[Using Sakai] Advice for Create Own Course Sites

[Christian Aziz]

We've always let our faculty (and staff and students) create their own 
Sakai sites. We provide training sessions and documentation 
(https://sakai.rutgers.edu/portal/help/main), but still get a lot of 
questions at the start of the semester. Most of the questions revolve 
around linking course rosters to sites (most departments let faculty do 
it, a few don't) and adding people to sites.

We've also created some templates to make site creation a bit easier. 
This is our first semester with them, so we don't know how much they're 
being used.

The templates we've created are:

- Basic Course Template
This template contains all of the essential tools to supplement a 
physical course. It has tools for holding discussions, assigning 
homework, distributing syllabi and course materials, and grading.

Tools: Syllabus, Announcements, Resources, Assignments, Chat Room, 
Discussion & Private Messages, Gradebook 2
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Online Course Template
This template contains all of the essential tools for holding an online 
course. It has tools for holding discussions, administering quizzes and 
assignments, building structured lessons, distributing course materials, 
and grading.

Tools: Syllabus, Announcements, Resources, Chat Room, Discussion & 
Private Messages, Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, Lesson Builder, 
Gradebook 2, Wiki
----

Committee Template
This template contains all of the essential tools for a committee 
project site. It has tools for mass-mailing, distributing documents and 
resources, and collaborating on a wiki.

Tools: Announcements, Resources, Wiki, Email Archive, Mailtool
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Basic Project Template
This template contains all of the essential tools for managing a simple 
project. It has tools for holding discussions, exchanging resources, and 
collaborating on a wiki.

Tools: Announcements, Resources, Chat Room, Wiki, Discussion & Private 
Messages
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Research Project Template
This template contains all of the essential tools for managing a simple 
research project. It has tools for holding discussions, exchanging 
resources, and collaborating on a wiki.

Tools: Announcements, Resources, Chat Room, Wiki, Discussion & Private 
Messages, Library Intro, Library Research

If we can help in any other way, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Instructional Technology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey


Christian V. Aziz
Sr. Instructional Designer - OIRT
Adjunct Faculty Member - SC&I
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

101K Administrative Services Building Annex 1
56 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: 732-445-8732 | Fax: 732-445-5539


On 9/12/11 3:14 PM, Eke, Kimberly J wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We would very much appreciate your words of wisdom. We would like to 
> enable instructors to create their own course sites --- in a way that 
> is as straightforward and forgiving of errors as possible. Through our 
> pilot and first semester transitioning to Sakai, our group has managed 
> all site creations. We would like instructors to be able to create 
> their own course sites in the future --- which is new for all of us.
>
> Before we "turn on the switch" to make this happen, I hoped that some 
> of you who have done this could share your advice or lessons learned?
>
>   * What common problems have instructors (or support staff) encountered?
>   * Did your institution develop any special customizations to modify
>     the site creation workflow?
>   * If you knew then what you know now, what would you do differently?
>
> I'm happy to receive your feedback off-list, compile and report back.
>
> Thank you in advance for your guidance.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Kim
> -- 
> Kimberly Eke, Ph.D.
> Mgr., Teaching & Learning Interactive
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> 919.445.9472  | kim_eke at unc.edu
>
>
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