Workshops

Post-Conference Workshops

Wednesday, November 16th will feature post-conference workshops on Xerte and Materia, two open source content authoring tools that work great with Sakai.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Xerte

Presenter: Inge Donkervoort - DLearning

Xerte is a powerful open source tool for content authoring. Better yet, Xerte integrates with Sakai via LTI for a seamless transfer of grades to your LMS. Join us for a hands-on session on getting started with Xerte.

Learning Objectives:

  • Create basic learning objects in Xerte

  • Understand how to link a Xerte object to Sakai via LTI

Target Audience: Faculty, Instructional Designers

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Materia

Presenter: Francisca Yonekura, PhD and Corey Peterson - University of Central Florida

Embedding engaging apps in your online course is easy with Materia! Choose from a library of ready-to-use, open source apps that can be quickly customized with your course-specific content. Thanks to the magic of LTI, grades can also sync with your LMS!

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore Materia Widgets and select one to try out

  • Understand how to integrate a Materia widget into your course via LTI

Target Audience: Faculty, Instructional Designers