The Sakai Collaboration and
Learning Environment
School Leadership Program Instructors – 6-2-2009
Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
IT-User Services

A Quick Poll
• How many of you have used an LMS in the
past to support your course?
• How many of you know what an LMS is?
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What is an LMS Anyway?
UDSIS
Rosters
Content Delivery
The Big Bad Web
Communication
Collaboration
Assessment
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About Sakai
Community
Collaborative
Open-Source Learning
License Environment
Software
Sakai
Foundation
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Where is Sakai Today?
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What Do You Want To Accomplish?
• Give access to course content (.ppt, .pdf, .doc)
• Use a shared calendar
• Have students submit papers electronically
• Generate discussion amongst students
• Share grades back to students privately
• Use collaborative spaces for projects
• Send announcements and reminders
• Other?
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Types of Sites
Type Course Project
Creation Instructor of records in Any Faculty or Staff
UDSIS
Access Synchronized with UDSIS + Manually only
Manually
Roles Instructor Organizer
Student Member
Guest Observer
Teaching Assistant Custom
Content Assistant
Purpose Credit course support Administrative, Research
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Training and Documentation
http://www.udel.edu/sakai/training
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Sakai@UD Troubleshooting
• Support and Training site
1 • Help Files
• Help Center
2 • Academic Technology Center
• Individual Consultation
3 • Custom Training for Your Unit
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Creating a Course Site
• As defined in the Basics of Sakai@UD document
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Thank You!
• Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060
• Academic Technology Center (ATC)
East Hall, Second Floor
http://www.ats.udel.edu/
302-831-0640
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