A Quick Overview of Scholar Learning Technologies FDI Fall 2009

Introductions Have you heard the news? A bit about me… A bit about you… Teach (large/small, grad/undergrad)? Research (independent/team)? Advise? Administrate? Collaborate with outside institutions or organizations? ice.php?item=2381http:// ice.php?item=2381 2

The Transition Summer 2010 Last active session for Blackboard at VT. Fall 2010 = Blackboard is “read-only.” No new courses! Start now! Plan early! Support available: Team of Learning Technologies support Help with transition of “trickier” material Help with rethinking materials Communicate your needs! 4Help - 3

Scholar: Teaching & Learning New Sakai is a “Collaborative Learning Environment” Not primarily a management system. Podcasting for automatic video/audio/PDF sharing Wiki / Blog for different authoring/writing environments News (RSS) and external Web Content easily integrated Sign-up tool to manage course/office hours meetings Create and maintain your course sites with ease Familiar, yet Flexible Announcements Assignments Dropbox Forum Chat Tests & Quizzes Gradebook Groups/Sections 4

Scholar: Collaboration & Research Easy to create maintain/manage sites and groups within sites Easy to bring in off-campus people as guests Resources and other tools have permissions to allow various access Wikis are strong for collaborative writing Shared calendars Forums Easy to use in-board listserv w/ archive 5

Scholar for ePortfolios ePortfolios aid students to collect, select, reflect, and connect ePortfolios aid faculty to collect, reflect, assess, report 6

Scholar: Advising & Student Groups Advising Easy-to-use resource area Easy to maintain user enrollments Sign-up tool for scheduling Chat room for meeting spaces Student Groups Secure/Public document sharing Wiki for internal development Calendaring Chat rooms and Forums 7

And finally… Give it a try! Ask for help Register for FDI Workshops & One-on- One Help Sessions 8