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Sakai at University of Michigan

Sakai at University of Michigan. International Virtual Learning Environment Conference May 13,14 2010 Beijing John Leasia Director, CTools Implementation Group jleasia@umich.edu. Today’s presentation. About University of Michigan Our role in Sakai

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Sakai at University of Michigan

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  1. Sakai at University of Michigan International Virtual Learning Environment Conference May 13,14 2010 Beijing John Leasia Director, CTools Implementation Group jleasia@umich.edu

  2. Today’s presentation About University of Michigan Our role in Sakai CTools – our implementation of Sakai Infrastructure, Staffing Interesting uses, Portfolio Our active development What is on the horizon

  3. Founded 1817 One of the first US public universities 2 Professors, 7 students

  4. U of M today • 5,500+ faculty, 51,000+ students • 3 Campuses (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint) • 19 separate schools & colleges 100+ Programs 5,500+ undergraduate courses per term 588 Majors 600 student organizations • Research – 1B+

  5. UM and Sakai • um.Coursetools • Business school special project 1999 • Developed into LMS system • um.Worktools spinoff, research/projects 2000 • CHEF project 2001 • First run at open source, standards • Had momentum, new/solidified standards emerged • Pilot 2002 • SAKAI 2003 • Bring project/research and course collaboration back under one system • UM, IU, MIT, Stanford & Mellon Grant • uPortal, Foothills

  6. UM – China Relationship • UM hosts China Visiting Scholars • Dr. Qing Li – October 2007 • Dr. Zhiqing Zhang – June 2009 • UM – China University Leadership Forum • May 15-29 2010 June 2005 President Coleman leads delegation to Beijing and Shanghai May 2006 Inaugural Michigan-China University Leadership Forum May 2006 Jen Zhu appointed coordinator for Chinese Initiatives 2007 School Year "China Now" theme semester May 2008 Second Michigan-China University Leadership Forum

  7. CTools stats • Today

  8. CTools – example project sites

  9. CTools integrations • Peoplesoft – registrar data Also textbook info, course evaluation orders • Single signon - Cosign Provides • Ease of use when moving between apps • Course Rosters – automatically handle drops/adds

  10. Out of cluster App server (search, other tasks) NetApp Filer Application servers 7 TB Netscaler sprayer Database cluster Dell 1950, 16GB RAM Apache/tomcat 6GB Heap 64-bit RHEL 5.x UM xISBN Grad School Sun Fire T5120, 128 GB RAM Solaris 10 OS Oracle 10g (10.2.0.4) Library Reserves Cosign – UM Single signon www Enterprise systems (e.g. Registrar) UMIAC DB intermediate Full updates daily Changes every 2 hrs iTunes U Other Web content CTools Infrastructure

  11. Development, Test systems Nightly Integration QA Testing Load Testing Development Developers

  12. CTools Releases • Typical progression • Developer’s laptop > CTDev > Test > Production • Nightly – leading edge, prototypes • Integration – tests involving enterprise systems • Releases – • Fall term large release, Winter, Summer terms occasionally • Bug fix releases as needed • Build scripts – automate the many builds • Dev wiki to coordinate release content

  13. Monitoring

  14. Monitoring • Critical periods - End of term, Evaluations • Extra attention • Monitoring every hour • ‘Crunch’ reports • Daily status conference call

  15. CTools configurations • Site Types • Course, Project, GradTools, My Workspace • We don’t auto-create sites (Instructors create course sites at their option) • Roles • Owner, Instructor, Assistant, Student, Observer, Librarian, Affiliate • Owner, Organizer, Member, Observer • Account Types • Uniqname (UM affiliated); can create sites • Friend (anyone else); cannot create sites

  16. CTools customizations • Customized standard tools • Assignments • Single file upload – new students • Large sites – first page search option • Additional metadata • Forums – extended statistics • TestCenter - reporting • Course Evaluations – external orders

  17. CTools customizations • Custom tools • Textbook, uBook • Engineering Honor Code (Web Content clone) • Evaluate This Course (Web Content clone) • Generic URL • Library Help, Library Reserves • GradTools / Checklist • My Courses

  18. Textbook, uBook • Textbook info entered in PeopleSoft • Info is part of feed to CTools • Textbook tool in user My Workspaces • Also – uBook student to student book market

  19. Web Content ‘clones’ ctools.umich.edu/portal/directtool/sakai.rsf.evaluation?sakai.site=~ www.engin.umich.edu/students/honorcode/

  20. Library Help, Library Reserves

  21. Gradtools

  22. My Courses

  23. CTools LTI tool integrations LectureTools SAMS (Student Assignment Management System) • Allows an LMS to launch an External Tool and securely provide user identity, course information, and role information to the external tool • Uses a HTTP POST through the browser – secured by the OAuth security (www.oauth.net)

  24. Basic LTI

  25. LectureTools – LTI integrated

  26. LectureTools – LTI integrated

  27. Student Assignment Management System

  28. SAMS – LTI integrated

  29. SAMS – LTI integrated

  30. Support, Training, Documentation • Support staff • 1 Full time, several student part time • Footprints support queue, live (IM) help, phone help, walk-in • ‘Field’ support – experts at the unit level • Documentation – part time writer

  31. Other staff • Development • 4-6 FTE development Sakai and CTools User Interface, tool development, builds • IT • 2-4 FTE DBA, infrastructure admins • Instructional Design

  32. Using CTools • mPortfolio • Sweetland Freshman writing sample • Med – groups, same site from term to term • Introductory Spanish - schedule as assignment tool • Law portal • Business School MAP

  33. mPortfolio MPortfolio is the University of Michigan implementation of ePortfolio: a mix of technology, pedagogy and assessment strategies intended to advance the cause of learning at Michigan.

  34. mPortfolio Reflect. Connect. Demonstrate. Students reflect on their past experiences.

  35. mPortfolio Reflect. Connect. Demonstrate. Students connect their past experiences into philosophy and goals statements.

  36. mPortfolio Reflect. Connect. Demonstrate. Students demonstrate their transformative stories as ePortfolios.

  37. mPortfolio Use

  38. Large sites – Freshman writing

  39. Med School

  40. Med School CSS Javascript html Flash Dreamweaver Frames Video

  41. Schedule as Assignment tool

  42. Law School Portal CTools as a provider!

  43. Business School Multidisciplinary Action Projects

  44. Business School

  45. CTools – current development • Assignment 2, Gradebook 2 • ‘Docs’ – new Resources UI • Test Center reporting • Checklist – GradTools replacement • Teaching Evaluations – automations (UM specific) • Assignments – never ending • mPortfolio

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