NCDLA - Collaborating with Sakai

Session 2.72
Collaborating Across Sections and Large Groups with Sakai
February 16, 2011
Dr. Anastacia Kohl & Rob Moore
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Meet Your Presenters
Dr. Anastacia Kohl | kohl@email.unc.edu
Lecturer of Spanish in Department of Romance Languages
Faculty coordinator of Spanish 203 since Fall 2006 which has 40+ sections and 35+ instructors per semester
Using Sakai since 2009
Rob Moore | robmoore@unc.edu
Instructional Technology Developer in School of Government
Managed the Foreign Language Sakai Pilot which moved over 4k undergraduates and over 60 instructors to Sakai
Using Sakai since 2008

About this Presentation
This presentation will focus on the tools that we have used in actual courses at UNC
The same concepts and tools that we used for a multi-section course could be used for any large group

Sakai Experience
What is your experience with Sakai?
I’ve never heard of it
I’ve heard of it but haven't ever used it
I’m currently teaching with it
I’m going to start teaching with it

A typical UNC course using Blackboard

How ROML used Blackboard

Multi-Section Courses using Blackboard at UNC

Communication and Organizational Breakdown

Motivation for Change
Spanish 105, 203, 204 have between 25 – 43 sectionseach
That’s over 400 students in each of these courses, more than would fit in one of the largest lecture halls at UNC
Photo taken from http://hotline.unc.edu

Features of the Foreign Language Sakai Pilot

Problem solved – Sakai Umbrella course

Convenience of each course having a tab

Announcements
Assignments
Calendar
Forums (both tools)
Gradebook
Messages
Resources
Tests & Quizzes
Group and Section-Aware Tools in Sakai
The following tools allow for filtering of content:
This is the most significant difference between Blackboard and Sakai

Granular control for information and content

Resources Tool

Creating Site Content in Sakai
WYSIWYG HTML Editor
Word Documents
Embedding Videos or external content

Creating HTML Pages

Managing Resources

Messages Tool

Organizing Content with Modules Tool

Discussion Forums

Benefits for Coordinators

Coordinator controls common content

Coordinator able to monitor grades

Benefits for Instructors

Benefits for Students

Lessons Learned
Take full advantage of training and resources
Find a different way to present the change to stakeholders
Take advantage of flexibility of site design to customize the course site
Remember that technology sometimes fails and go with the flow

Contact Us
Dr. Anastacia Kohl
kohl@email.unc.edu
Rob Moore
robmoore@unc.edu

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