🔥 Lamakū Resources @ A‘o at Kapi‘olani

Here are a some highlights of the Lamakū-related resources you can find on the 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:
  • October 4th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Semester Start for Cohort 1 
  • October 18th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Ask Me Anything Q&A Session
  • November 15th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Ask Me Anything Q&A Session 
  • December 6th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Ask Me Anything Q&A Session 
• 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
Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Technology