There are more than four thousand Universities and colleges in the United States alone. Each one of them teaches hundreds or even thousands of classes every year. Trying to create some structure from such a diverse world would be an exercise in oversimplification. The categories discussed here, along with the associated recommendations about how to support them in Sakai, are not meant to be rules or even best practices, but rather a place to start when thinking about structuring your Sakai site. Do read all of the site types because it is likely that your course mixes the structures and activities in two or more site types. Your own personal comfort with technology will also determine how many (and which) tools you might want to use.
The site types you'll be working with are as follows:
Problem-based courses
Small discussion courses
Large, introductory courses
Project-based courses
Collaboration sites
The following sections highlight a small number of tools that are especially...