Sakai Documentation

Welcome to Sakai Help

These resources can help you use Sakai at Wellesley College. Some of them are tailored to Wellesley, others have been created for Sakai support at other institutions (but will apply to working with Sakai here).

Please send any feedback you might have about improvements, additional resources, or topics you'd like to see covered in the Sakai Help Documentation to Mac Stewart ( mstewart ).

 

  Getting Started : Common Tasks : FAQ

Streaming Video in Sakai : Best Practices : Getting Help  

 

Getting Started
Sakai Tips for Students (PDF)

Create a Project Site
Course sites will be created automatically in Sakai not long after the Registrar finalizes the course schedule for the upcoming semester.

If you are a faculty or staff member, and you would like to use Sakai for other collaborative projects, independent studies, research, or thesis work, you can create your own project site.

Getting started with your course site
The Five Steps of Setting Up Your Basic Course Site (.docx)
Teaching with Sakai (.docx)

Administration
Manage your site: Set up Access, permissions, add participants, manage tools

Resources for common tasks in Sakai
 

Sakai tools - Overviews

List of Sakai tools available to Wellesley College users
Tools Overview from Stanford , whose Sakai instance is named Coursework
Video Tutorials - Short demos for Sakai tools, from Indiana University

Managing participants

Students will be automatically enrolled in course sites through Banner.
Add participants -- from the Wellesley community & beyond
Create and manage groups (from Indiana University)

Adding resources

Guidelines for adding course materials to your Sakai site
Add a syllabus using the Syllabus tool (from Indiana University)
Moving multiple files into Sakai - Upload/Download multiple resources
Re-use files across courses and semesters (from Stanford - Note: Their name for the Resources tool is Materials)
Link to other online resources (from Stanford)
Having trouble uploading? If your uploads are failing, it could be a quota issue. Each Sakai project or course site has a 1GB quota. If you have questions about how much of your site quota is used or you feel you've exceeded your quota, please submit a Help Desk ticket by calling x3333 or emailing helpdesk@wellesley.edu

Help with Media Gallery in Sakai

Communication

Post Announcements (from Stanford)
Create a Forum and Forum topics (from Stanford)

Assignments

Create an Assignment (from Rutgers)
Release grades in the Assignments tool (from Rutgers)

Assessment

(Tests & Quizzes)

Create a test or quiz (from Rutgers)
Grade a test or quiz (from Rutgers)
Release grades for viewing in the Tests and Quizzes tool (from Rutgers)

Grading

Add items to the Grade book (from Rutgers )
Import and export grades and items in the Grade book (from Rutgers)
Grade an Assignment in the Assignments tool (from Rutgers )


Frequently Asked Questions
Wellesley Sakai FAQ - Last updated August 10, 2012

Best practices for working in Sakai
Educational Principles - How to implement good pedagogical practices using the Sakai tools and features (University of Delaware)

Getting Help
Help Desk: Reach Sakai support staff Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30. Just call the Help Desk, x3333, or email helpdesk@wellesley.edu

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