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The Sakai Project is a software development effort, bringing together over eighty educational institutions who have collaboratively constructed a sophisticated, easy-to-use, extendable set of course management tools that can be tailored to the needs of the whatever university is using it. When you switch to Sakai, you'll enjoy all the MyUCDavis features you are accustomed to, plus a whole host of new, intuitive, easy-to-use tools created by universities for universities. The Sakai project has its origins at the University of Indiana and the University of Michigan, where both universities independently began open source efforts to enhance their course management systems. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford soon joined in, along with the Open Knowledge Initiative and the uPortal consortium. UC Davis is proud to work alongside all the dedicated members of the Sakai consortium.
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The top button tool is the one that will apppear on the front/default page. By pointing Pointing the top button to a personalized Web site or HTML file will allow you full control over your main page's look and feel.
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Want to be one of the first to test drive Sakai? Want your course-management needs heard? Joining the pilot project gives you the opportunity to work side-by-side specially-trained ET Partners, who will assist you in any project you seek to develop.
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Join the Faculty Mentory Mentoring Faculty Program
Faculty interested in becoming mentors, and thus being among the first to work with early versions of Sakai , should contact Andy Jones, Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program Manager, at aojones@ucdavis.edu or 752-4080.
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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 pedagogical teaching opportunities offered by the many tools within the new course management tools offer, including tools such as the new lesson builder, the digital drop box, the integrated calendar, the wiki, and the improved assessment tools, among many others. The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program will also serve as a conduit of help transmit information and ideas about teaching and instructional technology among between UC Davis faculty, The Teaching Resources Center, and Mediaworks, the Instructional Technology and Digital Media Center at UC Davis.
Beginning in 2006, faculty Faculty mentors have tested been testing the new course management tools with the assistance of the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program manager, the Faculty Training Coordinator, and student ET Partners since the beginning of 2006. Together they will discover the early challenges and continuing opportunities offered by the expanding array of course management tools that will soon be available to all UC Davis Faculty.
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Workshops and Training Sessions
Notes: Two separate, but identical, workshops are planned for each day:
From 11:00 - 1:00 in Olson 27 (Macs).
From 2:00 - 4:00 in Hutchison 93 (PCs).
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Friday, December 8
Teaching with Sakai
Announcements
What's new? Since the release of this site, we on the Sakai team are excited to provide the curious members of our campus community a chance to dive headfirst into Sakai's toolbox. We hope you enjoy your frist experience with the brand new collaborative learning environment.
If you're ready to get started, why not try the chat room, the wiki, or the message center bulletin boards?
Want If you want to know when a new tool will beavailable be available for your use? Select , 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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Want to add another page? Click the edit button above and add it yourself!
What if I break it?
No need to worry. On a wiki, contributors can improve on your designs or correct any mistakes. Plus, pages can be reverted with one click of a button. There's no need to worry about one person accidently breaking the wiki, when there are thousands here to fix it in an instant. That's the wiki spirit.
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