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==Getting a Sakai site set up==
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==Sakai==
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===Credit classes===
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Your Sakai site is your "hub" for all class activities.
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All credit sections already have a Sakai site for Spring 2020. About 90% of these sites are active and in use. For the remaining 10%...
 
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* If an instructor cannot access their Sakai site, it is likely because they have not completed the [[Sakai Training | required Intro to Sakai]] online workshop.
 
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* These instructors should visit [https://training.durhamtech.edu training.durhamtech.edu] and register for BOTH Intro to Sakai and Intermediate Sakai. Info on how to start the online training will be emailed to them within 24-48 hours.
 
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* Upon completion of Intro to Sakai, they will get access to their Sakai sites.
 
  
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===Non-credit classes===
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* For '''credit classes''', Sakai sites are created automatically.
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For non-credit classes, to get a Sakai site set up requires two things (in any order; both can get started concurrently):
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* For '''non-credit classes''', the '''[https://forms.gle/CbLfi2iQqKu2ojiLA Sakai Course Site Request Form for Non-Credit Courses]''' must be submitted in order to get a site created.
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* The instructor’s supervisor or program specialist must submit the '''[https://docs.google.com/a/connect.durhamtech.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEU4TFNaQzZrRV9WbGJ1bmhNNXhDWGc6MQ#gid=0 Sakai Course Site Request Form for Non-Credit Courses]''' to get a site created.
 
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**The Sakai site should be created within 24-48 hours upon submission of the form.
 
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**The instructor will get access to the Sakai site when they complete Intro to Sakai.
 
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* The instructor must register for and complete the Intro to Sakai online workshop. They should visit training.durhamtech.edu and register for BOTH Intro to Sakai and Intermediate Sakai. Info on how to start the online training will be emailed to them within 24-48 hours.
 
  
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==Training for moving instruction online==
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===Sakai Training===
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Sakai contains many tools to support online instruction, including discussion forums, online tests/quizzes, assignment submission, and a “Lessons” tool for organizing and presenting content.  
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* Instructors must complete the [https://training.durhamtech.edu/node/644 Intro to Sakai] online workshop before they can get access to their Sakai sites.
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* [https://training.durhamtech.edu/node/647 Intermediate Sakai] - All instructors who do not have online teaching experience should register for and complete this workshop!
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* Both workshops are online and self-paced. For more details see [[Sakai Training]].
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* TO REGISTER: Visit [https://training.durhamtech.edu training.durhamtech.edu]
  
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The '''[https://training.durhamtech.edu/node/647 Intermediate Sakai online workshop]''' covers all of these tools as well as best practices for using them in instruction.
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==More tools for online instruction==
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'''All instructors without online teaching experience should register for Intermediate Sakai at [https://training.durhamtech.edu training.durhamtech.edu].'''
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| '''Warpwire''' <br>
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''Create simple videos or audio recordings''
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[[File:Tiny-warpwire-icon.png|center|link=Sakai: Warpwire]]<br>
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To learn more:<br>
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'''[[Sakai: Warpwire|Warpwire]]'''
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| '''Narrating PowerPoints'''<br>
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''Convert PowerPoints into video lectures''
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[[File:Tiny-ppt-logo.png|center|link=Narrating PowerPoints and Sharing Them on Warpwire]]<br>
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To learn more:<br>
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'''[[Narrating PowerPoints and Sharing Them on Warpwire]]'''
  
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==Convert PowerPoint lectures to videos==
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| '''Sakai Meetings'''<br>
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PowerPoint contains tools for adding voice narrations to your slides. You can then export your narrated PowerPoint to a video and upload it to Sakai using a special tool in Sakai called Warpwire.
 
  
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''For instructions, see:'' <br>
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''Hold "live" online meetings with your students''
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'''[[Media: Handout-Narrating-PPTs.pdf|Narrating PowerPoints & Sharing Them on Warpwire (PDF)]]'''
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[[File:Tiny-camera-icon.png|center|link=Sakai: Meetings]]<br>
  
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==Hold an online meeting (webinar) with your class==
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To learn more:<br>
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'''[[Sakai: Meetings | Sakai Meetings (BigBlueButton)]]'''
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===Hold an online meeting (webinar) with your class===
 
Meetings (BigBlueButton) is a webinar tool available in Sakai that allows instructors to hold live, online meetings with students.  
 
Meetings (BigBlueButton) is a webinar tool available in Sakai that allows instructors to hold live, online meetings with students.  
 
