Instructional Support Services

Sakai

Sakai is a robust Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) used by millions of users at hundreds of colleges, universities, and schools to enhance teaching, learning, research and team work. Sakai was built by a consortium of higher education research institutions to meet the collaboration needs of students, on-line learners, faculty and staff.

By September 2012, Sakai will replace the Blackboard on-line course management system.

Transitioning from Blackboard

Don't worry, there will be plenty of time to transition to this new system and ITS will be here to help every step of the way.Both Sakai and Blackboard will be available for the 2011-2012 academic year with our transition to Sakai complete by Fall 2012.

Tools for Teaching and Learning

  • Announcements: Post current, time-critical information to a site.
  • Syllabus: Post a summary outline of course requirements.
  • Lesson Builder: Create and publish online learning sequences.
  • Assignments: Create and grade online or offline assignments.
  • Drop Box: Share files privately with site participants.
  • Gradebook: Calculate, store and distribute grade information to students.
  • Tests & Quizzes: Create and manage online assessments
  • iTunes U: Connect to resources hosted in Ithaca College's iTunesU.

Tools for Research and Projects

  • Resources: Post, store and organize material related to the site. Share multiple files at once with site members, groups, or the world.
  • Email Archive: Access an archive of email sent to participants.
  • Wiki: Create and edit web content collaboratively.
  • Blog: Provides blogging capability for your class.
  • Calendar: Maintain deadlines, activities and site related events.
  • Chat: Engage in real-time conversations with site participants.
  • Discussion Forum: Create, moderate and manage discussion topics and groups within a course and send private messages to site participants.
  • Web Pages: Display external web pages or create web pages in Sakai and share them with the world..
  • News: Display custom news content from dynamic, online sources via RSS.