The Sakai Maps tool integrates Google Maps into Sakai and allows users to define and browse points of interest (POI) on the map.
KEY FEATURES
- Each POI has a name, a short description, a type and optionally a url with more information. Users can create and edit their own POIs but can't edit those created by others unless they have sufficient privileges.
- POIs are stored in the database on a per-placement basis: different instances of the tool on the same server each have their own collection of POIs.
- The site maintainer can define POI types, which are shown in different colors on the map. Users can filter the POIs on the map by type so that only POIs of a certain type are shown.
- Maintainers can define up to three different maps (a point and zoom level) that users can navigate to easily.
TRY THE MAPS TOOL
Give the Sakai Maps tool a try by joining the Maps Tool site.
The Skin Manager allows you to inspect, install, update and delete skins on a sakai instance.
Inspect, install, update and delete skins. Skins can be uploaded using a zip file format. A skin archive keeps track of the skins by including the installation history of the skins in the archive, so every version of the installed history is available for reversion. Never loose any skin-data.
KEY FEATURES
- Skins as zip files: ease of install. A standard structure for zip files makes it easy to install skins. No system-administrator is needed to install skins on a sakai installation. For a detailed description of the zip upload file, see SkinFile
- Skin archive: access to all skins ever installed on the system. Over time, skins get updated and modified. The skin archive keeps track of every skin that exist within the instance. This way, the tool is capable of restoring skins from the archive. The skin archive automatically synchronizes with the file system, and restores missing skins if a new Sakai installation overwrites the skin directory. The skin archive is available from the details page. To revert to previous versions of the skin, the edit permission is required.
- Undeleting skins. The tool will keep an archive of all versions of the skins on the system. A skin can be deleted, but the archive remains. The skin can be "undeleted" by creating a skin with the same name and using the history to revert to the previous skin. Of course, one must backup the name of the deleted skin.
TRY THE SKIN MANAGER
To try the skin manager, you should join the Skin Manager site and each of the skin playground sites. You can try skins on you own workspace by clicking on Skin Selector in the site menu. To show your skins to others, you can change the skin of one of the skin playground sites.
The Signup Tool is a tool that allows users to publish events such as seminars and lectures at points in time. Both owners and particpants can manage enrollments.
User that want to particpate in the event can view 'open' events and enroll to one or more. The Signup tool can be used within both course or project sites and is used by various user types.
KEY FEATURES
- Create single or recurring events and manage their frequency.
- Set maximum amount of enrollments
- Display number of existing enrollments
- List enrolled participants
- Publish event to schedule
- Display past and future events, open and closed events
TRY THE SIGNUP TOOL
Try out the Signup tool by joining the Signup tool site and follow instructions there.
The Invite Tool makes it easy for teachers and administrators to create users and make them a member of sites.
Two versions of the tool exist: Invite Participants and Invite Users. One is for teachers to invite participants to their site and one for administrators to join multiple users into multiple sites.
INVITE USERS
The Invite Users version of the tool is expected to be added to the Administration Workspace and used by an administrator. Instead of adding users to the Administration Workspace itself, this version of the tool can join users into multiple sites. Users receive a separate e-mail for each new membership
INVITE PARTICIPANTS
The Invite Participants version of the tool is expected to be added to a normal course or project site and would normally be used by a teacher. This version of the tool invites users to the site that the tool runs on. The teacher can edit the e-mails sent to the new users, but some other settings are only editable by an administrator. One such setting is what account type a new user gets. Administrators may also set one site that all users are to become a member of automatically, like a site that all students in a department must join.
KEY FEATURES
- Invite any number of users in a single batch using a comma separated value (csv) format.
- The batch format can include the users first and last name and is editable by the tool user. The users created are identified by their e-mail address.
- The e-mails sent by the tool are editable by the tool user. Users receive a single e-mail for their new account and membership of a site.
- Existing users are detected automatically and receive a different e-mail: one that only informs them of their new membership.
- Account role of new users is configurable.
TRY THE INVITE TOOL
Try out the Invite Tool by joining the Invite Tool site and follow the instructions there.
The Edurep Tool integrates the Dutch content repository Edurep into Sakai. Edurep is a central facility for finding digital learning materials.
The Edurep tool contributes to the establishment of an Educational Repositories Network, a network of educational databases with learning objects. The Edurep tool integrates into the resources tool, the natural place for offering learning materials in Sakai. Just click the Add button on any resources folder and select Add EduRep Resources to start a query.
KEY FEATURES
- Search & filter Edurep contents.The tool returns a set of search results
- View item details and add/remove items to selection.
- Add selection to resources as links
TRY THE EDUREP TOOL
Try out the Edurep Tool by joining the Edurep Tool site and follow the instructions there.
The Fedora Tool integrates the Fedora and Sakai to support the digital management and dissemination of research results.
In order to disseminate the data from 40 annual testweeks ,the department of psychology and the Library of the University of Amsterdam started the development of a research collaboratory to disseminate longitudinal datasets.
KEY FEATURES
The Fedora tool can be used by researchers to search and obtain specific datasets in the domain of psychology. Datasets are represented as complex objects with multiple datastreams and metadata. Requests for downloads are reveiwed by a coordinator. Users can also upload new datasets and these are also reviewed by the coordinator
- Search (generic) & browse Fedora repository.
