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What is Sakai?
Sakai is an open source learning management system provided by the Apero Foundation. The LMS provides what it calls Core and Expanded Features. The Core Features encompass an integrated tool set that is tested by the Sakai community members and is then included with…
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What is Sakai?
Sakai is an open source learning
management system provided by the Apero Foundation. The LMS provides what it
calls Core and Expanded Features. The Core Features encompass an integrated
tool set that is tested by the Sakai community members and is then included
with each new release. The tool set can be configured by: instructors,
students, research investigators and project leaders. The other set of tools, known as “Contrib
Tools” are specific to Sakai tools and innovations that are developed and tested by
community members and are then made available for others to use outside of the
packaged Sakai product releases.
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Users recommend exploring Sakai thoroughly and spending time on it to discover its useful functions. They suggest attending Sakai community events and talking to other institutions using the platform to learn more about its pros and cons.
Users advise knowing the customization limitations of Sakai and coming up with creative solutions to make it suit your class or project's needs. They recommend testing Sakai with real courses and faculty before switching to ensure it meets user requirements.
Users suggest integrating Sakai with other tools like Piazza for additional functionality and comparing Sakai to other services with better support. They recommend considering alternatives and choosing the system that best suits your needs.
Overall, users emphasize the need for thorough exploration, customization, testing, and consideration of alternatives when using Sakai.
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March 08, 2021
A Solid CMS at a Great "Price"
- Sakai has supported the institution in providing a platform for offering more hybrid/blended and online course options.
- Sakai has given students a "third space" where they can communicate with the instructor and their classmates about course content.
- The ability to self host and customize Sakai has led to greater efficiencies and reliability.
- In all Sakai's cost of ownership is much less than dealing with an ASP and/or cloud solution.
- Sakai is continuing to improve over the years. Innovation is always happening.
October 31, 2019
Sakai -- The Mighty Have Fallen
- Sakai continues to serve the university, and faculty and students are mostly satisfied with it.
- The cost to support has been good in the past.
- As the market share slows, it's often the last to be developed by popular third-party integrations.
December 27, 2018
Sakai is Simple and Supportive
- Sakai makes it easy for students to monitor grades which puts their minds at ease.
- Sakai makes it easy for teachers to assign and receive assignments from students.
- Communication is one of the most important and one of the most taxing parts of an educational system. Sakai makes this process just a little bit easier.
July 14, 2018
A flexible LMS that fit our needs and wants
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- Sakai provided an alternative to other platforms that would have delayed the delivery of courses and full programs. Specific directives and initiatives were brought to bear from C level executives requiring delivery on an extremely tight budget. We have since been able to launch multiple programs, expand campuses and offer courses on a global scale.
- Using Sakai has meant students familiar with other platforms have had to learn how interacting with Sakai while similar, is different. We have needed to invest in creating instructional materials about the platform, provide training and instructional opportunities on best use and practice of not only Sakai but of how Sakai can be used with other tools and technologies. In some cases for instructors we've had to help them unlearn how processes work in other LMSs to recognize how they are different in Sakai.
- Sakai has provided greater ROI, where prior to using Sakai about half of our constituents were using an LMS, now more than 80% are doing so. Some of this has come about because of how Sakai works with our SIS, providing a consistent and available course site to every instructor for every course and section offered. It has also allowed us to contract with subject matter experts to create, manage, polish and reuse course structures, designs and content term over term.
- With the cost-effective storage of 1000s of course sites, we have yet to figure out how to keep tight reign on which courses contain the most up to date content, accessibility modifications and instructor-specific content. Sakai doesn't provide an over-the-top way to manage versions of a course, except by way of term to term or special name designation on course site creation.
May 06, 2016
Sakai review from an instructional developer
- Very positive. The eLearning department grew exponentially during our course of using Sakai.
May 03, 2016
Happy in the Sakai universe!
- Our Sakai costs are about 10% (ten percent) what it would cost for the big name LMS. For a school with a budget. this is a deciding factor.
- We can more easily afford more online programs to attract more students.
- Hard-won resources can go to needy places in the institution rather than to the online infrastructure.
February 05, 2016
Sakai
- Ability to customize the system to meet the needs of faculty and learners
- Greater cost to the university as a whole than a hosted platform
- Ability to easily design courses based on pedagogy
September 23, 2015
Collaborative learning environment at its best!
- Increased employee efficiency.
- Increased creativity with student portfolios.
September 21, 2015
A Few Thoughts from a Faculty Member
- Easier student assignment submission
- Better performance tracking
- Better options for predictive analysis via the at-a-glance view of the gradebook
September 18, 2015
Sakai at UD is our workhorse LMS in need of some grooming
- There seems to be a bit of a learning curve with the Sakai interface, but it recently enjoyed a refresh of its design aesthetics at UD. Students and faculty generally have a positive experience with Sakai.
- Sakai has allowed guests to UD or individuals taking continuing ed courses to access course materials without needing to go through an extensive process of creating a UD-specific account.
- For American Public University System, Sakai seemed an effective tool. As with any technology though, times change and with changing times comes new technological possibilities. At its implementation stage, Sakai had a positive effect in adding to the ROI and is built as a desktop online learning system. Currently, there are many competitors in the market probably worth looking at further if one wishes to push the leading edge with regards to mobile possibilities, multimedia etc.
- Sakai was useful as a resource system in tying online library resources to the university online curriculum. It allowed for library/university curriculum connections that otherwise would not be possible. We actually won several awards with our Sakai/Online Library/Libguides online curriculum integration.
- For an online for-profit university in the early days of online learning Sakai was a great tool. For land based universities transitioning to online learning modalities, Sakai is still a fair option in terms of hybrid learning possibilities and enabling an online resource folder for every physical class. Sakai is definitely not leading edge but more proven system stability undergoing versioning processes.
September 15, 2015
Sakai = Success
- Good solid LMS that works for students and faculty.
- Easy to navigate so less time on the phone with the help desk.
- I personally think its well worth the cost.
September 15, 2015
Why Sakai? It's a great fit!
- We took our time converting from Blackboard, and now 85% of our credit faculty/students are using Sakai.
- Our faculty is now looking for more hybrid/blended opportunities and are investigating and using more interactive tools with students, such as creating YouTube videos, Office Mix (PowerPoint voice overs), and web conferences.
- Not only do credit faculty/students use Sakai, but so do other employees for large and small projects and training, as well as non-credit faculty and students in Continuing Education, Basic Skills and Adult High School.