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New workshops! Mark your calendars…

February 23, 2009 at 5:31 pm | In General, Workshop/Training

You are warmly invited to register for our upcoming Sakai workshops and demonstrations.

Getting Started with Sakai
Friday, April 17, 2009
Saunders 322
1:30 - 3 pm
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Interested in using a Sakai site but not sure how to begin? This session is for you!  Attendees are encouraged to download and complete the Sakai Site Needs Assessment document prior to the workshop.

Transforming a Bb Course to a Sakai Course
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Saunders 322
1:30 - 3 pm
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“How easy is it to move a Blackboard course to Sakai?” In this demonstration, we will learn about the effort involved in transforming a course from Bb to Sakai from our pilot instructors who have first-hand experience.

Tool comparison: Bb and Sakai

February 21, 2009 at 9:02 am | In Assessment, General

A commonly asked question is, “How do the tools and functionality between Blackboard and Sakai compare?”  Here is a quick summary of LMS functionality (new window).

Want to see a live Sakai 3 Demo?

February 19, 2009 at 9:57 am | In General, Sakai 3

Bring your lunch and join us for a live demo of Sakai 3 provided by Peter Knoop, Sakai Project Coordinator from the University of Michigan.

219 Davis Library
Noon - 1 pm

Sakai 3 is a major redesign of Sakai that focuses on:

  • A revamped user experience
  • A powerful and easy to use content authoring capability
  • Social networking features
  • Improved teaching and learning workflows
  • Increased scalability
  • Ease of use for software developers

Want even more info to quench your thirst for knowledge? Here you go!

Initial findings: Describe your teaching style

February 16, 2009 at 1:54 pm | In Assessment, News

The Sakai Action Group is in the process of examining data collected from Fall 2008 and plans to publish a summary of findings here in the coming weeks. The Final Report is expected in June/July 2009.

As part of a formative assessment, both students (n=77) and instructors (n=13) were surveyed online. One of the questions was:

  • Faculty: What three adjectives best describe your teaching style?

  • Students: What three adjectives best describe your instructor’s teaching style?

We encourage our interactive, enthusiastic, and wonderfully supportive instructors to apply for the nationally-recognized Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award!

Applications are due by 2/27/08.

Note: Results are illustrated using TagCrowd.

Get organized!

February 7, 2009 at 10:06 am | In Video

Many of you have multiple Sakai sites. As the number of sites grows, so does the need to keep things neat and tidy.

In the spirit of Spring Cleaning, here is a very brief tutorial to show you how to manage sites and tabs so that your most active, current sites are displayed. (Hint: you might want to make this full screen.)

Managing your sites in Sakai

Sakai 3 Screencast

February 2, 2009 at 1:22 pm | In General, News, Video

Check out this 10-minute screencast by Michael Korcuska to see a prototype of content authoring in Sakai 3!

The Sakai community is working on a major new version of Sakai. Among its many improvements, Sakai 3 will provide:

  • A revamped user experience
  • A powerful and easy to use content authoring capability
  • Social networking features
  • Improved teaching and learning workflows
  • Increased scalability
  • Ease of use for software developers