WHAT IS SAKAI?

Sakai is a Learning Management System (LMS) backed by the world's leading universities (MIT, Stanford, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, etc.) and backed by a large community of experts.

Sakai is made with Java technology which gives a flexibility that allows its use in organizations with all requirements, from small and medium businesses to large universities and administrations.

Sakai follows the Open Source paradigm which allows to be constantly expanded and improved, thus it is possible to cover the new needs that arise in the world of e-learning due to the advancement of technologies and methodologies. This major project is managed by the Sakai Foundation and supported by more than one hundred prestigious partners.

Sakai offers a comprehensive list of tools that cover all the needs of online training in an organisation. This range of tools allows the use of Sakai to support classroom training, blended and pure on-line training and use of Sakai to create collaborative workspaces, very practical for research or development projects.

WHAT DOES SAKAI ALLOW TO YOU?

Sakai is a complete environment for teaching and learning, project management, group collaboration and portfolio management that allows, among other things:

• Having a website that differentiates each course with a common interface and a single access.
• Creating tutorials and creating course announcements
• Maintain an updated agenda for each of the subjects.
• Performing test evaluations and user surveys
• Undertaking a group collaboration or individual.
• Creating and moderating discussion forums and other communication tools
• Sending private messages to users
• Providing content based on new educational technologies.
• Creating blogs, wikis, podcasts and other resources to distribute multimedia.
• Managing roles and permissions for users
• Tracking progress and statistics students.
• Adding websites for activities, clubs, communities, etc
• Allowing teachers' work in a common environment
• Customising the look to match the corporate image
• Providing a flexible and adaptable interface to each of the courses
• Integrating the existing organisation's systems

WHY SAKAI?

FOR BEING  OPEN SOURCE

There is a wide community of developers and educators who contribute to the continuous improvement of the system.

BECAUSE IT SAVES MONEY

Eliminates licensing costs and reduces maintenance.

BECAUSE OF ITS FLEXIBILITY

Sakai is highly configurable to suit all types of organisations.
It has a wide range of tools and add-ons that provide a solution for every need.

BECAUSE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY

Java technology and used standards facilitate integration with other systems (ERP, LDAP ...) and expansion with new features.
It also provides greater stability and scalability.

A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOU

In addition to the learning system, Sakai can be used as a collaborative environment for your organisation.

BECAUSE OF YOUR INDEPENDENCE

Using Sakai your organisation won’t depend on proprietary solutions and won’t be tied to a single supplier.