Category | Function | MyUCDavis | Current SmartSite (2.3) | Sakai 2.4 | SmartSite 2.4 (June 22 2007) | SmartSite Fall 2007 Rollout | SmartSite Winter 2008 Rollout | Sakai 2.5 | Improvements | ||||||||||
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Assignments | Grades linked to Gradebook | * | |
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Chat | * | * | * | only allows one active chat room at a time; no private chat/IM feature. | will support multiple concurrent chat rooms | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Class mailing list | * |
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| * | * | * | * | In SmartSite, course mailing lists are set up automatically, with no wait involved. You can also set your mailing list to have any mail ID you wish,for example FoodAndCulture@smartsite.ucdavis.edu or Physics10@smartsite.ucdavis.edu. These tend to be easier to remember than the mailing list IDs generated by MyUCDavis. | ||||||||||
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Discussion Forums | grading student work |
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Discussion Forums | expandable to view messages, not just subject headings |
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Gradebook | points |
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Gradebook | letter grades |
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Gradebook | weighting |
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Gradebook | Can set item due date |
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Gradebook | Can create categories, in which GradeBook performs a grade calculation per the category |
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Gradebook | Can create items and sub-items |
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Gradebook | Can import from spreadsheets |
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Gradebook | Can import grades directly from tools | X Can be set up from QuizBuilder | X (can be set up from discussion forum, tests and quizzes, assignments) |
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Gradebook | section management | can grade by section or by class | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Gradebook | Can upload Grades from spreadsheet |
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Gradebook | Can submit grades to Registrar |
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Gradebook | Can assign extra credit categories with GradeBook performing the grade calculations |
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Gradebook | Can create items with score modifiers, e.g, drop points for a particular student for late submittal |
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Gradebook | Can drop low item scores from category with Gradebook performing the grade calculation |
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Gradebook | Can set some items to use equal item weighting while others do not |
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Gradebook | Can set a category or item to include extra credit | | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Message Center | Can assign grades to Gradebook on individual message responses |
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Podcasting (Akamai) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Benefits: Distributed delivery - no network or server impact, automated lecture titling | ||||||||||
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Section Management | Can combine sections from multiple section course offereing |
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Schedule * | basic schedule | * | * | * | can link from elsewhere to specific scheduled events | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||
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Site Info | Add participants |
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Site Management Tools | general |
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Test & Quizzes | Can accommodate 50+ concurrent users |
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Tests & Quizzes | question pools |
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Tests & Quizzes | random draw from question pool(s) |
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Tests & Quizzes | test templates |
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Tests & Quizzes | surveys (e.g. with Likert scale) |
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Tests & Quizzes | automated feedback to students | question-level feedback only | (limited, unexpected behavior) |
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Tests & Quizzes | release scores/grades to students individually or all at once |
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Wiki | * | * basic wiki | no wiki in MyUCDavis |
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Wiki | images |
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