[Using Sakai] courses and sections

Fri Oct 21 05:43:37 PDT 2011

HI All

We're trying to migrate from WEBCT and note that there are various uses
of sections of which we are not sure how to enable/exploit this in
SAKAI. 

My main concern is that the Sections option in SAKIA does not allow for
the same participant to be in two different sections of a course. Am I
correct in this assumption or is this configurable? Or should we thus be
using groups ( but then lose the functionality for  a specific lecturer
to generate his /her own content for that particular instance of the
course. ??)..or am I totally off the mark here?

That said could someone please advise if the following is doable:

Here is what we require for course creations: 

1.       A course with sections : The course code can have two or more
sections, with different lecturers and can have same or different
participants.

For example : 

Course Code(SCMD1002):        Course Title/s= Section Title  

*         Integrating skills - Integrating Problems

*         Integrating skills - Learning and Language

*         Integrating skills - Logic and critical thinking    

So sections all share the same course code with different titles

2.       Courses have the same course code, same title  but different
groups of participants and taught by the same person (BUSE2000 - which
is taught by the same person but caters for part-time and fulltime
participants)

3.       Course/s which have the same course code, same section but
taught by different lecturers and yet have the same participants

Also what is the purpose of  categories? Is this also configurable nad
can therefore  allow another layer to the Courses>Section>Category
hierarchy?

*         Another question  when you input the section data ( this is a
required field when creating the Course )does the  Section Info tool
then merely add new sections following the  initial section which has
been added i.e does the Section Info tool then follow with the same
logic from the Site info tool> I'm  not a developer  and apologise if
I'm muddling the issues here...but really trying to understand the
nomenclature and logic of the tools.

*         Furthermore can we change the terms roster etc? In South
Africa roster refers to a timetable and not a class list(which is what I
assume roster here to  mean right?

*         Also can we add the title of the course somewhere , not just
on the homepage but ideally on the course TAb( whereby the name appears
when the cursor resides on the tab.  

*         Finally are other  Universities using this tool to integrate
with their student administration system i.e. automated access?...or
does this require separate development on our side? WE seem to have the
complexity fo the email address being added which conflicts with our
student integration s we have 2 LDAP systems( one for  Faculty and one
fo r studnest) so can't use that email sign up option....or so I'm told.

Would appreciate any feedback!   

Regards

Fatima Rahiman

Head: Learning Design

eLearning Support and Innovation(eLSI)

University Corner, 18th Floor

University of the Witwatersrand

Private Bag 3

Wits

2050

Tel:  011 717-7174 

Cell: 0798737633

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