PUBLIC SAKAI SITE
Public Sakai Site: Planning Framework
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This section can be downloaded and printed: Sakai Public Web site at a Glance (doc)
Public Sakai Mock-Up (Please Contribute)
Target audiences:
- Primary audience: Faculty interested in using the system
- Secondary: Any member of the UC Davis community (and beyond) interested in learning more about the new Collaboration and Learning Environment
Objectives:
- Help faculty prepare for the roll-out:
- Help faculty determine if they are ready to teach using the new system
- Introduce tools available and potential uses in support of research and teaching
- Provide the ability to practice with course and project sites
- Provide access to portfolio of prototypes and resources
- Feature faculty case studies and testimonials (from pilots)
- Indicate where to get help and more information
- Familiarize the campus community with the project
- Outline the history of the system's development at UC Davis, including recent information about the campus move to Sakai and involvement in the Sakai Project.
- Explain the enhancement and development process (e.g., process driven by feedback from faculty, staff and students; suggestion-gathering and prioritization process; roles and membership of committees; etc.)
Provide access to background materials, articles and news - Post regular updates
- Enable visitors to interact with the system
- Introduce the look and feel of the new interface
- Feature demos, short online tutorials that demonstrate how some features work. Ex: find out how you can use the new assignments tool to post and accept assignments; use the announcements tool to send messages to students' email addresses; or post and respond to messages using the discussion tool.
- Provide venues for getting involved
- FAQ
- Orientation and training sessions
- Etc.
Public Sakai Site Structure
MAIN
- News / Announcements / Updates
- Welcome!
- Purpose of site
- Short introductory description of Sakai, answering the question: "What is this and why should I care?"
- The basic plan for release as we see it.
- Pilot to Simultaneous to MyUCDavis Retirement
- Recent discussion items from discussion board
- Recent changes on wiki
- Sign up for mailing list to receive current updates and progress.
- The basic plan for release as we see it.
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