Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Sakai

http://www.vt.edu
Virginia Tech is piloting Sakai in Fall 2005 to research groups and a few interested instructors. It will be introduced through training workshops.
In Spring 2006, Sakai will be presented to a larger pilot group for use in teaching. A limited number of instructors will use it to teach courses. A full roll out is planned for Fall 2006.
Note that all dates may change based on Sakai release quality and other external factors.

Integration Strategy and Priorities

Fall 2005 Early Pilot requirements - 2.0.1

LDAP Authentication using OpenLDAP over SSL (custom CERT)
User Provider w/ caching
Support for confidentiality flags for FERPA compliance
Samigo/Gradebook introduced
Melete introduced

Spring 2006 Later Pilot requirements - 2.1?

SCT Banner (Student Information Systems) course enrollment integration
CAS Authentication (Single Sign On) - CASifying Sakai
Basic uPortal integration (sakai in uPortal)
Blackboard Migration - BB6 courses into Sakai (1 at a time by request)
Bb Archive Import - Migrate BB6 assessment to Samigo
Course Sections
Course Management API

Fall 2006 Inital roll out - 3.0?

Migration of full sets of Blackboard 6 courses into Sakai
Complete integration with SIS data (courses, enrollments)
Complete uPortal integration (sakai tools inside uPortal)
Ensure Accessibility issues are addressed
Ensure User Interface issues are corrected

Tools Projects and Interests

Course Evaluation/Rating Tool
Confidentiality Support in User Provider
Blackboard 6 migration
Load Testing/JIRA
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OSP - Open Source Portfolio

Resources

People

Lead Developer - Former user (Deleted)
Lead Integrator - Former user (Deleted)
Systems Integrator - Former user (Deleted)
Developer - Former user (Deleted)