The Sakai Pilot at UCLAThe Sakai Pilot at UCLA2005-20062005-2006

Update for the ITPB MeetingUpdate for the ITPB Meeting

Nov 29,2005Nov 29,2005

OverviewOverview

What is SakaiWhat is SakaiSakai CLE toolsSakai CLE toolsThe future of SakaiThe future of SakaiUCLA’s Sakai pilotUCLA’s Sakai pilotScreenshotsScreenshots

What is Sakai?What is Sakai? A A FoundationFoundation that began as a project with a grant from that began as a project with a grant from

Carnegie MelonCarnegie Melon An emerging An emerging community community of people and resources of people and resources

supporting the code and each other, realizing large scale supporting the code and each other, realizing large scale open source efficiencies in higher education open source efficiencies in higher education (80 (80 Universities in 10 countries + 10 Commercial Affiliates).Universities in 10 countries + 10 Commercial Affiliates).

An extensible An extensible frameworkframework for collaborative development for collaborative development - providing basic capabilities to support a wide range of - providing basic capabilities to support a wide range of tools and services for teaching and researchtools and services for teaching and research

StandardsStandards based - JSR-168, OKI OSIDS, IMS based - JSR-168, OKI OSIDS, IMS A A productproduct with: with:

A released bundle of the A released bundle of the frameworkframework A set of A set of tools tools written and supported by various groups and individuals; written and supported by various groups and individuals;

tested and released as a unittested and released as a unit

Sakai Educational PartnersSakai Educational PartnersAlbany Medical CollegeAlbany Medical CollegeArizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityAustralian National UniversityAustralian National UniversityBoston University School of ManagementBoston University School of ManagementBrown University Brown University Carleton CollegeCarleton CollegeCarnegie Foundation for Advancement of Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of

TeachingTeachingCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCerritos Community CollegeCerritos Community CollegeCharles Sturt UniversityCharles Sturt UniversityCoastline Community CollegeCoastline Community CollegeColumbia UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDartmouth CollegeFlorida Community College/JacksonvilleFlorida Community College/JacksonvilleFoothill-De Anza Community CollegeFoothill-De Anza Community CollegeFranklin UniversityFranklin UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHosei University IT Research CenterHosei University IT Research CenterIndiana UniversityIndiana University

Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityLancaster UniversityLancaster UniversityLubeck University of Applied SciencesLubeck University of Applied SciencesMaricopa County Community CollegeMaricopa County Community CollegeMarist CollegeMarist CollegeMITMITMonash UniversityMonash UniversityNagoya UniversityNagoya UniversityNew York UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorth-West University (SA)North-West University (SA)Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOhio State UniversityOhio State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPortland State UniversityPortland State UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton UniversityRice UniversityRice UniversityRingling School of Art & DesignRingling School of Art & DesignRoskilde University (Denmark)Roskilde University (Denmark)Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversitySimon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityStanford UniversityStanford UniversityState University of New YorkState University of New York

Sakai Educational PartnersSakai Educational PartnersStockholm University Stockholm University

SURF/University of AmsterdamSURF/University of Amsterdam

Syracuse UniversitySyracuse University

Texas State University-San MarcosTexas State University-San Marcos

Tufts UniversityTufts University

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)

Universitat de Lleida (Spain)Universitat de Lleida (Spain)

University College DublinUniversity College Dublin

University of ArizonaUniversity of Arizona

University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British Columbia

University of California, Office of the PresidentUniversity of California, Office of the President

University of California BerkeleyUniversity of California Berkeley

University of California, DavisUniversity of California, Davis

University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los Angeles

University of California, MercedUniversity of California, Merced

University of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

University of Cambridge, CARETUniversity of Cambridge, CARET

University of Cape Town, SAUniversity of Cape Town, SA

University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago

University of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

University of DelawareUniversity of Delaware

University of HawaiiUniversity of Hawaii

University of HullUniversity of Hull

University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of LimerickUniversity of Limerick

University of Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Australia

University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota

University of MissouriUniversity of Missouri

University of NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska

University of North TexasUniversity of North Texas

University of OklahomaUniversity of Oklahoma

University of South Africa (UNISA)University of South Africa (UNISA)

