Kat Patke and Aurora Collado from NYU presented on several improvements and enhancements NYU has made to their Sakai installation, including peer assessment assignments, image reuse and hot spot questions in tests and quizzes, audio questions in the rich text editor, a SCORM player for interactive modules, adaptive learning in lessons, and an accordion syllabus. The enhancements provide additional functionality, ease of use, and organization of content for both instructors and students.

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Open Apereo conference 6.3.2014
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Kat Patke (GTS) kat.patke@nyu.edu
Aurora Collado (ITS) aurora.collado@nyu.edu
Learning Management System
Enterprise Enhancements
NewYork University

2. NYU IMPROVEMENTS
• Peer Assessment - Assignments
• Image Reuse -Test and Quizzes
• Hot Spot -Test and Quizzes
• Audio Questions - RichText Editor
• SCORM Player - Interactive Modules
• Adaptive learning - Lessons
• Accordion Syllabus - Syllabus
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3. PEER ASSESSMENT
ASSIGNMENTS
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4. • Ability for students to assess
and offer feedback on each
other’s work.
• Ability to keep track of the
peer review grades as they
come in.
• Ability to maintain the
anonymity of the student
reviewed and the reviewer.
PEER ASSESSMENT
REQUIREMENTS

5. 1
1. Gradebook integration.
2. Anonymous evaluation
option.
3. Ability to show or hide
peer reviews when
assignments are returned
to students.
4. Option to select the
number of reviews to be
completed per student.
5. Section/group aware
functionality.
PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES

6. PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES

7. StudentView - after reviews
- Peer review work status remains available after review
period ends.
StudentView - during reviews
- Students can easily track the status of their work.
PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES
StudentView - before reviews
- Students can easily identify assignments with peer review.
student enters review

8. InstructorView - during reviews
- Instructors can easily keep track of students’ work progress.
- Instructors can view peer reviews as they can come in using
the students’ names’ links.
- Instructors may remove or restore peer reviews and grades.
Removed reviews and corresponding grades will appeared
stroke through.
PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES
instructor reads review

9. Instructor View - after reviews
- Instructor grading is enabled as soon as the peer
review period is over.
- Instructors may accept or override the average
peer review grade given by the students before the
grade is released or sent to the gradebook.
PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES
instructor may override final grade

10. StudentView - returned assignment
- Students can easily identify assignments with a peer
assessment component.
- Peer review work status remains available after review
period ends.
- Instructors may let students see grades and
comments given by their peers.
PEER ASSESSMENT
MAIN FEATURES
students may see reviews

11. IMAGE REUSE & HOT SPOT
TEST AND QUIZZES
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12. IMAGE REUSE
REQUIREMENTS
• Eliminate the need for
pictures, embedded in
question pools and quizzes,
to reside in the Resources
tool of the course where
the questions were created.

13. IMAGE REUSE
MAIN FEATURES
1. Available from all rich text
editors in theTest and Quizzes
tool, including Question Pools.
2. Embed pictures located in the
Resources tool or outside of
NYU Classes.
old Image Properties box

14. • Create a new
question type inTests
& Quizzes in which
students must locate
items on a picture.
HOT SPOT QUESTION
REQUIREMENTS

15. HOT SPOT QUESTION
MAIN FEATURES
1. Ability to draw zones on
images that correspond with
items students must identify.
2. Ability to draw and list a large
number of zones and items.
3. Ability to award partial or full
credit per question.

16. HOT SPOT QUESTION
MAIN FEATURES
- The instructor draws zones for each of the
items students must identify.
- A number is automatically added to each zone
to indicate the corresponding listed item.
- The green button represents the zone the
instructor is working on.
InstructorView - question setup

17. HOT SPOT IMAGE
MAIN FEATURES
- Students identify the items listed by
clicking on the corresponding part of
the image.
- The green button represents the item
the student is working on.
- A number is automatically added to
each of the spots identified by the
students.
- An answer is correct when an item and
the spot with the same number are a
match.
StudentView

