1. New Course Management Tools for UC Davis Faculty (Sakai) Andy Jones Nancy Olsen April 5, 2006

2. Goals Bring UC Davis’ course management system into the 21st Century & make extending it viable. Use the course management system as a collaborative learning environment. MyUCDavis is increasingly hard to support, extend, and scale; many tools within it will be replaced.

3. What is Sakai? Sakai is a course management system and collaborative learning environment developed collectively by University of Michigan Indiana University Stanford MIT Now more than 100 colleges and universities worldwide involved and contributing.

4. From My to Sakai UC Davis In June, 2005, CCFIT recommended installing a new CMS for campus and chose Sakai. A collaborative effort to switch to Sakai tools is now underway and involves IET-Mediaworks, Veterinary Medicine, and the School of Medicine.

5. Features Overview

7. Sakai Timeline Two Year Implementation Plan (Ideal Case) Project Phases: –Discovery (Fall 2005) –Small Pilots (Winter/Spring 2006) –Preview (Summer/Fall 2006) –Transition (undecided, but one full year or more to transition)

8. Faculty Support ITExpress ETPartners TRC/MW Trainer (Nancy) Summer Institute on Technology in Teaching (SITT)

9. Macromedia Breeze Presenter: –Streamed PowerPoint –Optional Audio –Optional Quiz elements Breeze Live –Live, online Office Hours –Discussion with remote groups –Live Collaboration Classroom PowerPoint Broadcasts

10. Want More Information? Contact Andy (aojones@ucdavis.edu) or Nancy (nsolsen@ucdavis.edu) for a departmental demonstration