The document provides an update on Sakai@UD from Mathieu Plourde. Recent changes include upgrading to Sakai 2.6 and addressing forum slowness. Fall metrics show adoption exceeding expectations with a peak of over 1,000 simultaneous users. Upcoming changes involve improving scalability, adding self-service guest accounts, and integrating grade reporting with the university system. The LTC is growing in its adoption of Sakai across several universities.

1. Sakai@UD Update
Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
LMS Committee Luncheon - October 21, 2009

2. Overview
1. Recent Changes
2. Fall Metrics
3. Upcoming Changes
4. Sakai@UD on Twitter
5. LTC Adoption of Sakai
6. LTC Book Project
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3. 1. Recent Changes
• Upgraded to Sakai 2.6 last August
• Forums slowness addressed
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4. 2. Fall Metrics
• Adoption for Courses Beyond Expectations
• Peak In Simultaneous Users
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5. Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
1400
1200
1000
597
Number of Sites
800
Sakai
600
WebCT
978
400 837
782
663
563 571
508
200
344
215
0 40 21
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fall Semesters
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6. Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
1400
1200
1000
597
Number of Sites
800
Sakai
600
WebCT
978
400 837
782
663
563 571
508
200
344
215
0 40 21
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fall Semesters
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7. 3. Upcoming Changes
• Improved Scalability
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8. 3. Upcoming Changes
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9. 3. Upcoming Changes (continued)
• Self-Service Guest Creation
E-mail Address:
First Name:
Last Name:
Create User
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10. 3. Upcoming Changes (continued)
• Grade Reporting to UDSIS
Send to UDSIS
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11. 4. Sakai@UD on Twitter
• All our Sakai announcements are automatically
turned into Twitter updates.
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12. 5. Learning Technology Consortium (LTC)
• Growing Adoption of Sakai
• University of Delaware
• UNC Chapel Hill
• University of Florida Institutional Sakai
Usage
• Wake Forest University
• Virginia Tech No,
• University of Maryland – CP* 3
Yes,
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13. 6. LTC Book Project
Teaching with Technology Volume 2: The Stories Continue
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14. Thank You!
• Questions, Comments?
• Updates available on the UDLMS site:
http://www.udel.edu/udlms
• Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060
http://twitter.com/mathplourde
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