Sakai Online at Allegheny
The Allegheny Community can access Sakai at http://sakai.allegheny.edu.
User integration information is being finalized. Stay tuned as more updates will be coming soon.
The Allegheny Community can access Sakai at http://sakai.allegheny.edu.
User integration information is being finalized. Stay tuned as more updates will be coming soon.
As you know, at the end of the Spring 08 semester, Allegheny is migrating to Sakai, our new learning management system. If you have course material in WebCT that you want to re-use in Sakai, it is now time to make plans for the transfer.
All migration from WebCT must be completed this summer while we still have access to WebCT, whether you plan to use the migrated materials in the Fall 08 semester or at some future date.
To help us plan your course material migration to Sakai we need to know the kind and volume of content you would like help transferring. It will help in our planning process to hear back from all of you by May 10, 2008.
Please go to the formbuilder form - http://www.allegheny.edu/forms/form.php?id=514 - and respond to the five questions. It should take less than 5 minutes to complete and will allow the instructional technologist to better assist you.
If you have any questions about the move from WebCT to Sakai, please contact Susan Fenton (sfenton@allegheny.edu), James Fadden (jfadden@allegheny.edu) or Helen McCullough (hmccull@allegheny.edu).
The Longsight Group has our instance of Sakai created and is working with Allegheny's Technical and Network Services group on user account management process.
As the background work continues, I encourage faculty that rely on WebCT and eRes to deliver their courses to register for the Sakai workshops offered this summer. These workshops will provide faculty an overview of Sakai and the skills required to deliver online quizzes, course resources and online discussions. Workshop descriptions are available on the online registration form. Space is limited in each workshop so register today.
Whitman College is hosting a special workshop on Integrating Library Resources in Sakai, featuring Jezmynne Westcott of the Claremont University Consortium. The workshop is being jointly organized by the Claremont University Consortium, Willamette University and Whitman College.
The event will take place on Friday, April 25, on the Whitman College campus in Walla Walla, WA.
Their is funding to cover travel expenses for 10 participants thanks to NITLE funds.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://wcts.whitman.edu/libsakai/
If you are interested you contact your NITLE Liaison. Members of the Allegheny Community should contact Rick Holmgren about attending this event.
Received notice from Longsight that they are working on setting up our instance.
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.
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.
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.