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February 24–26 • San Antonio, Texas

From Blackboard to Sakai: The Who, What, Where, and Why

Session Details

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Hidalgo Ballroom B

Session Type: Act 2: Balancing Innovation and Operations
Content Level: Introductory
Focus Area: Managing the Enterprise

Speaker(s)

  • Mary Cauble, Technology Architect, Instructional Technologies, Texas State University-San Marcos
  • Michael W. Farris, Director, Educational Technology Center, Texas State University-San Marcos
  • Whitten Smart, User Services Consultant II, Texas State University-San Marcos
  • Jeff Snider, Systems Analyst II, Texas State University-San Marcos
  • Session convener: Randy Dominguez, Dean of Distance Learning, Tulsa Community College

Abstract

After identifying Sakai, an open-source solution, as its next collaboration and courseware management platform, Texas State began the process of transitioning the campus to the new environment. The faculty's voluntary move to TRACS (Texas State's implementation of Sakai) began in 2005, with a small pilot group. Over the next three years, the TRACS team facilitated the migration of 29,500 faculty, students, and staff to TRACS from Blackboard. This gradual process included infrastructure and software development and support, thousands of hours of user support, documentation production, workshop and tutorial development and delivery, focus group testing, surveys, and continuous targeted communications.

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