It worked fine for me last year, but I (and students) lamented the plain, visually unappealing and less-intuitive interface. I especially disliked the lack (or so I thought) of customization and the separate sections/files for resources, assignments and test/quizzes.
Going into this online class, I worried about how I would make the material "flow" in Sakai. I was very proficient with Blackboard and used html to enhance the appearance. I liked the way Bb let you create tabs that could contain the entire module (videos, handouts, assignment links, etc.). I was afraid students would get "lost" trying to pull all of the related materials together in Sakai.
Enter Steven Wicker, an IT support person, and his Sakai customization workshop! While I had some vague ideas that Sakai could be customized, this workshop quickly gave me the "how to's".
I came home and started playing with the tools/techniques and soon I had created "web pages" within Sakai that contained quizzes, embedded videos, animations and all of my supporting materials!
If you use Sakai and would like to see an example of how this looks, just touch base with me!
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