Craig L asked – a great question – how to communicate Sakai on campus?
Here are some resources:
A presentation from the recent Amsterdam conference on just this topic (Look under attachments)
http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/CONF07/A+Methodological+Framework+for+Evaluating+and+Selecting+an+Open+Source+LMS
We need to get you the audio if possible – that would be helpful.
Here is a video about Sakai in general:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/media/2006/overview/overview.htm
From this page you can download a high-quality copy of the talk in
case you want to show it locally.
This is a PowerPoint where I cover a broad overview of Sakai:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/talks/2007/sakai_overview_v12_hawaii.zip
This is also a great “Sakai Introduction” PowerPoint from Anthony Whyte:
http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/download/attachments/45506/Amsterdam_20070609.ppt.zip?version=1
Also there is a two page overview handout at:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/papers/2006/2006_08_two_pager.pdf
I know you said you did not want to do a features bake-off – but if you change your mind, take a look at:
www.edutools.org
If you are interested in getting a quick overview of the community around Moode and Sakai – take a look at www.ohloh.net and explore both projects.
If you are interested in communicating the notion of community source in general – take a look at these:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/talks/2007/2007_05_01_educause_keynote.ppt
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/papers/2007/educause_v01.doc
You are welcome to reuse/adapt ay of my or Anthony’s stuff to help make your case – it is all available under creative commons.