Re: Anyone using the SAKAI course management system?

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On 12/05/10, Artie wrote:
> I used Sakai at my last online teaching position. I found it
> user friendly and it didn't take students long to understand
> how it worked. Overall, I loved Sakai....
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> On 8/21/10, bernoulli wrote:
>> I am going to be using SAKAI next semester at a new teaching
>> job. They are switching from Blackboard to SAKAI. Has anyone
>> used it before? I looked around a SAKAI website and it looks
>> like it has enough features. Not sure how well it works or
>> how user friendly it is. This is a nationally known private
>> university, so I am confident they know what they are doing.

I am coming to the end of my first semester with Sakai. My issues
have been:

1. It is not aesthetic and much of the terminology is vague. For
example, if a quiz is "pending", does that mean it is in use and
not completed, or ready to be put into use.

2. My menu is filled with replicated folders because I can't
figure out how to get rid of the duplicates.

3. My students are confused so they upload files in multiple
places, plus they send me duplicate email and messages...plus
regular email.

Not sure if it is better than Bb or not...too early to tell. If I
can't reuse my files next year then I will know for sure
 

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