[DG: Teaching & Learning] Question on student sign ups

[Neal Caidin]

Hi Linda,

Sorry for the late response.

For #1, there is a new feature in Sakai 10 called Joinable groups, which 
does exactly what it sounds like you want. A patch was also provided for 
Sakai 2.9, therefore it should be possible to add it to your Sakai, if 
you are on version 2.9 .

For #2, the best idea I can think of at the moment is to use the Wiki 
tool. It would be trivial to have a list of topics and have each student 
put his/her name next to a topic and immediately others can see which 
topics are left. Relatively low tech solution, but maybe it would work?

Cheers,
Neal

Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation


> Beith, Linda <mailto:lbeith at rwu.edu>
> November 19, 2013 at 11:27 AM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a couple of faculty requests that are similar and I thought I'd 
> run them by the group to see if anyone has discovered solutions.
>
>  1. A faculty member wants to have groups of 3 or 4 students do a
>     video explanation of separate math concepts. He would like the
>     students to sign up for their own groups.
>  2. Another faculty member has students sign up for a topic to do a
>     final project and wants students to identify their first choice on
>     the list. Only one topic per student so that when the first person
>     signs up for a topic it is no longer available to everyone else in
>     the class. 
>
> I have looked at the Group tool -- no self signup available -- and the 
> Sign Up tool -- limited to day and time slots. I also looked at the 
> Quiz/Survey tool but this doesn't work either since the students can't 
> see other responses and there is no way to limit access once the first 
> choice was made.
>
> Anyone else run into these types of scenarios and found a solution?
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Linda
>
> Linda L. Beith, Ph.D.
>
> Roger Williams University
>
> Director, Instructional Design
>
> One Old Ferry Road, Bristol RI
>
> 401-254-3134
>
> Website: id.rwu.edu <http://id.rwu.edu/>
>
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Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
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