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| − | Scholar is the Virginia Tech deployment of Sakai. "Sakai is a set of software tools designed to help instructors, researchers, and students create websites for collaboration." Sakai is [[free information#software libre|software libre]] jointly developed by Virginia Tech, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Cambridge, Stanford, the University of California-Berkeley, Rutgers, Yale, Georgia Tech, University of Cape Town, and others. Scholar was running concurrently with [[Blackboard]] for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters but became the only online course tool (besides departmental websites) in the fall of 2010. | + | '''Scholar''' is the Virginia Tech deployment of Sakai. "Sakai is a set of software tools designed to help instructors, researchers, and students create websites for collaboration." Sakai is [[free information#software libre|software libre]] jointly developed by Virginia Tech, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Cambridge, Stanford, the University of California-Berkeley, Rutgers, Yale, Georgia Tech, University of Cape Town, and others. Scholar was running concurrently with [[Blackboard]] for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters but became the only online course tool (besides departmental websites) in the fall of 2010. Sakai is Java-based. It is licensed under the [[w:Educational Community License|Educational Community License]], which is [[w:GPL|GPLv3]] compatible. |
| − | =History= | + | == History == |
Version 1.0 of Sakai was released in March 2005. Scholar became available for production use at Virginia Tech on January 29th, 2009. During spring and fall of 2009, professors had the option of using Scholar, but many chose not to, some citing fears of bugs. On May 14th, 2011, Scholar was upgraded from version [http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.6.2/ 2.6.2] to version [http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.7.1/ 2.7.1]<ref>[https://listserv.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=SCHOLAR_INFORMATION;5f5dd8c8.1105 SCHOLAR_INFORMATION mailing list archives]</ref>. | Version 1.0 of Sakai was released in March 2005. Scholar became available for production use at Virginia Tech on January 29th, 2009. During spring and fall of 2009, professors had the option of using Scholar, but many chose not to, some citing fears of bugs. On May 14th, 2011, Scholar was upgraded from version [http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.6.2/ 2.6.2] to version [http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.7.1/ 2.7.1]<ref>[https://listserv.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=SCHOLAR_INFORMATION;5f5dd8c8.1105 SCHOLAR_INFORMATION mailing list archives]</ref>. | ||
| − | + | == File Storage == | |
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You can access Scholar through [[w:WebDAV|WebDAV]]. However, the group file limits are too small for many organizations such as [[engineering senior design teams]] with large files. | You can access Scholar through [[w:WebDAV|WebDAV]]. However, the group file limits are too small for many organizations such as [[engineering senior design teams]] with large files. | ||
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* [[w:Sakai Project|Wikipedia's Sakai Project article]] | * [[w:Sakai Project|Wikipedia's Sakai Project article]] | ||
* [[Blackboard]] | * [[Blackboard]] | ||
| − | =External Links= | + | == References == |
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| + | == External Links == | ||
* [https://learn.vt.edu/ Scholar Login] | * [https://learn.vt.edu/ Scholar Login] | ||
* [https://scholar.vt.edu/portal/site/!gateway/page/!gateway-200 Scholar About Page] | * [https://scholar.vt.edu/portal/site/!gateway/page/!gateway-200 Scholar About Page] | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 9 May 2011
Scholar is the Virginia Tech deployment of Sakai. "Sakai is a set of software tools designed to help instructors, researchers, and students create websites for collaboration." Sakai is software libre jointly developed by Virginia Tech, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Cambridge, Stanford, the University of California-Berkeley, Rutgers, Yale, Georgia Tech, University of Cape Town, and others. Scholar was running concurrently with Blackboard for the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters but became the only online course tool (besides departmental websites) in the fall of 2010. Sakai is Java-based. It is licensed under the Educational Community License, which is GPLv3 compatible.
History
Version 1.0 of Sakai was released in March 2005. Scholar became available for production use at Virginia Tech on January 29th, 2009. During spring and fall of 2009, professors had the option of using Scholar, but many chose not to, some citing fears of bugs. On May 14th, 2011, Scholar was upgraded from version 2.6.2 to version 2.7.1[1].
File Storage
You can access Scholar through WebDAV. However, the group file limits are too small for many organizations such as engineering senior design teams with large files.
See Also
References
External Links
- Scholar Login
- Scholar About Page
- FC@VT Blog Entry
- Campus Notice Regarding Blackboard to Scholar Migration
- Sakai Project homepage
- Comparison of online course systems
