Sakai CLE courseware management : the official guide : take your e-learning, research, and collaboration experience to new level / / Alan Berg, Ian Dolphin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822004503321
• Autore: Berg Alan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham : , : Packt Publishing Open Source, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-34945-0; 9786613349453; 1-84951-543-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Collana: Community experience distilled
• Disciplina: 371.33
• Soggetti: Law - Study and teaching (Continual education) - Computer programs; Educational technology; Computer-assisted instruction - Computer programs; Open source software; Internet in higher education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is Sakai?; Sakai tools; The Sakai Foundation; Sakai worksite; The community; Branches; Workgroups; Developers; Rogues Gallery; Sakai's academic background; A brief history; The Java-based tool creation; Sakai 1.0; Present day; What's Next?-The Sakai open academic environment; Advantages for organizations; Summary; Chapter 2: Feet First: Running the Demo; Installing the demo; Administrator's account; Expanding the demo; Help is your friend; Live demos; Building from the sourceSummary; Chapter 3: Sakai 2.x Anatomy; The Sakai framework; The aggregation layer; The presentation layer; The tools layer; The services layer; Core technologies; How Sakai is deployed at scale; Load balancing; Frontend servers; Database preferences; The Java Virtual Machine; Enterprise data integration; Sakai OAE anatomy; Architectural overview; Client-side anatomy (""3akai-ux""); Nakamura server-side anatomy (""Nakamura""); Summary; ; Chapter 4: My First Site; Tool-specific help; Managing project sites; Browsing the demonstration; Site creation; Creating a course site; Tools of immediate valueMaintaining your site details; Starter tips; Descriptions are important; Password strength; The motivation for sections; Creating sections; Summary; Chapter 5: Enterprise Bundle Tools & Quality Assurance; Using Core tools in Sakai 2.6; Core tools since Sakai 2.6; From Contrib to Provisional; Stealthily to Core; Enterprise-level quality; The Quality Assurance process; QA leads; Maintenance releases; Automated testing; Automatic code analysis; Summary; Chapter 6: Worksite Tools; Creating flashcards; Commonalities between tools; The Resources tool; Using course tools togetherThe context; Making a communication plan; Placing Content; Assessing individual students; Introducing Portfolios; Towards OSP integration in Sakai OAE; Summary; Chapter 7: Contributed Tools; An apology of sorts; The range of contributed tools; Sponsoring creativity; Pros and cons; A list of tools; Example deployments; The University of Michigan; Interview with David Haines, Senior Developer at Michigan; The University of Cape Town; Creating tools; Building tools; SASH; Interview with Steven Githens, the force behind SASH; Summary; Chapter 8: Putting Sakai to Work; The tools and structure of a Sakai siteSakai's site structure; My Workspace; The Home tool contents; The basic collaboration tools; Site administration; The basic teaching and learning tools; Types of Sakai sites; Problem-based courses; Small discussion courses; Large introductory courses; Project-based courses; Collaboration sites; Building your Home page; Check out the new look; Edit your page; Replace the site description; Customize the Home page; Ready to roll; Summary; Chapter 9: The Administration Workspace; What is a Sakai administrator?; The Administration tool set; Basic concepts; Internal ID
• Sommario/riassunto: Take your e-learning, research, and collaboration experience to the next level