University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin

University of Toronto, Knowledge Media Design University of Toronto, Knowledge Media Design InstituteInstitute

University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia

University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington

University of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

Virginia Polytechnic Institute/UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute/University

Whitman CollegeWhitman College

Yale UniversityYale University

Sakai is a CLESakai is a CLE

What is a CLE? What is a CLE? • A Collaborative Learning Environment A Collaborative Learning Environment

that supports:that supports:

Course Management Course Management • Blackboard, WebCT, etc…Blackboard, WebCT, etc…

Project or research collaborationProject or research collaboration• Lotus Notes, Oracle Portal etc…Lotus Notes, Oracle Portal etc…

Course & Collaborative ToolsCourse & Collaborative ToolsSakai Tools

Collaborative tools Course tools Administrative Tools

Profile Collaborative tools + Account

Membership Assignments Email Preferences

Schedule Assignments w/grades User Mgmt

Resources Drop box Alias Mgmt

Announcements Modules (Lesson Builder) Site Mgmt

Worksite Setup Syllabus Tool Permission and Role Mgmt

Discussion Tests & Quizzes (Samigo) Message of the day

Presentation Gradebook Site Archive

Chat Room  Jforum (new Fall ’05) Online monitor

Email Archive  LAMS (new Fall ’05) Memory Mgmt

News    

Web Content    

Help    

Sakai 2.1 is due Nov/DecSakai 2.1 is due Nov/Dec

A Common API portion of Framework IIA Common API portion of Framework II Hierarchy for sections and groupsHierarchy for sections and groups Improved enterprise integration w/ OSIDsImproved enterprise integration w/ OSIDs WSRP portal integrationWSRP portal integration A uniform storage approach (OSPI & Sakai)A uniform storage approach (OSPI & Sakai) IMS tool interoperability launcherIMS tool interoperability launcher

IMS Tool Portability GroupIMS Tool Portability Group

Goal is ‘interoperability’ for CMS’s/CLE’sGoal is ‘interoperability’ for CMS’s/CLE’s Focus is on making tools portable between Focus is on making tools portable between

systems systems (Sakai, WebCT, and Blackboard)(Sakai, WebCT, and Blackboard)

Established to further the discussion with Established to further the discussion with commercial and other CMS/CLE providerscommercial and other CMS/CLE providers

Will use web services and IFRAMESWill use web services and IFRAMES

The Future of SakaiThe Future of Sakai Initial grant ends December 2005Initial grant ends December 2005

Initial project 4 core schools ($4.4M)Initial project 4 core schools ($4.4M) Grant funding ($2.7 M)Grant funding ($2.7 M)

Transition to Community Source Transition to Community Source The SEPP is renamed “Sakai Foundation” (1-2 million/year)The SEPP is renamed “Sakai Foundation” (1-2 million/year) Governance is merit-based (like Apache)Governance is merit-based (like Apache) Community funded team (~10) for core maintenance & evolutionCommunity funded team (~10) for core maintenance & evolution Expect new tool development from SEPP Expect new tool development from SEPP

• Optimistic outlook: 80 * 2 = 140 tool developersOptimistic outlook: 80 * 2 = 140 tool developers• Pessimistic outlook: 80 * .5 = 35 tool developersPessimistic outlook: 80 * .5 = 35 tool developers

Continued in-kind resources UofM, Indiana, Yale, Foothill, Continued in-kind resources UofM, Indiana, Yale, Foothill, Stanford, and BerkeleyStanford, and Berkeley

Sakai installations – elsewhere…Sakai installations – elsewhere…

BerkeleyBerkeley bSpacebSpace ( (http://bspace.berkeley.edu/http://bspace.berkeley.edu/) ) Yale Yale Classesv2Classesv2 ( (http://classesv2.yale.edu/portalhttp://classesv2.yale.edu/portal) ) Texas State Texas State UniversityUniversity ( (http://tracs.txstate.edu/portalhttp://tracs.txstate.edu/portal) ) MacMac Learning Environments Learning Environments ( (http://http://

www.maclearningenvironments.org/www.maclearningenvironments.org/) ) OSPOSP Portfolios Portfolios ( (http://www.osportfolio.org/http://www.osportfolio.org/) ) MichiganMichigan CToolsCTools ( (https://ctools.umich.edu/portalhttps://ctools.umich.edu/portal) ) Indiana Indiana OnCourseCLOnCourseCL ( (https://oncoursecl.iu.edu/https://oncoursecl.iu.edu/) ) Foothill Foothill Etudes-NGEtudes-NG ( (http://etudes-ng1.fhda.edu:8080/portal/http://etudes-ng1.fhda.edu:8080/portal/) ) VirginiaVirginia Tech Tech ( (https://scholar.vt.edu/https://scholar.vt.edu/) )

