[Using Sakai] question on student sign up options
Beith, Linda
lbeith at rwu.edu
Tue Nov 19 12:45:09 PST 2013
Great information Shawn. Thanks so much. I'll take a look.
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Foster [mailto:sfoster9 at uwo.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:37 PM
To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org; Beith, Linda
Subject: Re: question on student sign up options
Hi, Linda.
This time last year, we worked with Longsight to design a joinable group tool that works in the Manage Groups area of Site Info. It's called Joinable Sets.
Essentially, you create a new set of groups, which are joinable (hence Joinable Sets). A particular student can join one group in a set. There is a max number of members per group, so once the max is reach, the group is full and no more students can join that group. Joinable Sets also auto-generate groups and group names based on the name of the set.
Instructors can choose whether or not students can see who are in the groups before they join.
Since "Joinable Sets" is an association of groups, a previously created group can be added to a set or removed later from a set.
Students join via the existing group area on their Site Info page.
Credit to Bryan Holladay from Longsight who did a great job of getting this into Sakai trunk.
Details can be found at this ticket:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22858
There is a ScreenCast linked and screenshots attached. There is a pdf mockup attached as well showing how it would look in our Sakai instance at Western.
The ticket also has a patch for kernel and a patch for Site Manage.
Hopefully this helps,
-Shawn
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Shawn Foster
Instructional Technology Support and Application Development Information Technology Services Western University London, Ontario, Canada
On 13-11-19 12:03 PM, sakai-user-request at collab.sakaiproject.org wrote:
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> 1. Re: question on student sign up options (Adam Marshall)
> 2. Re: question on student sign up options (David Minugh)
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> From: Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at it.ox.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] question on student sign up options
> To: "Beith, Linda" <lbeith at rwu.edu>,
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> Doesn't the sections tool allow students to form their own groups?
>
> adam
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> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of
> Beith, Linda
> Sent: 19 November 2013 16:36
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> Subject: [Using Sakai] question on student sign up options
>
> 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.
>
> 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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> From: David Minugh <David.Minugh at English.su.se>
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> To: "'Beith, Linda'" <lbeith at rwu.edu>
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> Hi Linda,
>
> A simple (primitive) work-around that I use all the time for students wanting to sign up for e.g. tutorials is to create a list in the Wiki tool. Just create (numbered) slots for groups of the appropriate size, and the students can fill it in themselves. Works like a charm, and the history option allows you to recreate the list if a student accidentally destroys the structure (which has happened). Easy for faculty to create and use, and students don't have to trot off to my office to sign up.
>
> Good luck!
>
> David C. Minugh E-mail: David.Minugh at english.su.se
> Director of Studies/International Exchanges Tel: (+46) 8 16 35 94
> English Department Cell phone: (+46) 70 - 23 14 777
> Stockholm University Office: E 851, Frescati
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> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of
> Beith, Linda
> Sent: den 19 november 2013 17:52
> To: Francesca Socolick
> Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org User
> (sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org)
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] question on student sign up options
>
> Hi Francesca. Both good suggestions. Thanks!
> Linda
>
> From: Francesca Socolick [mailto:francesca.socolick at nyu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:47 AM
> To: Beith, Linda
> Cc:
> sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:sakai-user at collab.sakaiproje
> ct.org> User
> (sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:sakai-user at collab.sakaiproj
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> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] question on student sign up options
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> Hi Linda,
>
> We've run into this a few times as well (the first scenario). Our workaround (which seems to work) is to add a google doc into the course site (either via Web Content, or into the Resources folder) and use that as a 'self sign up' place - we're a Google Apps for Ed school, so for most folks this workaround works well for them.
> For the second scenario, the faculty member could leverage the Forums tool and make Topics for each final presentation topic and have student 'sign up' by posting comments (maybe a '+1' if they want to do it for their first choice). Instead of the 'topic removal' being automatic, once a student adds a comment, the faculty member can just have a general rule that it's off the table once its been claimed (the faculty member will be able to tell 'who got their first' based on the date/time stamp of the comment postings from the students.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Francesca
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Beith, Linda <lbeith at rwu.edu<mailto:lbeith at rwu.edu>> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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<tel:401-254-3134>
> Website: id.rwu.edu<http://id.rwu.edu/>
>
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