Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Report to Faculty Senate Sakai Hosting Change Diane Goldsmith January 28, 2016

Advantages Increase Stability Protect Data Reduce Downtime Provide Nightly Backups 24/7 Technical Support Running on MySQL

And Secure No change in ownership, intellectual property, or privacy. New internal help desk protocol

What’s Next Move to newer version for Fall Sakai_10 Training this spring

Joint Committee on Online and Distance Learning Anne SeitsingerMike Motta (chair) Damon RarickSteve Jaegle (expert) David Porter Deborah Mongeau Jill Doerner Kathleen Torrens Vince Petronio

Faculty Testers Joanne MundorfLeadership: Norbert MundorfKathleen Torrens Vic Faye-WolfeSteve Jaegle Cindy BrittainBen Leveillee Lisa Fern Joannah Portman-Daley Jacob Fonseca

AND Charlie Shiffino David Porter Bob Viensand others Mary Fetherston Ben Leveillee Kathy Faella Terry Wild Janie Palm

AS WE GO FORWARD Sakaihelp.uri.edu – passwords, logons, its broken, etc. Ben Leveillee - “how do I” Mary Fetherston – training, on demand URI.edu/teachingonline for: –Self Paced Sakai course –Online Pedagogy – how to teach online/blended