This is the only official guide to the new Sakai Learning Management System for university-level educators. 'Sakai' is a new, open source LMS for professors, college instructors, department heads, and administrators. Developed in cooperation with the Sakai community, this book provides background on the software development as well as all the information you need to install and use Sakai. As Sakai also provides a framework for easing the cost of developing extra features, you'll be guided through a number of available tools. Case studies further explain how to use Sakai and the results you can achieve. Sakai is a Learning Management System (LMS) designed primarily for colleges and universities to support teaching, research, and collaboration. This is the first book on Sakai, created in cooperation with the open source Sakai community and endorsed by it. It teaches instructors, professors, department heads, and administrators to install Sakai, create the content for it, and use the system. It is illustrated with many case studies, including the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and the University of Amsterdam.
Post-secondary educators will find everything they need to know about installing and using Sakai in this exciting new guide.
- ISBN10 0470461918
- ISBN13 9780470461914
- Publish Date 1 September 2009
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 3 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 408
- Language English