numérique: positive feedback from usersIn September 2018, a new ENT was deployed in Secondary schools and High schools in the Grand Est Region: the Mon Bureau Numérique ENT. To support the change of solution, the Regional education authority of Nancy-Metz and Kosmos, the publisher of the MBN ENT, set up several actions.
- Collaboration with the High school François Mitterrand in Brasilia: tools to facilitate communication and TeachingGérald Compagnon, Kindergarten Teacher and Referent for Teaching Practices at the High school Français François Mitterrand in Brasilia tells us about the deployment of Kosmos ENT, in place since November 2017. For Kosmos, this collaboration marks the first deployment of its ENT over a distance of more than 8,000 km.
- Traces d'apprentissage: big data and artificial intelligence to help learners succeedWith Kosmos next, its research and innovation program, Kosmos has chosen to surround itself with a team of experts to reflect on various subjects. The aim is to improve Student success and build the school of tomorrow, using new technologies and the immense range of possibilities they open up.
- Focus on blockchain technology: dematerialized, certified and secure diplomasDigital certification is an important step in the digital transformation of higher education and its ecosystem. To offer its customers ever more innovative solutions, Kosmos, a member of the EdTech network, supports innovative startups in the education sector.
- Kosmos took part in the 7th Digital Education Summit in MontrealOn April 25 and 26, 2019, the 7th edition of the Digital Summit for Education took place in Montreal.Kosmos teams were on hand to help you discover our global, modular Skolengo solution.
- Discover Kosmos Education Management Software (EMS)Skolengo, the first all-in-one turnkey solution on the French market.
- ULB on the road to a "digital universityThe Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has chosen Kosmos to overhaul its public web sites, set up its intranet and create a training catalog. This decision was based on the dual technical and business expertise of the Kosmos solutioning team, and its experience in implementing large-scale projects. By signing this project with a major university located in the heart of Europe, Kosmos is pursuing its international development.
- Haute-Garonne's first dematerialized school meal assistance systemSince June 2017, families have been able to apply for Aide à la Restauration Scolaire directly on an innovative, high-performance digital service: the ARS service. This is a County council service attached to the Department of Education and School Facilities deployed in public and private schools in Haute- Garonne.
- Nantes University: presenting its range of courses at the heart of its digital strategyFor 50 years, Nantes University has been promoting education at the highest level. On its campuses, knowledge comes together. At the heart of its digital strategy, the presentation of its training catalog represents a major challenge. This is why the University decided to design an innovative tool for presenting its training courses, in collaboration with Kosmos consultants. Two other Schools, the Université Catholique de Lyon and the Institut Catholique de Paris, also participated in the design of this digital service.
- Renater and the French Ministry of Education place their trust in KosmosAs part of the digital plan for schools, the French Ministry of Education has decided to create a Resources Access Administrator (GAR). The Ministry of Education has entrusted Renater with the management of the GAR project.
