Scholar Basics – What is Scholar?

1. Scholar Basics – What is Scholar? Learning Technologies Online Learning & Collaboration Services

2. Introductions • Scholar for you… • Teach (large/small, grad/undergrad) • Research (independent/team) • Advise • Administrate • Collaborate with outside institutions or organizations

3. What is Scholar (Sakai)? • Open Source Collaboration and Learning Environment • Used at 200 Universities worldwide with over a million users who use Sakai daily in their teaching and learning • Robust learning and collaboration system • Tools for teaching/learning, research/collaboration, and ePortfolio assessment/accreditation projects

4. Uses of Scholar • Course Sites for Teaching & Learning • Project Sites for Collaboration & Research • Portfolio Sites for ePortfolios

5. Scholar: Teaching & Learning • Course Sites • Tied to Academic Terms • Access to rosters in Banner • Access to all available tools in Scholar • Resources and information can be transferred from one site to another easily for next term • Roles: • Instructor • Teaching Assistant • Student • Guest • Tech Support

6. Scholar: Collaboration & Research • Project Sites • Available across academic terms • Access to all available tools in Scholar • Roles: Organizer, Participant, Guest, Tech Support • Features of Project Sites • Create maintain/manage sites and groups within sites to create layers of access • Off-campus people can be added as guests or participants • Collaboration: Wikis, Forums, Chat, Email Archive & Messages, Resources

7. Scholar for ePortfolios • ePortfolios aid: • students to collect, select, reflect, and connect • faculty to collect, reflect, assess, report ePortfolio Presentation ePortfolioMatirx

8. And finally… • Give it a try! • http://scholar.vt.edu • Ask for help • http://4help.vt.edu • Register for FDI Workshops & One-on-One Help Sessions • http://www.fdi.vt.edu/