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- Announcements: Inform site participants of current items of interest
- Assignments: Create, distribute, collect, and grade online assignments
- Chat room: Carry on real-time conversations with worksite participants
- Discussion: Hold structured conversations organized into categories
- Drop Box: Share documents within private folders between instructors and students
- Email Archive: Keep track of course or project site email correspondence
- Gradebook: Manage grades and submit as Final grades
- Message: Center Communicate through discussion forum topics and private messaging
- Modules: Create ordered content for student review
- News: Add RSS feeds to your worksite
- Preferences: Control how often you are notified of course or project site activity
- Project Sites: Use Sakai for other purposes besides teaching (e.g., research collaboration)
- Quiz and survey: Create online assessments
- Resources: Make any kind of material available online
- Schedule: Organize and post items in a calendar format
- Section/Group: Info Manage sections of a class (lectures, labs, discussions, studio work, recitations, or any combination thereof)
- Site Info: Maintain course or project site settings
- Syllabus: Post and maintain your official course outline
- Web Content: Maintain course or project site settings
- Wiki: Create/contribute to a collaborative, editable Web site
Implementation Timeline
http://sakai2.ucdavis.edu/access/content/group/57c3877b-1b08-4eab-005e-f1fc1d9f3ff4/timeline.html
Get Involved!
Join the Pilot Project!
Want to be one of the first to test drive Sakai? Want your course-management needs heard? By joining the pilot project, you will be have the opportunity to work side-by-side with specially-trained ET Partners who can assist you in accomplishing a project you develop.
As a pilot participant, you will test and evaluate the new collaboration and learning tools, identify problem areas, suggest additional functionality and improvements, and prepare recommendations that will help guide the roll-out of the Sakai service to campus. We need your input to ensure that Sakai will meet the needs of our faculty.
To join the pilot or learn more about requirements, contact Kirk Alexander (kdalex@ucdavis.edu).
Join the Faculty Mentory 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.
Present Sakai to Your Department
If you are excited about the potential to incorporate Sakai's collaborative learning environment into your classes but are unsure how to present the new system to inspire departmental support, help us help you get the ball rolling. We can help provide PowerPoint presentations and support representatives to help you champion the new system. To arrange a presentation, contact Kirk Alexander at kdalex@ucdavis.edu 754-7778.
Attend Workshops / Meetings
Include Workshop/Meeting Schedule Here
Training and Workshops
- Responsibility for this page has been transferred to NO. NO plans to develop this page as a worksite that we will link directly to.
Announcements
What's new? Since the release of this site, we on the Sakai team have watched excitedly as the dedicated and curious members of our campus community dove headfirst into Sakai, our brand new collaborative learning environment.
If you're ready to join them, hope right in! Try the chat room, the wiki, or the message center bulletin boards for starters.
Want to know when new tools be available for your use? Select "Implementation Timeline" on the left. For more information, contact sakai-com@ucdavis.edu.
Wiki
Welcome to the Sakai Public Web site Wiki!
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a Web site that allows members to add and collaboratively edit content freely. Together, visitors build organic projects that merge the unique expertise of all participants.
What will I use a wiki for?
You and your students can build collaborative environments for your classes.
Researchers can work with each other remotely, share their expertise easily and effectively, and organize their data in one location.
Try it Now!
It's time to get your feet wet and try out the wiki for yourself. To practice using the wiki, try to participate in the three wiki pages below. Click one now to get started.
Wiki Introduction Exercises.
- Join the community by adding a personal Profile.
- Add Your Personal Profile.
- Recommend a book to colleagues.
- Ask questions about the wiki and help your peers with their questions.
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.
Examples of Successful Wikis
http://www.wikipedia.org - Wikipedia, perhaps the largest wiki in the world, is an encyclopedia with over one million entries in over ten different languages.
http://www.daviswiki.org - Originally developed by Davis students and maintained by over 2,000 city residents, this wiki catalogues every aspect of the city of Davis.
Sakai in the Media
- "UC Davis Prepares for New Course Management Tools" (PDF) - IT Times, Summer 05
Testimonials / Spotlights / Profiles / Podcasts
These have not been completed or submitted. Caren Weintraub and the ET Partners are both aware of and participating in the creation of these.