1. Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment MyUCDavis CMS V. 2.0

2. Goals for Today Inform about campus CMS directions Overview of Sakai Listen to: –What are the biggest challenges facing research groups regarding collaboration and technical integration? –How might Sakai help

3. Why Change MyUCDavis Solve: MyUCDavis is increasingly hard to support, extend and scale Bring UCD CMS into the 21st Century & position for growth, extension, use of standards Manage an easy and happy transition of existing users

4. What is Sakai? Sakai is intended to be an enterprise application - centrally deployed as the campus-wide or state-wide deployments Sakai is intended to both solve the “well-known” collaborative and learning requirements as well as enable significant innovation in collaboration and learning. Developed as a joint project among Michigan, Indiana, Stanford and MIT Sakai will initially provide upgrade to just the MyUCDavis Course Management System

5. Features Over View

6. Contributed Tools Roster Tool - This is like a super version of the Profile tool - it is intended for Student use (access role) and not just instructor use. It has FERPA support and is well integrated with the profile tool. RWiki - This is a well integrated Wiki that looks exactly like a Sakai tool and based on the Radeox engine. A number of sites have started using RWiki. Twin Peaks - Library Integration for adding content, assignment links Digital Repositories "Set User" Tool - This is the very simple admin tool to assume a user's identity. SakaiScript - This is Steven Githens web services.. FCK Open Source Rich Text Editor Jforum Open Source Discussion Board

8. CHEF-Based NEESGrid Software

9. Bringing the lab to the classroom Bringing the lab to the classroom

10. Sakai Pilot Scenarios Test individual tools in class, with TA’s or on your own (e.g. Quiz Tool, Melete, Discussion Board, Wiki, SCORM Player, Calendar, JForum) Course Pilots (Spring/Summer, 2006) Parallel Systems (2006/2007 Academic Year)

11. MyUCDavis CMS V. 2.0 History Sakai Project Launched January 2004 Sakai Educational Partners Program Launched Feb 2004 Sakai chosen for new CMS/LMS in Vet Med/SOM Dec. 2004 CCFIT Recommended installation of new CMS for full Campus, chose Sakai June, 2005 Vice Provost for IET formed Oversight Committee and initiated activity for Campus migration to Sakai to complement Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine Now: Collaborative effort involving IET/Mediaworks, Veterinary Medicine, School of Medicine