Ja Sakai update

Kazuo Yana, Ph.D. Chair, Ja-Sakai

Professor of Applied Informatics, Hosei University

Ja Sakai community 2008+

Mission:

1. To localize Sakai for Japanese academia

2. To promote Sakai implementation into Japanese

academic institutions

3. To enhance Sakai’s functionality collaborating

with the Sakai community around the world

Six Sakai Foundation Members as of today

Sakai Foundation Members:

Nagoya Univ., Kansai Univ.

Hosei Univ., Osaka Univ.

(kyoto Univ.)

KEL, NS Solutions

5th Ja Sakai Conference 9-10, March 2012 at Hosei Univ. in Tokyo

Invited Talks: Ian Dolphin: Sakai update Mara Hancock: Opencast Matterhorn Project Lucy Appert: NYU Sakai OAE Project

General Session: 8 presentations

Workshop: Makoto Miyazaki: e-Portfolio system development based on Sakai OSP Yuji Tokiwa: Sakai CLE system development

Large scale deployment of Sakai in Japan

Nagoya University

WebCT (1998+) → Sakai (2010+)

(Sakai 2.9 2012+)

Kansai University & NS Solutions

CEAS (2003+) → CEAS/Sakai (2011+)

(Sakai 2.9 2012+)

Hosei University & KEL

.Campus (2006+) → Sakai (2011+)

Kyoto University (Cyber Learning Space)

WebCT → Sakai 2.9(Apr. 2012+ )

• Promotion of Sakai CLE as NUCT (Nagoya University Collaboration & Course Tools)

– Started on Apr. 2010 as one of the initial trials of Sakai CLE in Japan • All operations are supported by staffs of the university

– Cooperation with campus ICT systems based on single sign-on using Nagoya University ID (Jasig-CAS) • Nagoya University Portal (uPortal v3.2.1)

• Learning Management System

• Planned projects in 2012 – Upgrade to Sakai CLE 2.9.x

– Give an award of best practice to promote Sakai CLE

Nagoya University

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 6

• After a year-long parallel operation of CEAS 2 series System, the CEAS/Sakai Joint System started in April, 2011 on a campus-wide basis. (CEAS: A CMS focusing on supporting the educational activities involved in the cycle of class teaching and self-learning (preparation and review work))

• Sakai tools (i. e., Forums, SCORM Player, Resources and Wiki) are combined with CEAS 3.0 taking over the Teaching-Support User Interface of the CEAS.

• In AY 2012, Sakai CLE is

scheduled to be upgraded to

Version 2.9 (from Version 2.5.6).

Kansai University

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 7

• Production Run started on Apr. 2011 as the largest scaled Sakai CLE in Japan – 30,000 students, 8,800 instructors, 12,500 courses.

• In 2012, additional projects are planned.

– e-Portfolio – Sakai OSP

– Video – Opencast/Matterhorn

– SNS – Sakai OAE

Hosei University

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 8

A local installation of Sakai 2.5 at CS Department

◦ Since 2009

◦ Used for 4 major courses on programming and algorithms

◦ A tool for Programming education called MAX/C has been developed and used in classes

◦ More than 20 active sites, mostly for seminars and research projects

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 9

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Contribution to i18n/Localization

• Benten facilitates Sakai localization

• Open Source Translation Assisting System

• Java based system: Eclipse plug in

Translator Group Reviewer Administrator

Sakai Source Files Translation Repository

120 Bug Reported on JIRA

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From KEL

From Kyoto University

Contribution to i18n

Join Ja Sakai sessions :

12-Jun-2012 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Conference Center1

Shoji Kajita (Kyoto University)

Yuki Yamada (KEL)

Benten as a Community Translation

Platform in Sakai and Jasig

Communities

13-Jun-2012 5:15 PM - 6:45 PM 7F Atlanta Ballroom

Yuji Tokiwa (Hosei University) &

Yuki Yamada (KEL)

Technical Demo

Localization based on Benten

(i18n) Meeting

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See you at Ja Sakai Sessions!

Ja Sakai update

Ja Sakai contributions: Promote large scale Sakai

deployment in Japan

Contribute to i18n and to

expand Sakai functionality