* You can display presentations, use a white board, use audio and/or a webcam, chat with your students, share your desktop, record the meeting, and more.
 
* You can display presentations, use a white board, use audio and/or a webcam, chat with your students, share your desktop, record the meeting, and more.
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'''[[Sakai: Meetings | Sakai Meetings (BigBlueButton)]]'''
 
'''[[Sakai: Meetings | Sakai Meetings (BigBlueButton)]]'''
  
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==Create videos, audio recordings, and screencasts==
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===Convert PowerPoint lectures to videos===
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Sakai contains a tool called Warpwire for creating videos or audio recordings and sharing them with students. With Warpwire, instructors can…
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PowerPoint contains tools for adding voice narrations to your slides. You can then export your narrated PowerPoint to a video and upload it to Sakai using a special tool in Sakai called [[Sakai: Warpwire|Warpwire]].
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''For instructions, see:'' <br>
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'''[[Narrating PowerPoints and Sharing Them on Warpwire]]'''
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===Create videos, audio recordings, and screencasts===
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Sakai contains a tool called [[Sakai: Warpwire|Warpwire]] for creating videos or audio recordings and sharing them with students. With Warpwire, instructors can…
 
* use a webcam to record a video of themselves talking
 
* use a webcam to record a video of themselves talking
 
* create an audio-only recording
 
* create an audio-only recording
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''For details and step-by-step handouts, visit:''<br>
 
''For details and step-by-step handouts, visit:''<br>
 
'''[[Sakai:_Warpwire | go.durhamtech.edu/warpwire]]'''
 
'''[[Sakai:_Warpwire | go.durhamtech.edu/warpwire]]'''
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==Support Resources==
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==Teaching and managing your online class==
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'''[[Online_Course_Guidelines |Durham Tech's Online Course Guidelines]]''' <br>The college's expectations for teaching online, laid out in 23 succinct guidelines. Click "Expand" to the right of a guideline to view additional information and resources.
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'''[[Media:Attendance-rules-IN-HY-BL_7-21-20.pdf|Attendance Rules for Online, Hybrid, and Blended Classes (PDF)]]''' <br>
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Important info on planning course "entry" activities and maintaining attendance records to meet regulatory requirements.
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'''[[Media: How-Do-I-Do-that-Online.pdf|How Do I Do That Online? (PDF)]]''' <br>Practical strategies for creating online activities in Sakai to replace common face-to-face class activities.
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'''[[Media:Handout-Opportunties_for_Interactions_examples.pdf|Opportunities for Social Interaction with Your Online Students (PDF)]]'''<br>
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Ideas for creating instructor presence in your online class.
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'''[[Media:Test_Tips_Sakai.pdf|Online Testing: Tips to Minimize Technical Problems and Deter Cheating (PDF)]]'''<br>
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Specific advice on the best settings to choose before publishing your test. Page 2 explains how to randomize test questions/answers.
  
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===For students===
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==Webinar trainings for faculty==
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'''[[Contact Sakai Support]]''' explains support options available, including how to contact the 24/7 Sakai Help Desk.
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Instructional Technologies is presenting webinars to keep faculty informed and to share tips and strategies for teaching online.
  
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'''[[Sakai Help for Students]]''' has videos and FAQs to help students log in, post in a forum, take an online test, submit an assignment, and more.
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Visit the '''[[Instructional Technologies Webinars]]''' page for recordings and materials from past sessions.
  
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==Support and self-help==
 
===For instructors===
 
===For instructors===
  
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[[Sakai Resources for Instructors]] contains just about everything there is to know about Sakai and has links to detailed help for every tool in Sakai.
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*[[Sakai Resources for Instructors]] includes pretty much everything there is to know about Sakai and has links to detailed help for every tool in Sakai.
  
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Email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu with questions.  
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*Email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu with questions or problems.  
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* BE SPECIFIC. Tell us your course & section number, the name of the specific test/quiz/forum/assignment, and the name of a specific student affected (if applicable).
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** BE SPECIFIC. Tell us your course & section number, the name of the specific test/quiz/forum/assignment, and the name of a specific student affected (if applicable).
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===For students===
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*[[Contact Sakai Support]] - lists support options available, including how to contact the 24/7 Sakai Help Desk.
  
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==More Resources==
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*[[Sakai Help for Students]] has videos and FAQs to help students log in, post in a forum, take an online test, submit an assignment, and more.
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*[[Curriculum Online Course Guidelines|Durham Tech’s Curriculum Online Course Guidelines]] <br>''The college's expectations for teaching online are laid out in 20 succinct guidelines. Click "Expand" to the right of a guideline to see ideas and resources.''
 
