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OpenSyllabus in Sakai 2.6 : up and running

OpenSyllabus in Sakai 2.6 : up and running. Jacques Raynauld – faculty R émi Saïas – Technical coordination / ScrumMaster HEC Montréal June 15 2010. Objectives of the session. Overview of a new syllabus authoring tool to organize all your Sakai resources and tools

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OpenSyllabus in Sakai 2.6 : up and running

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  1. OpenSyllabus in Sakai 2.6 : up and running Jacques Raynauld – faculty Rémi Saïas – Technical coordination / ScrumMaster HEC Montréal June 15 2010

  2. Objectives of the session • Overview of a new syllabus authoringtool to organize all your Sakai resources and tools • Convince you of the importance of using some kind of structure or semantic approach for Sakai course websites • Faculty? Teaching Support? IT? Deans? Students? • Possible Sakai adoption? 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  3. Outline • HEC Montréal and the origins of the project • Syllabi and Sakai • OpenSyllabus structure and architecture • Quick demo of the tool • Summary, roadmap and questions 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  4. HEC Montréal and the origin of the project

  5. Large business school • Part of the University of Montreal campus • 12 000 students • 250 career professors • 500 adjuncts • 4 000 full time undergraduate students • Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  6. Origins of the project • Learning material disseminated in various course web sites … • Very confusing for the staff, the students and the public … • Development of an in-house easy-to-use Web platform to build a centralized electronic syllabi web depot 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  7. http://zonecours.hec.ca

  8. http://zonecours.hec.ca

  9. One location • Public and studentaccess • Uniform interface • 95% of the course websites are up and running in Zone Cours 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  10. Origins of the project • Good tool …. but unable to share the code for technical reasons • Spring 2007 : consensus to rewrite the program with a open source vision (Sakai) • CRIM and the University of Montreal joined the team and brought their expertise and their experience (use cases) 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  11. Origins of the project • Presentation of the beta version at the Boston meetings • HEC pilots in the 2010 Winter and Summer terms. Large roll-out in the Fall. • University of Montréal pilot in the Summer and Fall terms. 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  12. Syllabi and Sakai

  13. Syllabi and Sakai PDF - paper Resources - web • Contact information • Objectives • Requirements (evaluation) • Grading • College policies • Schedule of readings, due date • Documents to download (pdf, ppt, doc, etc.) • Citations • Hyperlinks • Assignments • Quizzes • Discussion Boards • Etc. 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  14. Syllabi and Sakai PDF - paper Actual Syllabus tool in Sakai Post a doc or PDF file Use an editor No semantic • Contact information • Objectives • Requirements (evaluation) • Grading • Collegepolicies • Schedule of readings, due date 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  15. Syllabi and Sakai Resources - web • Documents to download (pdf, ppt, doc, etc.) • Citations • Hyperlinks • Assignments • Discussion Boards • Etc. Stanford U. , Coursework User Guide 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  16. Syllabi and Sakai Sakai Courseware Management - The Official Guide, p. 170.

  17. Syllabi and Sakai FacultyShowcase: Amanda Cecil, Using Oncourse CL to choreograph teachable moments in online courses, Indiana University, On Course

  18. OpenSyllabus Architecture

  19. OpenSyllabus Architecture

  20. OpenSyllabus Architecture Gerbé and Raynauld, An Open Syllabus Model, Ed-Media 2009, Honolulu. 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  21. OpenSyllabus Architecture 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  22. OpenSyllabus Architecture Sakai Tools - Services Sakai Server OpenSyllabus Server OpenSyllabus Client – Google Web Tool kit Exchange of XML files betweenOpenSyllabus server and client OpenSyllabus public gate HTML site createdfrom the XML file

  23. Citation Z39.50 Connector: MetaSearch Engine (SirsiSingleSearch, Web2Bridge …) HTTP Or Z39.50 Etc. … Linking to Library Resources: Workarounds and Z39.50 Connectors in Sakai Mame Awa Diop Z39.50 Z39.50 Connector Z39.50 Library of Congress 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  24. Quick demo of the toolhttp://vimeo.com/12495226

  25. Demo • Description of the editing page – buttons – tree panel (news, list of the lectures) and Sakai tools. View all. The structure and the wordingscanbetaylored to eachuniversityneeds. • Adding a description in the Presentation section • Adding a contact • Adding a textbook citation to Course Material • Adding a Forum to Course Material 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  26. Demo • Seeing the content of lecture 2 (objective, citation, file, url, exercice) • Adding a lecture : The pricemechanism • Adding the objectives • Adding an article – public – mandatory • Adding a document – private – recommended • Adding a quiz – rubric exercice – private – complementary • Moving a quiz to lecture 1 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  27. Demo • Discussing the evaluation section – very important for program design – the mostsemantic • Editing an evaluation (evaluation type, addingelectronicsubmission,etc.) • Adding an evaluationcriteria • Adding an electronicsubmission (assignment) 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  28. Demo • Adding a cluster • Moving a lecture • Addinganother cluster • Preview • Publish • OsylManager (Briefly) 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  29. Summary, road map and questions

  30. 10 good reasons for OpenSyllabus • Studentrequest : Whatshould I do? Whereisit? • Facultyrequests : keepit simple (training)! • Easy to modify the templates and keepingtheirsemantic (lectures, themes, modules, etc.) • Peak-load solution (GWT client) 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  31. 10 good reasons for OpenSyllabus • Archive/Share/Import/Export : Lectures/Modules withinyouruniversity Across the Sakai community Easy migration for us • Public gate for the community, future students, parents, etc. • Cuttingwork : PDF printing for students • Reporting : assessmentmethods, accreditation, Bologna, etc. 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  32. 10 good reasons for structuredsyllabi • Dynamic links to yourlibrarycatalog (Z39.50). • Easy to launch a small pilot 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  33. Road-map and questions • Availablenowfor Sakai 2.6 • Migration to Sakai 2.7 coming • Sakai 3.0 isnaturalstepsince OpenSyllabus has REST architecture and couldbetransformed in an Open Social Gadget 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

  34. Road-map and questions • Tech DemoWednesday • http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSYL/OpenSyllabus+Home • Video : http://vimeo.com/12495226 • Test server : http://osyltest.hec.ca • jacques.raynauld@hec.ca 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

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