MyUCDAVIS Is Getting A Face-Lift
Tim Fullman
Deepak Koilvaram
Venessa Laurel
Bukky Oseni-Olalemi
Background
• MyUCDAVIS developed 6 years
ago
• Course management tool
– Not just email
• Widely used by students
• Not as widespread among faculty
• Now outdated
• New program called Sakai
– Open-source
– 70 partner institutions, 5 UC’s
• Currently being developed for use
at UC Davis
– Faculty Training
– Pilot program
– Focus Groups
• Planned deployment Fall 2006
Why switch to Sakai?
• Few programmers for
MyUCDavis
• Difficult to maintain
• Features are difficult to use
• Many features are not used
Current Usage of MyUCDAVIS CMT
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Website
Gradebook
Mailing Lists, Disc
Boards, Chat Rooms
Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report
CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-05
Quiz Builder
MyUCDAVIS CMT – Satisfaction Ratings
4.5
4
5 = very useful
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Website
Gradebook
Mailing
Lists
Discussion Chat Room
Boards
Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report
CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-05
Quiz
Builder
Portal Tools
Faculty Internet Usage in Support of Instruction
80
75.8
70
Percentage
60
50
30
20
Not at all
Less than Daily
Daily
45.5
40
27
26
10
2.1
18.1
0
1999
2005
Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report
CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-05
Barriers to Adopting More Technology
Too time consuming
69.7%
Lack of technical knowledge
41.3%
Lack of technical support
28.8%
Insufficient reward
26.5%
Other (please describe below)
16.3%
Copyright concerns
10.2%
I do not believe that educational
technology improves teaching
8.7%
Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report
CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-05
Sakai
• Community source software
– (Variation of open source)
– Updated often with new features
– Updates cost less
• Joint Effort by Michigan U, Indiana
U, MIT & Stanford
– Soon to be adopted at most UCs,
other universities across America
and around the world including
Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain,
South Africa…
Sakai
• Customizable System, Interface
– Each user can have custom
workspace
• Fast & Reliable
– Quiz builder with more users
• Contains all main features in
current MyUCDavis CMS and more
• Setting up and updating course
tools easier
Sakai
Marketing Strategies
Team’s Intentions
• Develop marketing strategies that
will:
– Inform students & faculty about new
course management tool system
– Get students & faculty to use Sakai
• Students as catalysts
Motivators for Adopting Educational Technology
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Personal
satisfaction in
improved
pedagogy
Improved
student
feedback
Personal
enjoyment
Faculty Needs Assessment Summary Report
CCFIT – Educational Technology Subcommittee 2004-05
Teaching Evaluation Form
• Direct impact
• Teaching Resource Center tools
• Implementation
– End of the quarter or mid-quarter?
Newspaper Articles
The California Aggie
– 3-Part Series
• What is Sakai?
• Cool new features
• How students can get involved
– Follow-up in Bits & Bytes
Other Distribution Methods
• Hypertext Newsletter
• TechNews Email Newsletter
• Dateline Faculty Newsletter
Events
• Organized by Campus
• Sakai is not the main attraction
• Summer Advising
– Sakai Presentations
– First online CMT experience for
Freshmen
– Introduce Features
– Encourage communication with
faculty
Events
• Picnic Day – Spring 2006
– New system is coming
– Sneak preview
– New features, customizable
• Welcome Week – Fall 2006
– Table tents in the Memorial Union
and the Dining Commons
– Campus’ latest, greatest thing =
Sakai
Coffee House
• Table Holders located at each table
in the Coffee House
• Posters and Fliers
• Evoke Curiosity
• Promote interest in the idea of
Sakai
• Goal: Convince UC Davis staff to
adopt Sakai
Your Classes, Your Way…
Your classes, needs, and
schedules are always
changing. Like a chameleon,
Sakai will change too, to
always fit your needs. It is fully
customizable with features
like:
-Personalizable tool bars
-Automatically updated
calendar and schedule
-Webspace design features
-And much more!
http:// sakai.ucdavis.edu
• Operated by UCD Students
• Serves over 29,000 students and
staff
How can this help us?
• Avenue to reach students
• Provoke curiosity and excitement
Special Acknowledgements
• Kirk Alexander, Manager IET Mediaworks
• Babette Schmitt, Executive Asst.
Communications, VP-
IET
• CCFIT Educational Technology
Subcommittee 2004-2005
• Carrie Devine and Ann Orel
For additional information visit
www.sakaiproject.org
Questions??