An Update to Sakai Is Coming Dec. 21
On December 21st, we will be updating the Sakai platform to give you access to more features to improve your experience using Sakai this Spring. If you plan to work …
Save Time Setting Up Your Sakai Site with Templates
Take a lot of the guesswork out of having a well-organized, learner-centered Sakai site by using one of the new course templates. Whether you need a simple, streamlined site for …
How to Prepare Course Grades in Sakai
1. Check that all desired Gradebook items have been included in the course grades. There are times when a Gradebook item is not included in the course grades. For example, …
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sakai
Whether you’re new to Sakai or a seasoned pro, there’s always something new to learn. Here are five things you can do with Sakai that might be new to you. …
A new tool in Sakai: Lessons
Have you noticed that a new menu item called Lessons in your Fall Sakai course sites? What is Lessons? Lessons allows you to present your course content in a structured …
Sakai: End-of-Semester Tips
Fall 2012 is winding down. For many instructors, this is the first semester using Sakai. This post will walk you through three tasks to help you wrap up the semester. …
Recording student videos within Sakai
How do you create a warm-up activity in your online learning course or a flipping the classroom course to establish a learning community to engage students? Would you like students to …
Bye bye Blackboard
All Blackboard sites will be gone forever by 6/30/2012. Follow the steps below to ensure you have the content you need from Blackboard: Get started with Sakai today by creating …
Saving Blackboard Tests, Quizzes, and Question Pools
How to retrieve Tests and Quizzes that did not import correctly from Blackboard Tests and Quizzes were included in the migration of Blackboard course materials into Sakai course shells. While …
Calculate and report final course grades
It’s time to report your students’ final grades to the university’s STORM system. If you store and maintain your students’ grades in Sakai’s Gradebook, you might consider exporting your final …