MyUCDAVIS Is Getting A Face-Lift

Tim FullmanDeepak Koilvaram

Venessa LaurelBukky Oseni-Olalemi

Background

• MyUCDAVIS developed 6 years ago

• Course management tool– Not just email

• Widely used by students• Not as widespread among faculty• Now outdated

• New program called Sakai– Open-source– 70 partner institutions, 5 UC’s

• Currently being developed for use at UC Davis– Faculty Training – Pilot program– Focus Groups

• Planned deployment Fall 2006

Why switch to Sakai?

• Few programmers for MyUCDavis

• Difficult to maintain

• Features are difficult to use

• Many features are not used

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Barriers to Adopting More Technology

Too time consuming 69.7%

Lack of technical knowledge 41.3%

Lack of technical support 28.8%

Insufficient reward 26.5%

Other (please describe below) 16.3%

Copyright concerns 10.2%

I do not believe that educational technology improves teaching

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• Community source software– (Variation of open source)– Updated often with new features– Updates cost less

• Joint Effort by Michigan U, Indiana U, MIT & Stanford– Soon to be adopted at most UCs, other

universities across America and around the world including Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, South Africa…

Sakai

• Customizable System, Interface– Each user can have custom workspace

• Fast & Reliable– Quiz builder with more users

• Contains all main features in current MyUCDavis CMS and more

• Setting up and updating course tools easier

Sakai

SakaiMarketing Strategies

Team’s Intentions• Develop marketing strategies that

will:– Inform students & faculty about new

course management tool system– Get students & faculty to use Sakai

• Students as catalysts

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Teaching Evaluation Form

• Direct impact

• Teaching Resource Center tools

• Implementation– End of the quarter or mid-quarter?

Newspaper ArticlesThe California Aggie

– 3-Part Series• What is Sakai?• Cool new features• How students can get involved

– Follow-up in Bits & Bytes

Other Distribution Methods

• Hypertext Newsletter

• TechNews Email Newsletter

• Dateline Faculty Newsletter

Events• Organized by Campus• Sakai is not the main attraction

• Summer Advising– Sakai Presentations– First online CMT experience for

Freshmen– Introduce Features– Encourage communication with faculty

Events

• Picnic Day – Spring 2006– New system is coming– Sneak preview– New features, customizable

• Welcome Week – Fall 2006– Table tents in the Memorial Union and

the Dining Commons– Campus’ latest, greatest thing = Sakai

Coffee House

• Table Holders located at each table in the Coffee House

• Posters and Fliers

• Evoke Curiosity

• Promote interest in the idea of Sakai

• Goal: Convince UC Davis staff to adopt Sakai

http:// sakai.ucdavis.edu

Your Classes, Your Way…

Your classes, needs, and schedules are always changing. Like a chameleon, Sakai will change too, to always fit your needs. It is fully customizable with features like:-Personalizable tool bars-Automatically updated calendar and schedule-Webspace design features-And much more!

• Operated by UCD Students

• Serves over 29,000 students and staff

How can this help us? • Avenue to reach students

• Provoke curiosity and excitement

Special Acknowledgements

• Kirk Alexander, Manager IET Mediaworks

• Babette Schmitt, Executive Asst. Communications, VP- IET

• CCFIT Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-2005

• Carrie Devine and Ann Orel

For additional information visit www.sakaiproject.org

Questions??