[Using Sakai] How to copy course content in Sakai?

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi,

From Sakai 2.6 on wards you can also mark a site as a template and create a new site based on that template, which can also copy across the content. 

For Sakai 2.6:
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-12868

The implementation changed in 2.7:
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-16419

cheers,
Steve

On 13/02/2010, at 5:44 AM, Brian Moynihan wrote:

> Hi Rui,
>   From what I understand, Sakai is able to copy over course materials 
> on a tool-by-tool basis. As a general rule, student-created content 
> (such as forum posts, etc.) tend not to be carried over, while things 
> like files can generally be carried over. Tools that can carry over 
> material include: the wiki, syllabus, polls, assignments, schedule, 
> gradebook, forums [structure only?], announcements, web content links, 
> modules, tests & quizzes, and the resources area [a full file structure 
> with folders and files]. It's an easy process, just a couple of clicks 
> from within the interface. Your mileage may vary based on vendor, tools 
> enabled, etc.
> 
>   FYI, our medical school (UNC School of Medicine) compared Blackboard 
> and Sakai point for point when looking for an LMS to suit our needs, and 
> I wrote my master's thesis on the topic. Your needs might be different, 
> but looking it over might be helpful to you as well. Michael Feldstein 
> wrote a blog post about it.
> 
> Here's a link to the post: 
> http://mfeldstein.com/academic-study-of-blackboard-vs-sakai-at-unc-school-of-medicine/
> 
> Here's a link to the pdf of the paper: 
> http://brianmoynihan.com/files/Moynihan-Sakai_Thesis.pdf
> 
> Hope that helps!
> Brian
> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:04:21 -0500
>> From: Rui Li<rli at anselm.edu>
>> Subject: [Using Sakai] How to copy course content in Sakai?
>> To:<sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>> Message-ID:<C79B0255.97C7%rli at anselm.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>> 
>> Dear Sakai Community,
>> 
>> We are doing a feature comparison between Sakai and Blackboard.  Blackboard
>> allows instructors to copy course content/settings from an old course to a
>> new one.  I couldn't find such an option in Sakai.  Is it possible?
>> 
>> Thanks so much for your kind assistance!
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Rui Li, Ph. D.
>> Director, Instructional Technology
>> Saint Anselm College
>> 
>> 
> 
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