MyUCDAVIS Is Getting A Face-Lift

Tim Fullman Deepak Koilvaram Venessa Laurel Bukky Oseni-Olalemi

Background MyUCDAVIS developed 6 years ago Course management tool –Not just Widely used by students Not as widespread among faculty Now outdated

New program called Sakai –Open-source –70 partner institutions, 5 UC’s Currently being developed for use at UC Davis –Faculty Training –Pilot program –Focus Groups Planned deployment Fall 2006

Why switch to Sakai? Few programmers for MyUCDavis Difficult to maintain Features are difficult to use Many features are not used

Current Usage of MyUCDAVIS CMT Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee

MyUCDAVIS CMT – Satisfaction Ratings Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee

Faculty Internet Usage in Support of Instruction Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee

Barriers to Adopting More Technology Too time consuming69.7% Lack of technical knowledge41.3% Lack of technical support28.8% Insufficient reward26.5% Other (please describe below)16.3% Copyright concerns10.2% I do not believe that educational technology improves teaching 8.7% Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee

Community source software –(Variation of open source) –Updated often with new features –Updates cost less Joint Effort by Michigan U, Indiana U, MIT & Stanford –Soon to be adopted at most UCs, other universities across America and around the world including Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, South Africa… Sakai

Customizable System, Interface –Each user can have custom workspace Fast & Reliable –Quiz builder with more users Contains all main features in current MyUCDavis CMS and more Setting up and updating course tools easier Sakai

Sakai Marketing Strategies

Team’s Intentions Develop marketing strategies that will: –Inform students & faculty about new course management tool system –Get students & faculty to use Sakai Students as catalysts

Motivators for Adopting Educational Technology Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee

Teaching Evaluation Form Direct impact Teaching Resource Center tools Implementation –End of the quarter or mid-quarter?

Newspaper Articles The California Aggie –3-Part Series What is Sakai? Cool new features How students can get involved –Follow-up in Bits & Bytes

Other Distribution Methods Hypertext Newsletter TechNews Newsletter Dateline Faculty Newsletter

Events Organized by Campus Sakai is not the main attraction Summer Advising –Sakai Presentations –First online CMT experience for Freshmen –Introduce Features –Encourage communication with faculty

Events Picnic Day – Spring 2006 –New system is coming –Sneak preview –New features, customizable Welcome Week – Fall 2006 –Table tents in the Memorial Union and the Dining Commons –Campus’ latest, greatest thing = Sakai

Coffee House Table Holders located at each table in the Coffee House Posters and Fliers Evoke Curiosity Promote interest in the idea of Sakai Goal: Convince UC Davis staff to adopt Sakai

sakai.ucdavis.edu Your Classes, Your Way… Your classes, needs, and schedules are always changing. Like a chameleon, Sakai will change too, to always fit your needs. It is fully customizable with features like: -Personalizable tool bars -Automatically updated calendar and schedule -Webspace design features -And much more!

Operated by UCD Students Serves over 29,000 students and staff How can this help us? Avenue to reach students Provoke curiosity and excitement

Special Acknowledgements Kirk Alexander, Manager IET Mediaworks Babette Schmitt, Executive Asst. Communications, VP- IET CCFIT Educational Technology Subcommittee Carrie Devine and Ann Orel For additional information visit

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