  
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*[https://keepteaching.iu.edu/strategies/index.html Indiana University: Keep Teaching] <br>''Lots of great strategies for communication, delivering lectures, running labs, assessing learning, etc.''
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==More tips and resources==
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* [http://acue.org/online-teaching-toolkit/ ACUE's Online Teaching Toolkit] <br>''Numerous videos and tip sheets for developing and managing an online course.''
  
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* [https://keepteaching.unc.edu/preparation/ UNC-CH: Preparation for Teaching Online] and [https://keepteaching.unc.edu/strategies/ Strategies] <br>''Note that UNC uses Zoom for online meetings. Durham Tech uses a different but similar tool called [[Sakai: Meetings | Meetings]]''
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* [[Digital Accessibility]] <br>''Tutorials, instructions, and checklists to help you create online content that is usable by all students.''
  
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* [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/2020/03/06/putting-some-of-your-course-content-online-in-a-hurry-we-have-resources-for-you/ Vanderbilt University: Putting some of your course content online in a hurry] <br>''Good suggestions for a variety teaching scenarios. (Note that Vanderbilt uses Brightspace instead of Sakai.)''
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* [https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_9 How to Be a Better Online Teacher: Advice Guide] <br>''An online teaching guru shares great advice in this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education''.
  
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*[https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_9 How to Be a Better Online Teacher: Advice Guide] <br>''An online teaching guru shares great advice in this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education''
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRzSgvQZDAbu9iG3Cxnq3D2hlxiUZrzwVRj94MGPVDvY9exqxiSgOkuhKxkexPSxb12cb3QNqDTWSIc/pub?utm_source=Quality+Matters+Digital+Communications&utm_campaign=59c8c41e3a-EMAIL_ERIC_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_355a0627da-59c8c41e3a-33607485&mc_cid=59c8c41e3a&mc_eid=aa82906b3d Quality Matters: Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swwej3_nUCw Video Explanation] <br> ''This detailed handout can help you make sure you have your bases covered.''

Latest revision as of 09:29, 5 January 2022

Sakai

Your Sakai site is your "hub" for all class activities.

Sakai Training

  • Instructors must complete the Intro to Sakai online workshop before they can get access to their Sakai sites.
  • Intermediate Sakai - All instructors who do not have online teaching experience should register for and complete this workshop!
  • Both workshops are online and self-paced. For more details see Sakai Training.
  • TO REGISTER: Visit training.durhamtech.edu

More tools for online instruction

Warpwire

Create simple videos or audio recordings

Tiny-warpwire-icon.png

To learn more:
Warpwire

Narrating PowerPoints

Convert PowerPoints into video lectures

Tiny-ppt-logo.png

To learn more:
Narrating PowerPoints and Sharing Them on Warpwire

Sakai Meetings

Hold "live" online meetings with your students

Tiny-camera-icon.png

To learn more:
Sakai Meetings (BigBlueButton)

Teaching and managing your online class

Durham Tech's Online Course Guidelines
The college's expectations for teaching online, laid out in 23 succinct guidelines. Click "Expand" to the right of a guideline to view additional information and resources.

Attendance Rules for Online, Hybrid, and Blended Classes (PDF)
Important info on planning course "entry" activities and maintaining attendance records to meet regulatory requirements.

How Do I Do That Online? (PDF)
Practical strategies for creating online activities in Sakai to replace common face-to-face class activities.

Opportunities for Social Interaction with Your Online Students (PDF)
Ideas for creating instructor presence in your online class.

Online Testing: Tips to Minimize Technical Problems and Deter Cheating (PDF)
Specific advice on the best settings to choose before publishing your test. Page 2 explains how to randomize test questions/answers.

Webinar trainings for faculty

Instructional Technologies is presenting webinars to keep faculty informed and to share tips and strategies for teaching online.

Visit the Instructional Technologies Webinars page for recordings and materials from past sessions.

Support and self-help

For instructors

  • Email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu with questions or problems.
    • BE SPECIFIC. Tell us your course & section number, the name of the specific test/quiz/forum/assignment, and the name of a specific student affected (if applicable).

For students

  • Contact Sakai Support - lists support options available, including how to contact the 24/7 Sakai Help Desk.
  • Sakai Help for Students has videos and FAQs to help students log in, post in a forum, take an online test, submit an assignment, and more.

More tips and resources

  • Digital Accessibility
    Tutorials, instructions, and checklists to help you create online content that is usable by all students.
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