Copy of WebCT-to-Sakai Mapping
An attempt to map WebCT Tools into Sakai. Feel free to modify, comment, update! This is in alphabetic order of WebCT tools (from Add Page or Tools). There is no importance ranking (must migrate vs. don't care).
Notes:
- some Sakai tools listed may be stealthed (sakai.messagecenter, sakai.samigo), provisional (sakai.melete), or collab
- i'm trying to go with the Sakai tool name "out-of-the-box", but I might be wrong.
- Sakai 2.3 Tool Status
Sakai Tools (not out of the box, links to Sakaipedia):
WebCT Version: Campus Edition 4.1
Sakai Version: 2.3.x
WebCT Tool |
Sakai Tool |
Comments |
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Assignments |
Assignments, Drop Box |
needs to tie to Sakai's Schedule and Gradebook |
Calendar |
Schedule |
|
CD-ROM |
Resources? |
WebCT's CDROM tool allowed you to map a drive to a spot in WebCT's course file system, when you followed a link to a resource it pulled it from the CDROM. Needed to have a placeholders that matched the content on the CD. |
Chat |
Chat Room |
Prob. little need to actually migrate chat content, archived chats in WebCT are just text files |
Compile |
Melete? |
It's a tool that works with Content Modules to allow a student to collate pages of content for easy downloading or printing, not as a standalone. |
Content Module |
Resource, Modules (aka Melete), SCORM Player? |
Content Modules are the most structured way to display content, lots of similarities to Melete (e.g., creating sections of material, either display HTML content or link to files, import/export). CMs could have specific page properties (e.g., links to URLs, Audio, Video, Self-Tests, etc) as well as have inline Quizzes. |
Discussions |
Discussion and Private Message (aka JForum), MessageCenter |
WebCT has a Topics/Threads structure. |
Glossary |
OSP Glossary Tool, Wiki |
 |
Image Database |
ProjectPad Image Annotator? |
Searchable, categorizable images with annotation. |
Index |
N/A |
|
Language Selector |
N/A |
Internationalization effort? |
Email Archive, MessageCenter? |
WebCT's internal mail tool, but could forward out. |
|
My Grades |
GradeBook |
Would like to replicate manually added columns from an import and add automatic ones when tools like Assignments and Quizzes are imported. |
My Progress |
? |
Student's view of progress within site. |
Organizer Page |
? |
WebCT's Organizer Pages allowed you to group things at a sub-level, could be used to group tools, separate content, etc. The closest thing in Sakai is at the admin level where you can create a Page with X tools on it. Organizer Pages could also have "content" (headers, footers). The main course Homepage was used typically for Announcements. |
Quizzes/Surveys |
Test & Quizzes (aka Samigo) |
needs to tie to Sakai's Schedule and Gradebook |
Resume Course |
? |
tied to Content Modules, not standalone tool. |
Search |
Search |
WebCT's search spans both Content Modules and Discussions |
Self Test |
Test & Quizzes (aka Samigo) |
|
Single Page |
Resources |
|
Student Homepages |
Profile? Wiki? |
A little space to announce who you are, put up a picture, etc. Unlikely to need actual migration. |
Student Presentations |
OSP? Wiki? |
Also had group generator that created spaces for each group of students and a Discussion area |
Student Tips |
? |
WebCT's Student Tips were pop-ups of randomized information the instructor put in. |
Syllabus |
Syllabus |
Can be either be a group of txt/html sections (e.g., Instructor Info) or a link to a Syllabus file (e.g., syllabus.doc) |
URL |
Web Content |
|
Whiteboard |
N/A |
Prob. little need to actually migrate Whiteboard content |