1. Collaborating with bSpace
Not just your every day
learning management system
Jon Hays
Educational Technology Services
2. What is bSpace?
Collaboration & Learning Environment
UC Berkeley’s flavor of Sakai 2.6
The Apple to Google Docs Orange
3. How is bSpace being used?
3,500 Total Courses
Undergradate Courses
3,000 bSpace Project Sites *
bSpace Course Sites
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*bSpace Project Site statistics:
Fall 05 - Spring 09: # of projects created each semester
Fall 09 - Spring 10: # of active projects during that semester
4. Why bSpace?
Everybody’s doing it
What happens in bSpace, stays in bSpace
6. Content Management
1 GB of storage to organize documents, presentations,
Resources Default
images, video, audio, web links, and web pages.
News Feeds Include RSS style news feeds to your site to add dynamic
Add on
content for your project.
7. Communication
Announcements Default Post announcements to your project or group (email optional)
Send email using built-in mailing list. Copies of messages
Email Archive Add on
are stored in an archive on bSpace.
Send email to individuals or groups of individuals in your
Messages Add on project. Copies of messages sent within bSpace are stored
in personal mailboxes.
8. Collaboration
Highly configurable Discussion Board to organize
Forums Add on
asynchronous conversations.
Wiki Add on rWiki-based collaborative writing environment.
Chat Add on Chat rooms for synchronous text messages.
Poll members of your project for quick feedback on ideas or
Polls Add on
meeting schedules.
Quiz & Survey Add on Survey your project members using multiple question types.
9. What do we recommend?
Understand your project’s needs
Use what works for you
10. Resources
bSpace - http://bspace.berkeley.edu
bSpace Help - http://bspacehelp.berkeley.edu
Educational Technology - http://ets.berkeley.edu
Embed Google Form Instructions -
http://ets.berkeley.edu/help/embedding-google-
form-bspace
