Sakai Documentation

Basics

• Site Creation - 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.
• Site Administration - Set up access, permissions, add participants, manage tools in  your own project site.

Resources for common tasks in Sakai

This is a summary of Sakai functionality for you and your students: Sakai Tips for Students (PDF)

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 access

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 )

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