1. New Course Management and Collaboration Tools for UC Davis Faculty Kirk Alexander Initial Pilot Users Meeting January 20, 2006

2. MyUCDavis / Sakai Jan. 2004: Sakai Project Launched Feb. 2004: Sakai Educational Partners Program Launched Dec. 2004: Sakai chosen for new CMS/LMS in Vet Med/SOM June 2005: CCFIT recommended adoption of Sakai as platform for new UC Davis course management system Summer 2005: Vice Provost-IET formed Oversight Committee; initiated campus migration to Sakai platform to complement Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine Winter 2006: Pilot Using v. 2.1; CCFIT appointing task group to help guide implementation Spring/Summer 2006: Major new release and further pilots Fall 2006: Full pilot for any course with full rosters, sections etc.

3. New CMS Goals IET/TRC Collaboration Better Faculty Support on CMS Increased Functionality, Upgrades Easier to Use System Maintainable, extendable

4. CMS Resources Major UCDavis Initiative > $1m/yr in resources (staff, servers…) Strong partnership: IET/TRC & Other Schools Coordinated effort throughout IET –Programmers –Data center –Helpdesk –Project management –Communications

5. An Unusual Pilot Testing the system, software, tools, etc. (of course, but…) Building a user community Thinking out of the box and applying the new tools in new ways! Helping refine communication approach with faculty –Your experiences: advantages, disadvantages –How we should approach your peers Having access to various support resources

6. Faculty Support Training Opportunity in coming weeks (2 Fridays) ITExpress (will support Sakai) ETPartners –Pilot Project Support –New Departmental Partnerships and Office Visit support Nancy Olsen will work with Mediaworks and TRC Pilot Users will get more personal assistance Summer Institute on Technology in Teaching (SITT) Each other (Faculty Mentoring Faculty)

7. Winter Sakai Pilot Goals Test individual tools with TA’s, students, ETPartners or on your own (e.g. Quiz Tool, Gradebook, Assignments, Melete, Message Center, Wiki, Schedule, Web links) Share experiences Identify missing capabilities, advantages, disadvantages of Sakai (especially with respect to MyUCDavis) Launch the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program Prepare for campus implementation, refine plans

8. Our Expectations of You Explore a teaching or practical need that Sakai might address Concentrate on testing on a single tool if you have relevant experience or need (e.g. writing class) Regular Feedback –Meetings (group and with ET partner) –Wiki, Bug reporting tool (Jira)? –Dialog with Communications Office (Babette Schmitt)

9. Logistics Everyone has an account, We will deliver an instruction sheet We need information on additional users who need access Tell us about your teaching needs and any initial thoughts about which tools you want to explore to crack a new nut! (This will help us match a student to your needs.) Need to decide on meeting & training times

10. Status of National Sakai Initiative Two years in the making: v 2.1.1 Some tools are new this month –rWiki –Message Center Not all tools fully integrated with –Schedule (Calendar) –Gradebook (assignments, Discussion) –Sections System is stable but still evolving A new mystery for us all to unravel together

11. Things to Consider Many ways to accomplish similar tasks: We are all learning together here. e.g. Docs: –Resources Area –Drop Box (generally student to instructor) –Attachments In assignments In Schedule In Message Center Syllabus In a Quiz …others

12. Many Ways to Communicate Announcements Syllabus Assignments Schedule Message Center messages/attachments Email to course (you set up e.g. hwy@sakai2.ucdavis.edu hwy@sakai2.ucdavis.edu Wiki (very free form, no threads) chat

15. Features Over View

16. Contributed Tools Roster Tool - This is like a super version of the Profile tool - it is intended for Student use (access role) and not just instructor use. It has FERPA support and is well integrated with the profile tool. RWiki - This is a well integrated Wiki that looks exactly like a Sakai tool and based on the Radeox engine. A number of sites have started using RWiki. Twin Peaks - Library Integration for adding content, assignment links Digital Repositories "Set User" Tool - This is the very simple admin tool to assume a user's identity. SakaiScript - This is Steven Githens web services.. FCK Open Source Rich Text Editor Jforum Open Source Discussion Board Message Center (Indiana Discussion Board with Message Grading) LAMS Learning Activity Management System

17. Recent Steps IET Middleware Team working on connections to Banner and other course data 2 new programming positions posted (Technical Architect and Tools Programmer) Analyst position posted to help with coordination, analysis and communications SCORM player being developed in Mediaworks Close collaboration with SOM, Vet Med Trainer hired, started 01/09/06 Hired a consultant to guide change management