Sakai 2.8 will become the supported version on June 1, 2011. The Sakai 2.6 branch will be unsupported at that time. Migrating to Sakai 2.8 over the summer provides time to detect and address any issues before the fall semester. New features in Sakai 2.8 include an updated skin, menubar enhancements, automatic saving in assessments, email notifications for forums and assignment grades, checking resource quotas, and a web form to export grades to the university system. Feedback will be needed to test the grades export feature.

1. Sakai 2.8 Transition Update
Sakai Advisory Committee – 4-13-2011
Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
IT-Client Support & Services

2. Sakai@UD Versions
Sakai 2.5 Sakai 2.6.0 Sakai 2.6.1 Sakai 2.6.3 Sakai 2.8.0
• Sept. • Sept. • Jan. • Nov. • June 1,
2008 2009 2010 2010 2011

3. Why Migrate to Sakai 2.8?
• Sakai 2.6 branch will officially be unsupported
when 2.8 comes out.
• Sakai 2.7 had performance issues.
• Timing for Summer deployment:
• Week of Memorial Day, no class
• Summer: less enrollment means better chance of
detecting and fixing issues before Fall.

4. SOME NEW FEATURES IN SAKAI 2.8

5. Updated Skin

6. Menubar Enhancements

7. Forums
• Creates a Forum and a Topic by default when
adding the tool
• Email notifications
• Option to “Mark Thread
as Read”

8. Tests & Quizzes
• Auto-save functionality to save student work in
an assessment every 10-20 seconds to reduce
the chance of lost work

9. Assignments
• Option available to send
email notification to students
once a grade has been
released
• Link to portfolio Matrices tool
(tagging feature)

10. Resources
• New feature lets users check quota use for any
site

11. Profile2

12. Grades to UDSIS
• We are working on a web form
• Expected mid-May
• We’ll need your help to test it out!

13. Questions, Comments?
Mathieu Plourde
Project Leader, LMS
IT Client Support & Services
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060