I was recently helping a faculty member migrate her course from eCollege to Sakai. and, because I didn’t want to make things too hard on her when it came time to move her course to a new site for the … Continue reading → Continue reading
There is not really a no-brainer way to do this, but there is a work-around that comes from Jim Mezzanotte in a Sakai user forum. Read on if you are interested. As an instructor, you may want students to post … Continue reading → Continue reading
http://usailc.org/events/sakai-101-events-calendar/
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Image by Kevin Spear There have been a variety of studies in recent years looking at student motivation in online courses. The primary challenge, most agree, is building a sense of community that engages students in the learning experience. … Continue reading
Michael Black, Senior Instructor in the Computer & Information Sciences Department, shared his first impressions on teaching in Sakai at a workshop on October 28, 2011. As an early adopter, Black began teaching in Sakai during the 2011 summer semester. … Continue reading
Faculty members who wish to have a Sakai account can now create their own account at the following link: https://jagmail.usouthal.edu/cgi-bin/CA/sakaipw/sakaipw.cgi This will take you to a webpage where you enter your Jag Number and your PAWS pin. Once you … Continue reading → Continue reading
A panel at last week’s Campus Technology 2011 Conference discussed the future of the online Learning Management System. This article by John K. Waters, “Rethinking the LMS,” gives an interesting summary and suggests that USA’s choice of Sakai was a … Continue reading → Continue reading
Our first formal Sakai training sessions are underway! We offered the first of our two-part Learn SAKAI! workshop yesterday to a packed room, and it went wonderfully. We will offer the second part tomorrow and repeat the workshop again next … Continue reading → Continue reading
10-minute “reminder video” about how to create a project site. Continue reading
A nice short tutorial on project sites from Texas State University is located at
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/dashboard.action
Their interface is different, but the principles are the same.
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