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The Sakai Project is a software development effort, bringing together over one hundred educational institutions who which have collaboratively constructed a sophisticated, easy-to-use, extendable set of course management tools that can be tailored to the needs of 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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A Course Management System (CMS) is a group of online applications that instructors may use to improve and diversify their classes by bringing in novel online - technologies, such as GradeBook, QuizBuilder, Online Grade Submission, Surveys, Announcements, etc.
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A Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) refers to new technologies that allow participants to share information, collaborate on research, organize clubs or meetings, and much more. A CLE includes any number of tools, including a wiki (an open, community maintained Web site), chat rooms, discussion boards , and more.
What can students, faculty, staff, and researchers do with Sakai?
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