1. Sakai Overview ITS Teaching and Learning Interactive Aurora Collado January 10, 2008

2. its.unc.edu 2 Sakai Tools Syllabus Calendar Announcements Resources Lessons Blogger Site Roster Email Archive Assignments Tests & Quizzes Drop Box Gradebook Feedback Wiki Discussion Forums Messages Chat Room

3. its.unc.edu 3 Sakai Tools  Syllabus HTML, file upload or URL format Public or Site view Email notification  Calendar Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support Event type Group/Section aware Email notification

4. its.unc.edu 4 Sakai Tools  Announcements Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support Public or Site view Group/Section aware Email notification Release by date specified

5. its.unc.edu 5 Sakai Tools  Resources Add file uploads, folders, web Links, HTML pages, Text documents Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support Public or Site view Group/Section aware Email notification Release by date specified

6. its.unc.edu 6 Sakai Tools  Lessons Learning modules with sections Creation with rich text editor, uploading learning objects, or pointing to existing URL resources  Blogger Allows the creation of journals Entries created with rich text editor, inserting images and attaching files Abstract and keywords Private and worksite visibility of entries, specified by author Entries can be searched easily and commented by other users

7. its.unc.edu 7 Sakai Tools  Roster Group/Section aware  Email Archive Listserv function Users can set notification preferences Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support

8. its.unc.edu 8 Sakai Tools  Assignments Multiple grading options (letter grades, points, checkmarks…) Instructors can download all submissions to an assignment to their computer at once Students can access instructor comments and their grades It posts grades to the Gradebook Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support Add honor pledge Add due date to Calendar Add announcement Group/Section aware Email notification

9. its.unc.edu 9 Sakai Tools  Tests and Quizzes Multiple question types Automatic grading Grades can be sent to gradebook Different Assessment types with custom settings Question pools available

10. its.unc.edu 10 Sakai Tools  Drop Box Private folder for each student Allows to upload many types of files Allows to upload many files at a time Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support for each folder

11. its.unc.edu 11 Sakai Tools  Gradebook Create items automatically or manually Export and import grades (csv format) Group/Section aware Insert comments with grades  Feedback Allows to give general feedback to students using a csv file

12. its.unc.edu 12 Sakai Tools  Wiki Allows to create and update wiki pages with a rich text editor See activity history Set up email notifications  Forums Integrated with Resources and Gradebook Statistics available to determine participation level of individual participants Set and distribute permissions among users

13. its.unc.edu 13 Sakai Tools  Messages Group/Section aware Private messaging between individuals or groups Rich text, plain text, and HTML editing and attachments Email notifications

14. its.unc.edu 14 Sakai Tools  Chat Room Real-time communications Add rooms to accommodate more than one discussion. Set permissions among Guest, Instructor, Student, TA, Tech Support Chat messages are archived and can be read by any site participant Tool shows participants available to chat

15. its.unc.edu 15 Sakai Tools  News Tool Is an RSS "news aggregator" Specify a URL pointing to an RSS news feed  Web Content Display external websites within their worksite  Search Tool search content created by tools within a worksite Search different types of content (messages, web pages in HTML format, documents in DOC, PDF, or RTF format, spreadsheets in XLS format, and Wiki pages)

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