🔥 Lamakū Support Highlights
As we all continue to prepare for successful teaching and learning experiences in Lamakū next semester, we want to highlight some of the Lamakū-related resources you can find on the A‘o at Kapiolani site’s Development page:
🔥 Setup/Development
- Kapi‘olani CC Course Framework: 3 template options and embedded video tutorials to help you set up and customize your Lamakū course sites efficiently and effectively.
- Lamakū Sandbox Site Request: Request up to 5 sandbox sites to develop content you can copy into active Lamakū sites
- Migration Request: request that UH ITS migrate content from a Laulima site to a Lamakū site (CRN must be assigned for Spring 2025)
🔥 Asynchronous Training & Resources
- Lamakū Instructor Essentials: sign into Lamakū and look for “Lamakū Instructor Essentials” in your “My Courses” widget
- Lamakū Knowledge Base: Lamakū support resources created by the UH ID PLC
- Brightspace Higher Ed Instructor Knowledge Base: D2L documentation about how to use the many Brightspace tools
- How to Impersonate a Demo Student: experience your course and test activities from a student’s perspective
- Copying Content from Another Lamakū Course
🔥 Synchronous Training & Support
- Tuesday Discover Lamakū Series: tools/features demo + hands-on exploration + Q&A
- Friday Support Sessions: open Q&A – bring your questions; get solutions!
- D2L Sessions:
- Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Lamakū for Course Design, Development, and Teaching
🔥 Updates & FAQs
- Discover Lamakū: relevant System announcements, timelines, and resources
- Lamakū FAQs: up-to-date answers to common questions
- Lamakū Updates: posted regularly here by Gloria Niles, UH Director of Online Learning
🔥 1:1 Support
As always, the UH ITS Help Desk is the best point of contact for technical support for Laulima and/or Lamakū. Jamie Sickel <jsickel@hawaii.edu> & Youxin Zhang <youxin@hawaii.edu> are the best points of contact for instructional design support.
Jamie Sickel & Youxin Zhang
Your Friendly Instructional Design Support Team