Reseñas y detalles del producto de Sakai

Me gusta que puedo ir a CTools (el sitio web Saki utilizado por la Universidad de Michigan) y tener casi todo lo que necesito para una clase con un clic del ratón. Los profesores pueden comunicarse fácilmente con los estudiantes y publicar tareas. También me gusta que haya una opción para recibir una notificación por correo electrónico cuando un profesor ha añadido un anuncio. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

El sistema de pestañas en la parte superior de la página utilizado para navegar de clase en clase fue un poco confuso para mí al principio. Se requirió un poco de búsqueda para encontrar ciertas cosas subidas por los profesores. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Me encanta que tenga todas tus clases en un solo sitio. No hay necesidad de ir a múltiples sitios para diferentes clases. Toda la información está justo donde la necesitas y es fácilmente accesible. También es genial que todavía tengas acceso a las clases que has tomado anteriormente y a todas las tareas asociadas con ellas. Además, Sakai ofrece un buzón que es una forma muy conveniente de subir documentos en lugar de imprimirlos y desperdiciar papel. En general, me encanta el programa y lo considero crucial para mi tiempo en UMich. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Honestamente, realmente no hay mucho que no me guste de Sakai. Aunque, creo que una característica genial que debería estar disponible es la opción de comunicarse con tus profesores a través del programa en lugar de tener que enviarles un correo electrónico por separado. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Sakai es un sistema de gestión sólido para contenido educativo/instruccional. Usé esta plataforma durante una pasantía en 2013 en una empresa privada. No he usado la versión más reciente, pero la versión que utilicé era fácil de aprender y muy personalizable. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Las debilidades de Sakai eran las mismas que enfrentan la mayoría de las plataformas LMS/CMS. Nada en particular me llamó la atención mientras lo usaba durante una pasantía en 2013. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Me gusta que el sitio web (collab) tenga prácticamente todas las funciones posibles. Hay adjuntos de recursos, calificaciones, pruebas/cuestionarios, foros de discusión, etc. Es un sitio web todo incluido, por lo que solo es necesario visitar un lugar para casi todos los ámbitos académicos. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Aunque hay muchas características, ninguna es muy avanzada. La opción de prueba/cuestionario solo permite completar espacios en blanco o elegir entre opciones múltiples. No hay una opción para E-learning, especialmente de estilo interactivo. Otro buen recurso que no está disponible es el cálculo de calificaciones para los estudiantes. Me gustaría que hubiera una hoja de cálculo estilo Excel que los profesores pudieran crear (con los diferentes pesos que tiene cada componente de una clase) y que los estudiantes pudieran llenar con calificaciones hipotéticas para tareas aún no completadas. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Potencia personalizable combinada con una interfaz intuitiva. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Algunas opciones son difíciles de encontrar. El usuario debería poder personalizar sus propios ajustes predeterminados. Falta del módulo de asistencia. No se comunica con Jenzabar, lo que significa que los cursos deben ser creados individualmente. Esto desperdicia tiempo y crea inexactitudes en las listas de asistencia cuando los estudiantes se dan de baja o se inscriben en cursos. Las reenvíos de tareas son complicados. Si los estudiantes pierden los plazos, Sakai no permite fácilmente que los profesores acepten trabajos tardíos. La interfaz de Vericite necesita mucho trabajo. Más opciones para los usuarios, como la sensibilidad de búsqueda, la exclusión de citas y la exclusión de bibliografía. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

I use it for college and the best part about it is that all of my classes have pages on the site so all of the assignments, grades, and announcements are centralized into one place. It's easy to use and has a nice design to the site as well. Another great aspect is that it saves all of the classes that I've taken from previous semesters. So I get to see the content of my classes from before. This is great because as a premed student I need to look back on classes I've taken to study for the MCAT. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

I don't know if this is a problem for my college or for Sakai itself, but during high usage times such as midterms or finals, the site runs pretty slowly which is frustrating. Also, I've written assignments on the site and they don't save where I've left off. So, I can't come back to an assignment, I have to write something in one go. One time my whole essay got deleted and I had to start all over which was a hassle but a save option would be nice on the site. Something I've noticed that would have been useful on the site was a calendar for each class. Therefore, I would be able to see when assignments are due and when tests take place. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

it has a very organized format and it's easy to locate grades, resources, etc. i also liked that it took relatively little time for grades to show once the professors inputted them. i took several courses online using Sakai and had a very easy time adjusting to the website because of its simplicity. i also liked the format of the discussion boards and the forums because of the ability to change the format and font among other things. it was easy to navigate through the discussion boards because everything was dated and in chronological order. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

sometimes there were too many tabs i.e. gradebook and gradebook 2 - what is the difference? this made it somewhat confusing at times because i would be looking for my grades under both tabs. also i thought that there really was no need for both the discussion board and a forum section. im not really sure what the difference between the two were...i utilized the discussion board all the time whereas i only used the forum once or twice in my four years of using Sakai. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

As a student, I like the ability to keep track of my work, the ease with which I can navigate different classes, the opportunity to discuss various topics with my classmates, etc. As an instructor, I love the multiple options, such as Gradebook and Gradebook 2, depending on how much power I want when it comes to grades and weights. I also love the opportunity for bulk download when it comes to large classes (has saved me HOURS in grading), as well as the multiple opportunities for giving students feedback in various ways. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Sometimes, Sakai would load slowly when switching between students, and it would often offer me a comparable "saved" version of feedback that was the exact same version as what I had just written. It took extra time to click cancel and save instead of just saving it. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

It is very flexible and easy to learn and use. We have a third party maintaining our use so we do not have to maintain it internally - since we don't have the technical staff to support it. I appreciate the addition of new tools as necessary (Lessons). One of the main reasons we purchased Sakai was because of its integration with Turning Technologies. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

The Blog and Wiki tools leave a lot be be desired. There are much better third party tools, which is probably why they lack functionality. The same function (save) has a different name across different tools. Understandable for open source, but aggravating (for those of us who do training) nonetheless. The gradebook is definitely antiquated and it is next to impossible to import grades from another system (Peason's MyXXXlab products). Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

CTools is the LMS at the University of Michigan and was built on Sakai's open source infrastructure. What I liked best was being able to see all my assignments and class documents online as well as the ability to submit papers through the site. Some features like the chatrooms for classes was also a nice idea, though I did not see this utilized often, and when I did the participation in them varied. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

CTools was not great from a usability standpoint. It was often pretty slow and the interface seems a bit outdated and clunky, despite the update the university made a couple years ago. I also didn't find it to be the most intuitive of interfaces. It was often hard to find where certain settings were located, and the flow of using it was not particularly smooth.

How useful it is is also very dependent upon the teachers using it. Some professors took time to figure Ctools out and use it to its full potential, while others used it very sparsely, or not at all.

Furthermore, and this may be more do to my university rather than the tool itself, it seemed as though system maintenance occured at the worst possible times, often around midterms and finals when users were heavily dependent on it to complete essays or access study material. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.