UCLA’s Sakai PilotUCLA’s Sakai Pilot

Cooperative SponsorsCooperative Sponsors Collaborative TeamsCollaborative Teams TechnologiesTechnologies Environments & IntegrationEnvironments & Integration Estimated UsageEstimated Usage SupportSupport

Project TeamsProject Teams

Sakai TechnologiesSakai Technologies

Sakai Application FrameworkSakai Application Framework

FrameworFrameworkk

ApplicationApplication

SAF—Kernel

SAF—Common Services

Application Services

Tool Code (Java)

Tool Layout (JSP)

SAF—Presentation Services

Sakai TechnologiesSakai Technologies

Linux Linux Redhat Enterprise Linux V3 Advanced Server Redhat Enterprise Linux V3 Advanced Server kernel level 2.4.21-4ELsmpkernel level 2.4.21-4ELsmp

Apache Apache (1.3.9)(1.3.9)

Tomcat Tomcat (5.5.9)(5.5.9)

MySql MySql (4.1.9)(4.1.9)

Sakai Sakai (2.0.1)(2.0.1)

Sakai HW EnvironmentsSakai HW Environments

ApacheTomcat/Sakai

MySql ApacheTomcat/Sakai

MySql

ApacheTomcat/Sakai

MySqlWARM SWAP – of disks if issues

04-05

ApacheTomcat/Sakai

MySql

DEV

New

Dev Machine: unstable hardware

ApacheTomcat/Sakai

MySql

TESTPROD

05-06

STAGE

Trash

New New

Sakai – UCLA IntegrationSakai – UCLA Integration

Critical Path IntegrationCritical Path Integration• ISIS for authorization ISIS for authorization (implemented)(implemented)

• Registrar’s data Registrar’s data (implemented)(implemented)

• MyUcla MyUcla ( via links)( via links)

Desired IntegrationDesired Integration• UCLA Library digital contentUCLA Library digital content• Final gradesFinal grades

Estimated 05-06 EstimateEstimated 05-06 Estimate

UCLA Unit:UCLA Unit:

Summer Summer 20052005

Fall Fall 20052005

Winter Winter 20062006

Spring Spring 20062006

Project Project sitessites

Course Course sitessites

Project Project sitessites

Course Course sitessites

Project Project sitessites

Course Course sitessites

Project Project sitessites

Course Course sitessites

AndersonAnderson    8080 22 8080 44 100100 66

CDHCDH    22    44   22 55   33 1010

SSCSSC    00 11 00 22 00 33 11

PsychologyPsychology 11 11

Sakai teams & Sakai teams & project sites project sites (PDP)(PDP) 66

8 8 (test sites) (test sites)  1717   14 14

(test sites) (test sites)  181814 14

(test sites) (test sites)    20201414

(test sites) (test sites)   

TotalsTotals 66 1010 9898 2222 101101 2424 126126 3232

Strategy for Pilot User SupportStrategy for Pilot User Support

Create a campus-wide Sakai Pilot user Create a campus-wide Sakai Pilot user support team.support team.

Create a Sakai user support worksite.Create a Sakai user support worksite. Develop and share support via a Develop and share support via a

knowledgebase.knowledgebase.

Sakai Sakai ScreenshotsScreenshots

Sakai Home PageSakai Home Page

Login with IsisLogin with Isis

Local Sakai Login (Guest Access)Local Sakai Login (Guest Access)

Worksite Membership AccessWorksite Membership Access

Sakai ToolsSakai Tools

Sakai’s new Discussion tool - JforumSakai’s new Discussion tool - Jforum

Content AreaContent Area