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Welcome to the Sakai public Web site. Here you can prepare for the UC Davis roll-out of the Sakai course management system, a group of collaborative learning tools that will eventually replacfe replace the MyUCDavis course management tools (e.g. Gradebook and QuizBuilder). So, Sakai works equally well on both Macs and PCs, So feel free to dig right in and familiarize yourself with the project's history, interact with the new tools, and get involved by participating in events, or even joining the pilot project.
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- The Sakai Program Manager, Kirk Alexander (kdalex@ucdavis.edu) and the Training and Support Coordinator, Nancy Olsen (nsolsen@ucdavis.edu) are both available to speak with you and members of your department. Please contact them e-mail them your questions and requests for more information
http://mediaworks.ucdavis.edu:8080/confluence/x/Wgs draw from this page: winter pilot kickoff document
What is the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program (FMFP) and how do I get involved?
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As Sakai's GradeBook does not yet provide adequate support for larger classes with multiple sections, participation by professors instructors of such courses is not recomended at this time. When these updates are made and Sakai can succesfully communicate with the registrar, online grading should be fully supported. This is expected for winter, 2007.
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Managed by Andy Jones, a longtime user of instructional technology at UC Davis, the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program will guide faculty through the technical and teaching opportunities the new course management tools offer, tools such as including the new lesson builder, digital drop box, integrated calendar, wiki, and improved assessment tools. The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program will also help transmit information and ideas about teaching and instructional technology between UC Davis faculty, The Teaching Resources Center, and Mediaworks, the Instructional Technology and Digital Media Center at UC Davis.
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If you're ready to get started, try the chat room, the wiki, or the message center bulletin boards?.
If you want to know when a new tool will be available for use, select "Implementation Timeline" on the left to get a list of current features and the planned release dates for future tools. To get updates about Sakai, contact sakai-info@ucdavis.edu.
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