How Sakai solved the multi-section problem for Romance Languages

Rob MooreManager, Foreign Language Resource Center

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A typical UNC course and Blackboard

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 | Moore | Multisections

How ROML used Blackboard

• Each section had a separate site

Blackboard sites

• Had to maintain an external site for common course content

• Also had to teach their own sections

Course Coordinators

• Responsible for loading content into Blackboard

Instructors

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Multi-section Language courses and Blackboard

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Communication and Organizational Breakdown

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Motivation for Change

• Spanish 105, 203, 204 have between 25 – 43 sections each

• That’s over 400 students in each of these courses, more than would fit in Carroll 111 Photo taken from http://hotline.unc.edu

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 | Moore | Multisections

Features of the ROML Sakai Pilot

Umbrella Site

• All sections enrolled into 1 Sakai site

Coordinators

• Able to make common course content available to all sections at same time

Instructors

• No longer had to worry about loading common content• Can customize content for their specific sections

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Problem solved – Sakai Umbrella course

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Benefits for Coordinators

• Timely• Accurate• Efficient

Communication

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Convenience of each course having a tab

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Coordinator controls common content

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Coordinator able to monitor grades

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Ability to facilitate collaboration

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Benefits for Instructors

• Standardized• Lateral articulation

Common Materials

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Granular control for information and content

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Benefits for Students

• Horizontal: all students are equally prepared

Articulation

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Video Presentation on ROML Sakai Pilot

• Below is a video link to a playlist of some snippets from a recent presentation on the ROML Sakai Pilot:

https://flrcvideos.unc.edu/playlist.php?id=18

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Questions?

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Online Presentation Survey

• In an effort to be as green as possible at this conference all surveys will be digital. I’d greatly appreciate you completing the online survey about this presentation.

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