18. student answers
instructor zones
Instructor View - grading
- During grading the instructor has simultaneous view
of the image with student answers and the image
with the instructor drawn zones.
- Hot Spot questions are graded automatically.
- To receive full credit, each of the spots identified by
the student must be located within the
corresponding item zone drawn by the instructor.
- If “Allow Partial Credit” is selected, the “Answers
PointValue” is equally divided among all the items
listed.
HOT SPOT IMAGE
MAIN FEATURES

19. AUDIO QUESTIONS
RICHTEXT EDITOR
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20. AUDIO QUESTIONS
REQUIREMENTS
• Ability to make recordings
anywhere the rich text
editor appears.
• Ability to record up to 3
minutes.
• Ability to review and
re-record before accepting
recording.

21. 1. A new microphone icon is
now available in all rich
text editors.
2. Recordings may be up to
3 minutes long.
3. It is possible to stop, review
and re-record before
posting recording.
AUDIO
QUESTIONS
MAIN FEATURES

22. User View - after recording
- Once the user clicks “Post recording”
two player boxes will appear on the rich
text editor. The two are necessary to
ensure that the recording will show in all
browser and OS combinations.
AUDIO
QUESTIONS
MAIN FEATURES

23. AUDIO QUESTIONS
MAIN FEATURES
UserView - after saving item
- Once item with the audio component is
saved, users will see a single audio player
regardless of browser /OS combination.

24. SCORM PLAYER
INTERACTIVE MODULES
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25. INTERACTIVE MODULES
REQUIREMENTS
• Ability to display SCORM
content within NYU Classes.
• Ability to confirm if student
completed the module.
• Ability for the SCORM
player to interact with the
Gradebook.

26. INTERACTIVE MODULES
MAIN FEATURES
1. SCORM content can be
displayed in NYU
Classes with the new
Interactive Modules tool.
2. Available option to send
grades to the
Gradebook.
3. Instructors can see
student’s answers for
each of the attempts.

27. ADAPTIVE LEARNING
LESSONS
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28. ADAPTIVE LEARNING
REQUIREMENTS
• Allow instructors to more
easily use the lessons tool.
• Ability to releaseText and
Multimedia items only when
prerequisites have been
completed.
• Allow students to more
easily keep track of the
lessons’ content and work
required.

29. ADAPTIVE LEARNING
MAIN FEATURES
1. Text and multimedia items
can now be released upon
the completing of a pre-
requisite

30. Lessons 10 tool menu
ADAPTIVE LEARNING
MAIN FEATURES
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2. A newly
re-designed
tool menu
makes the
the Lessons
tool more
intuitive
and easier
to use.

31. ADAPTIVE LEARNING
MAIN FEATURES old tool menu

32. Instructor View - lesson setup
NYU back- ported some features of Lessons 10 to
take advantage of the new redesign and functionality
while still using Sakai 8.

33. ADAPTIVE LEARNING
MAIN FEATURES
3. Ability for students to
more easily keep track of
the lessons’ content and
work required.
old index Lessons 10 index
3. The improved “Index of pages” introduced with Lessons 10 allows
students to more easily keep track of content and work required.

34. ACCORDION SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
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35. ACCORDION SYLLABUS
REQUIREMENTS
• Ability to avoid lengthy
text blocks which may
make it difficult to find
information such as
students’ required
course work like
assignments, quizzes…
• Ability to dynamically
expand all or selected
items by sections.

36. ACCORDION SYLLABUS
MAIN FEATURES
1. Expand all or selected
items only.
2. Create several items at a
time by date or quantity.
3. Automatically post items
to the calendar.
4. Reorder items with drag
& drop.
5. Manage items in bulk.

37. ACCORDION SYLLABUS
MAIN FEATURES
C InstructorView - create items
- Multiple items can be created by number or dates
with one click.
- Items can be reordered using drag and drop.
- Items can be posted to the calendar, the syllabus or
removed in bulk.
Note that NYU’s accordion syllabus is different from the accordion
syllabus included in Sakai 10.

38. ACCORDION SYLLABUS
MAIN FEATURES
InstructorView - edit item
- Content is created using a rich text editor, which
allows for the use of rich media within each syllabus
item.
- Items can be associated with a time period and posted
to the calendar automatically when created.