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Allegheny College moves to Sakai as its Learning Management System. Starting in fall 2008 Sakai will replace WebCT as the college's online course tool suite.

Our instance will be hosted by a third party with a solid track record for supporting Sakai and other open source projects for liberal arts colleges. The final details of the partnership are being worked out now. It is our plan to have our instance available in early May so that we have the summer for training and course creation.

It is our intention to provide faculty help converting content from WebCT to Sakai. The instructional technologists are still working out the details of a process to help faculty transfer content to Sakai and will work with faculty once the plans crystallize. Faculty can start to prepare by making sure they have backups for any WebCT course they want to move to Sakai.

Assistance with creating a WebCT course backup is available online at http://help.allegheny.edu/tutorials/webct/create_backup.php or by contacting your instructional technologist.

• Helen McCullough, Humanities: ext 3364
• Susan Fenton, Natural and Social Sciences: ext 2766

Sakai workshops are scheduled to provide faculty assistance learning the ins and outs of Sakai.

June 3 - Teaching With Sakai - (All Day NITLE Workshop to Go) .

June 4 - Sakai Overview and Logistics (AM)
June 4 - Sakai Resources Tool in Sakai (PM)

June 5 - Online Quizzes in Sakai (AM)
June 5 - That Wasn't in WebCT (PM)

Aug 13 - Sakai Overview and Logistics (AM)
Aug 13 - Sakai Resources Tool in Sakai (PM)

Aug 14 - Online Quizzes in Sakai (AM)
Aug 14 - That Wasn't in WebCT (PM)

Registration for these workshops is now open. Register today space is limited.

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Michael Korcuska posts in his Sakai Blog his reactions to the jury's decision in the Blackboard -D2L patent suite.

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This discussion format meeting is to provide a forum for WebCT veterans and novices to discuss timely WebCT issues as well as to share ideas, celebrate successes, and seek solutions.

In this session we will be discussing the learning management system which will be replacing WebCT beginning Fall 2008 and how we will transition from WebCT to this new system.

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