- Inspect results by domain specific metadata
- Request and download datasets
- Upload and review new datasets
- Data encryption on tool level
TRY THE FEDORA TOOL
Try out the Fedora Tool by joining the Fedora Tool site and follow the instructions there.
The SCORM player can upload and play SCORM 2004 packages in Sakai.
Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content. The demo on this server is a production version of the work done by UC Davies.
KEY FEATURES
- Upload and configure SCORM 2004 packages
- Validate packages against IMS standard
- Inspect results for each user in course
TRY THE SCORM PLAYER
If you just came here to see the SCORM player work, go to http://scormplayer.edia.nl and launch a SCORM package of your preference. If you have content that you would like to test, create an account for yourself and join the SCORM Player Demo site.
The Knowledge Base Tool is a complete knowledge base application that replaces the help-function of Sakai. It is context sensitive to sites, tools, permissions, level of experience, and it features a Lucene/Solr search engine.
As organizations implement Sakai, many choices are made concerning the tools, user types and permissions that are used. Many instances are also customized to specific local needs, audiences or application areas. This makes most instances unique. The usecase for the development of the KB tool is to enable multi-level and context aware end-user support.
KEY FEATURES
- Searching and viewing knowledge base articles. Articles inside the KB consist of text, media (video) and relations to other articles. Additional information on articles includes rating, comments, difficulty and required permissions. In order to search and find information, the knowledge base allows users to browse categories (tools, user types, permissions, difficulty) or search (full-text & lemmatised query). Results are shown in a sortable table.
- Authoring. The KB tool has an interface for both end-users and authors of support documentation. The latter requires the knowledgebase.edit permission to be activated in the site or !user realm. Having the knowledgebase.edit/delete permission, authors can add, edit and delete articles in the KB.
- Context. Similar to the standard Sakai help system, the KB can be used to replace the context-aware support information on the level of a single tool. By clicking the help icon in a tool, the KB will select all articles related to a tool that correspond with the user's current site permissions.
TRY THE KNOWLEDGE BASE TOOL
If you want to see the Knowledge Base work, click on any help icon on the pages you visit. If you want to author content, create an account for yourself and join the Knowledge Base Demo site, in which you will have sufficient permissions to start creating your own articles.
The Community Manager can create pre-configured admin workspaces for delegated adminstration at the level of faculty, schools or communities.
The community manager was developed as an administrator tool to create delegated admin workspaces. Delegated admin workspaces allow course administrators at faculty level to create and maintain new sites, without accessing the general administration workspace. Another objective is to simplify the creation and maintenance of sites by using pre-configured template sites for project and courses.
By using the federated admin workspace, each member of that site can maintain all sites created with this workspace, and sites outside the department will not be visible in the worksite setup tool.
KEY FEATURES
- Create pre-configured federated admin workspace. Administrators can create a community and define a Title, Identifier, User type and specify which template sites for courses and sites will be created.
- Create new sites from template Federated admin workspaces can use the Create Site functionality to easily create and populate new sites within the faculty or community.
TRY THE COMMUNITY MANAGER
Try out the Fedora Tool by joining the Community Manager Demo site and follow the instructions there.
The Open Courseware Tool integrates a fedora repository with course materials with Sakai
The Open Courseware Tool is developed as first step into exploring the possibilities of using a fedora content repository and a solr generic search implementation to disclose course materials to a broad public. The user interface concentrates on ease of use for teachers to upload their content and rich search and exploration functionality for public access.
KEY FEATURES
- Upload course materials. Teachers can upload their course materials into a delegated fedora repository and provide a well defined set of metadata based on Dublin Core. The upload functionality concentrates on usability and ease of use.
- Define and compose courses Courses are collections of materials described by metadata. Teachers can create courses by defining sets of materials. Materials are reusable as they can be part of any course.
- Searching, browsing, and tagging Courses and materials can be searched and browsed by their aspects, furthermore, the tool makes use of tags to cluster related courses and materials.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
- Integration of Sakai and Fedora This tool integrates Sakai with Fedora and its generic search, just as the Edurep and TestweekLab tools, but applied to the specific use case of making course materials publicly accessible and searchable.
- Use of open standards This project makes use of open standards as much as possible. The metadata is mapped on Dublin Core, the search and repositoty interface is open to the public and conform open standards. The fedora repository will provide a OAI-PMH interface to share its content to other library systems.
TRY THE OPEN COURSEWARE TOOL
Try out the Open Courseware Tool at the dutch opencourseware site (www.opencourseware.nl).
The Create Site Tool can create new sites on the basis of templates, along with the content from the template site.
The Create Site Tool was developed to create new course instances including the content of assignments, resources, wiki etc. The Create Site Tool can create new site on the basis of templates, which are recognized by their site ID.
KEY FEATURES
- The tool can be configured to use specific templates only, e.g. templates of a certain project.
- Choose a template, apply settings and create new site.
TRY THE CREATE SITE TOOL
Try out the Create Site Tool by joining the Create Site Tool Demo site and follow the instructions there.
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