The document outlines the branding and usage of the Sakai platform, referred to as UVACollab, at the University of Virginia, detailing its launch history, user roles, and functionalities. It describes various types of sites, including course and collaboration sites, and highlights tools and integrations available, such as Blackboard Collaborate and Kaltura. Additionally, it lists who uses these project sites, including faculty, teaching assistants, and various community groups.

2. Our Branding of Sakai:
UVaCollab

3. Our Branding of Sakai:
UVaCollab
http://collab.virginia.edu/

4. UVaCollab Fun Facts
2006: Launched Sakai for
collaborations/projects only
2009: Migrated to Sakai for
courses from legacy
homegrown LMS
We (central IT) host our
instance of Sakai
Upgraded from 2.9 to 10.2 in
May 2015
We allow everyone at UVa to
create any type of site
(including course sites)
Only official instructors (in
our SIS) can add rosters to
course sites
External guest accounts
cannot create sites nor do
they have the Resources tool
in My Workspace

5. Usage Stats

6. How are Project sites configured at UVa?
We have renamed Project sites as Collaboration
sites.
The full suite of tools is available to both course and
project (collaboration) sites

7. Roles Comparison
Course Site Roles
Instructor
Secondary Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Student
Former Student
Waitlisted Student (coming soon)
Collaboration Site Roles
Owner
Administrator – can do all
that an Owner can do except
delete a site
Member – can use most
tools, but no site
management capabilities
Observer (mostly) read-only
role

8. Tools, tools, tools!
Anyone else using…?
Anonymous (Yale) Feedback
Jforum (aka Discussion &
Private Messages)
Sign Up (core in Sakai 10)
We have stealthed…
Search (performance issues)
Sections (managed other
ways)
Statistics (privacy concerns)

9. Integrations Support
Lots of Use Cases
Blackboard Collaborate supports
• Webinars
• Live Support
• Online meetings

10. Integrations Support
Lots of Use Cases
Blackboard Collaborate supports
• Webinars
• Live support
• Online meetings

11. Integrations Support
Lots of Use Cases
Blackboard Collaborate supports
• Webinars
• Live support
• Virtual meetings

12. Integrations Support
Lots of Use Cases
Kaltura Media Gallery supports…
• Hosting, sharing, and presentation
of video and multimedia content
within sites and also externally
• How-to videos
• Illustrate concepts in context
• Introductions/about me

13. Integrations Support
Lots of Use Cases
WordPress supports…
• Blogs
• ePortfolios
• Event sites
• Collaborative space among
communities for exchange of
ideas, best practices, peer
learning and mentoring, etc.

14. Who Uses Project Sites at
UVa?
Faculty
Tenure & promotion committees
Research teams
Support resources for courses

15. Who Uses Project Sites at
UVa?
Teaching
Assistants/Instructors
Develop and share program
templates & resources
Shared repository of
resources for courses

16. Who Uses Project Sites at
UVa?
Trainers
Communications
Sharing program content
Discussions

17. Who Uses Project
Sites at UVa?
Communities
• UVa Want Ads site
• Collab Instructors (formerly Early
Adopters)

18. Who Uses Project
Sites at UVa?
Communities
• UVa Want Ads site
• Collab Instructors (formerly Early
Adopters)

19. Who Uses Project
Sites at UVa?
Communities
• UVa Want Ads site
• Collab Instructors (formerly Early
Adopters)