The document discusses the OpenSyllabus tool, which was created at HEC Montréal to help organize course resources and tools in Sakai. It provides a structured way to present syllabus information and integrate it with files, citations, assignments, tests and other Sakai tools. The presentation provides an overview of the origins and objectives of OpenSyllabus, demonstrates its use, explains its architecture, and outlines future plans such as mobile access. OpenSyllabus is now available as a Sakai contribution tool to help faculty and students easily access all course information and materials.

1. OpenSyllabus: Building a Coherent Learning Environment in Sakai 2.x Jacques Raynauld, Faculty, HEC Montréal Martin Montminy, Business Analyst, HEC Montréal

2. Finally, open syllabus is now available … …first discussion at the Newport Beach Sakai conference in December 2007  Thanks to the team! 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 2

3. Objectives of the session Overview of a new course site authoringtool to organizequickly all your Sakai resources and tools Convince you of the importance of using some kind of structure or semantic approach for Sakai course websites Faculty? Teaching Support? IT? Deans? Students? Possible Sakai adoption? 3 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

4. Outline HEC Montréal and the origins of the project Syllabi and Sakai Quick demo of the tool Open Syllabus structure and architecture Summary, roadmap and questions 4 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

6. Part of the University of Montreal campus

7. 12 000 students

8. 250 career professors

9. 500 adjuncts

10. 4 000 full time undergraduate students

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12. Origins of the project Learning material disseminated in various course web sites … Very confusing for the staff, the students and the public … Development of an in-house easy-to-use Web platform to build a centralized electronic syllabi web depot 6 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

13. Origins of the project Good tool …. but unable to share the code for technical reasons Spring 2007 : consensus to rewrite the program with a open source vision (Sakai) CRIM and the University of Montreal joined the team and brought their expertise and their experience (use cases) 7 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

14. Origins of the project Proof of concept at the Paris 2009 meetings Beta version at the Boston 2009 meetings Pilot in the 2010 Winter term Report on the pilot in Denver 2010 Large roll-out in the Fall 2010 (10 000 students). 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

15. Syllabi and Sakai 9

17. Citations

18. Hyperlinks

19. Assignments

20. Quizzes

21. Discussion Boards

22. Etc.11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

23. Syllabi and Sakai 11 PDF - paper Actual Syllabus tool in Sakai Post a doc or PDF file Use an editor No semantic or toolintegration Contact information Objectives Requirements (evaluation) Grading Collegepolicies Schedule of readings, due date 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

24. Syllabi and Sakai There is a need for a tool to organise all the resources (files, citations) and tools (test&quiz, assignments,etc.) in one easy to consult place 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 12

25. Quick demo of the toolScreen cast http://vimeo.com/24932699Sand-box : http://osyltest.hec.ca 13

26. Demo We are going to demo a Sakai friendly version of Open Syllabus (not the one usedat HEC Montréal) Works likeanyother Sakai Contribtool – easy to install – part of the list of tools 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 14

27. Demo Creation of an OpenSyllabus course site Superbintegrationwithresources, citations and tools (entitypicker) PDF printing OpenSyllabus sites canbecopied (links to the tools are preserved) Etc. 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 15

28. Open Syllabus Architecture 16

29. 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 Open Syllabus architecture Root Structure Unit Context Resource SemanticorganizationmakesOpenSyllabus a verypowefull and evolutivetool (mobile version) 17

30. OpenSyllabus Architecture 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 18 Sakai Tools - Services Sakaï Server Open Syllabus Server Open Syllabus Client – Google Web Tool kit Exchange of XML files betweenOpen syllabus server and client

31. OpenSyllabus Architecture Allows access to computer databases accessible trough the Z39.50 client server-protocol such as library catalogue. Allows a faster integration of the citation helper tool Integrated Library System Z39.50 Repository OSID Implementation Z39.50 communications protocol OSID CALL OSID RETURN

32. Summary, road map and questions 20

33. 10 good reasons for Open Syllabus Studentrequest : Whatshould I do? Whereisit? Especially for distance learning! Facultyrequests : keepit simple (training)! Regularcontribtool … simple to makeitavailable Thoroughlytested by 10 000 students and 500+ instructorsat HEC Montréal 21 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

34. 10 good reasons for Open Syllabus Easy to modify the templates for the wording of your institution Archive/Share/Export Cuttingwork : PDF printing for students Public gate for the community, future students, parents, etc. Reporting : assessmentmethods, accreditation, Bologna, etc. 22 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

35. 10 good reasons for structuredsyllabi Dynamic links to yourlibrarycatalog (Z39.50). Sakai OAE ready! 23 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

36. Road-map and questions Availablenowfor Sakai 2.7 Migration to Sakai 2.8 coming Plans for a mobile version Othernicefeaturespresented by Martin Montminy – Life Cycle Management at HEC Montréal, Thursday 12:30:13:30, San Gabriel A 24 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

37. Road-map and questions Tech DemoWednesdayat 5pm http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSYL/OpenSyllabus+Home Sakai SVN – availablenow! Video : http://vimeo.com/24932699 Test server : http://osyltest.hec.ca jacques.raynauld@hec.ca 25 11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

38. New Section And now here’s a… 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-16 26