The introduction to a hands-on workshop teaching educators to design portfolio workflows using Karuta, a new open source portfolio software from HEC Montreal and a current incubation project under the Apereo Foundation.

1. Karuta Hands-On Workshop
Karuta Incubation Project
Open Apereo 2014
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2. Workshop Outline
• Introductions
• The Karuta Team
• Workshop Participants
• Portfolios in Sakai Until Now
• Introducing Kaurta
• An Apereo Incubation Project
• Hands-On Practice with Karuta
• Advanced Features in Karuta
• Your Questions and Concerns
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3. The Portfolio Tools in Sakai
•Interoperable tool suite.
•Flexible portfolio
workflows.
•Customized through user
interfaces and XML coding.
•Create any type of
portfolio.
•Available in Sakai 10 but
not in Sakai 11.
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Assignments
Matrices
FormsGlossary Portfolio
Templates
Reports
Resources
Portfolios
Also known as the
Open Source Portfolio (OSP)

4. Example of a Sakai Portfolio
Implementation
Wake Forest University
uses portfolios to assist pre-
health care students in
applying to medical school.
Winner of the 2014 Sakai
TWSIA Portfolio award.
Components of the
process include:
• A matrix to collect
evidence of learning
• A second matrix to
collect relevant
experiences
• A portfolio to combine
the data from both
matrices into a portfolio
to ask for university
support for the
application.
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5. Matrix to Collect Evidence of
Learning
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6. Matrix to Collect Relevant
Experiences
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7. Rubric for Portfolio Feedback
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8. Portfolio Asking for University
Support
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9. The Sakai Portfolio Tools
(OSP)
Resources – A place to collect evidence of learning.
Portfolios – A tool to create showcase portfolios for sharing.
Matrices – A tool to assess learning.
Assignments – Opportunities to demonstrate learning.
Forms – A place to collect structured data.
Glossary – Definitions for terms used in a matrix.
Evaluations – A tool to assist faculty with assessment.
Reports – Aggregations of data for assessment.
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10. The Future of Portfolios in
Sakai
• The current Sakai portfolio is too complex,
requires coding, and puts too much load on
Sakai.
• Portfolios will be in Sakai 10 but not Sakai 11.
• The Sakai portfolio community spent several
years identifying portfolio requirements.
• LTI integration provides a path to the future.
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Introducing!
An Apereo Incubation Project

12. Karuta Goals
• Create a flexible, no coding required portfolio
application for LTI integration with Sakai and
other LMSs.
• Create community around the continued use of
portfolios in Sakai
• Explore the use of LTI-2 to provide services
between Karuta and Sakai.
• Become a viable open source organization
through the Apereo incubation process.
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13. Karuta Participants
• HEC Montréal - Canada
• IUT-2 Grenoble - France
• Kyoto University - Japan
• Three Canoes LLC – USA
• Your institution?
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14. Karuta Pilots
• School of Education, University of Montréal
• Quebec Training Network in Perinatal Research (QTNPR) -
University of Montréal
• HEC Montréal affiliated with the University of Montréal
• IUT-2 Grenoble (Institut Universitaire de technologie 2)
• Graduate School of Advanced Integrative Studies in Human
Survivability, Kyoto University
• Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development
and Survivable Societies, Kyoto University
• Your institution?
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15. Apereo Incubation Process
• Mentoring
• Licensing
• Trademark search
• Release management
• Community development
• Project governance
• Resources for code distribution, bug tracking, mailing lists, and
a project website.
Incubation does not guarantee quality code. This is a task for the
Karuta open source community.
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16. Release Timeline
• May 2014: Karuta 0.9 release
• June 1-4, 2014: Pre-Conference Workshop and
Sessions at Open Apereo
• September 2014: Projected Karuta 1.0 release
• September 2014 – May 2015: Recommended
time period for pilot implementations of Karuta
1.0
• May 2015: Projected Karuta 2.0 release
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17. Our Experience So Far
Karuta offers:
• Environments for design and production.
• Functionality modeled after OSP.
• Experience with six pilot projects at three
different institutions.
• An assessment portfolio in development as a
showcase and accreditation portfolio.
• Use with mobile devices.
• Available for piloting during 2014-15.
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18. For More Information
• Attend:
• Portfolios for the Future of Sakai, Monday, 10 AM
• Karuta technical presentation Monday, 1 PM.
• Portfolios in Sakai table at Showcase Reception,
Tuesday, 5:30 PM
• Contact:
• Janice Smith, Karuta Incubation Project Lead,
Three Canoes LLC, janice.smith@threecanoes.com
• Jacques Raynauld, Karuta Functional/Technical
Lead, HEC Montréal, jacques.raynauld@hec.ca
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