[Using Sakai] Request for Sakai Demonstration

[Nicola Monat-Jacobs]

Hi Matthew -

It really depends on how you're planning to move forward with your new LMS implementation, but several vendors (including my employer, Longsight) provide 'test drive' versions of Sakai where anyone can sign up for an account and give Sakai a whirl:

http://sakaiproject.org/hosted-online-trial

Additionally, I'm sure any of the vendors (including us) would be happy to do a demo of Sakai and give you a sense of the services we can provide to help you get up and running with Sakai, if that's what your evaluation team ends up selecting.

If you're looking to hear a bit more from a peer institution, then please share a little bit more about your institution's particular challenges and I'm sure someone on the list will pipe up.

Thanks,

Nicola Monat-Jacobs
Senior Technical Manager
The Longsight Group
nicola at longsight.com





On Oct 26, 2010, at  11:45 AM, Matthew Schmitz wrote:

> 
> Recent subscriber, first time writer.  My institution is investigating replacing (or adding to) our current Learning Management System and Sakai is one of the options we've been discussing.  There are several members of our evaluation committee who have little or no experience with Sakai and are interested in a general overview of the product.  I spoke with Sean Keesler, Sakai Webmaster, about this type of demonstration and he indicated that, although the SP is unable to provide demos, one of the members of the community might be willing to help out in this respect.
> 
> So, if there are any institutions out there who would be willing to participate in an overview webinar to give some general details about Sakai at your institution, please contact me off-list and we can work out the particulars.
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you.
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> Matthew Schmitz
> Instructional Designer
> Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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