Recently, Sakai's flexibility and robust architecture helped Duke University deal with the coronavirus in China. When the coronavirus outbreak locked down Duke Kunshan University's campus in China, Duke and Duke Kunshan acted quickly to move all Duke Kunshan courses online into Sakai. With 579 undergraduate students and more than 100 faculty scattered across China and well beyond, and with varying levels of internet access and other technology, Sakai’s capabilities enabled Duke Kunshan students to continue their education unimpeded despite the effects of a large and growing global health crisis.
To read more about Duke’s rapid deployment of online courses in response to the coronavirus, please visit https://today.duke.edu/2020/02/how-build-global-online-university-three-weeks.