Discover Lamakū: Your Guide to D2L Brightspace at UH

Announcements Timeline Faculty and Staff Students

Lamakū (powered by Brightspace) Implementation Strategy

Goal: Full migration to Lamakū for all courses by Fall 2025
Cohort 1 UH Community Colleges and UH Hilo Cohort 2 UH Mānoa and UH West Oʻahu
Spring 2024
Mar - Apr
Implementation Planning
Architecture, network, security, data strategy, technical migration and SIS integration, support structure. Recruit summer pilot. Cohort 1 and Cohort 2.
Summer 2024
May - Jul
Sandbox environment & summer pilot
Sandbox environment of Brightspace open to all faculty, introductory training videos for faculty & students, voluntary cohort of summer classes offered as pilot.
Fall 2024
Aug - Dec
Cohort 1 Migration
Units in cohort 1 content migrated in Fall 2024, Spring 2025 course shells open, all courses taught in new LMS Spring 2025.
Spring 2025
Jan - May
Cohort 1 Implementation / Cohort 2 Migration
Units in cohort 2 content migrated in Spring 2025, course shells open, all courses taught in Brightspace in Summer or Fall 2025.
Summer 2025
May -Jul
Transition to Laulima archive, and new LMS full implementation
Review Spring 2025 implementation. Most summer 2025 courses taught in Brightspace. Laulima archived. All courses taught in Brightspace by Fall 2025.
Weekly updates as UH continues to transition to Lamakū

Cohort 1 Preparing for Spring 2025

As we proceed into the 2024-2025 academic year, we will implement the cohort process for transitioning from Laulima to Lamakū.
The following is intended for faculty teaching at Cohort 1 campuses (UH Community Colleges and UH Hilo):
  • Faculty teaching at Cohort 1 campuses (UHCCs and UH Hilo) have been provisioned with a Lamakū user account and one sandbox course shell, which can be used to explore Lamakū or build new course content.
  • Non-instructional Faculty and Staff at Cohort 1 campuses (UHCC's and UH Hilo) have been provisioned with a Lamakū user account.
  • Lamakū can be accessed at lamaku.hawaii.edu. UH users select the blue button labeled "University of Hawaiʻi Login."
  • Cohort 1 Faculty and Staff may request additional sandbox(es) by submitting the Cohort 1 (UH Hilo and UHCCs) Lamakū Account and Sandbox Request Form.
    • A maximum of 5 sandbox accounts allowed per user.
  • Once CRNs and faculty assignments are confirmed for Spring 2025 courses teaching faculty will be able to request to have content migrated from Laulima to Lamakū. Migrated content will appear in the user's Lamakū account as a Laulima reference sandbox site. Note: The Content Migration Request form will be available in late September.
  • Lamakū training and resources for faculty are available through the UH Online Innovation Center, with additional support provided by campus-based instructional designers.
  • Student user accounts will be created as students register for Spring 2025 courses at UHCCs and UH Hilo.
  • All courses at the UH Community Colleges and UH Hilo will be offered in Lamakū in Spring 2025.

Lamakū Discovery Series and Support Sessions

Fall 2024 Lamakū Discovery Series

The fall 2024 Discovery Series, hosted by the UH ID PLC, focuses on essential features of Lamakū (Brightspace by D2L) for faculty new to the learning management system. Topics will follow the flow of building a course, such as content development, activity and assessment and gradebook setup. Each session will be themed and include both demonstration and "discovery" (exploration) time.
  • Date: Tuesdays (September 3rd to October 22nd)
  • Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Format: 90 mins, including 60 mins of chunked Demo & Exploration Time (multiple rounds of demo and exploration)
  • Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/4pF

Fall 2024 Lamakū Support Sessions

The support sessions, hosted by the UH ID PLC, provide dedicated time and space for participants to gain up-to-date information and seek support from instructional designers (and each other) as we collectively explore and work on Lamakū
  • Date: Fridays (September 6th to November 22nd, except Oct. 18th and Nov. 15th)
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Format: 90 mins informal support session including 30 mins. open lab time
  • Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/FTF

UH Lamakū Faculty Panel: Insights from the Summer Pilot

Hear about the UH Summer Pilot faculty's transition to the new LMS, including their approach, challenges, and solutions to help others navigate to shift to Lamakū.

Resources

More information to come...