Loyola Support Documentation

How do I add tools to my site?

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Sakai has many different tools available to use in your course or project site. You may choose which tools you want to use and may add or remove tools at any point.

Select Site Info.

Select Site Info

In the target Sakai site, select the Site Info tool from the Tool Menu.

Select Manage Tools.

Select Manage Tools

Select Manage Tools from the Actions Menu.

Select a set of tools.

Check tools to include

As tools are selected from the General list on the left side of the screen, they are added to the Selected tools list on the right side of the screen.

Enable MathJax. (Optional)

enable mathjax

Enable MathJax by checking the checkbox. See more information on enabling LaTeX at How do I add LaTex language to my course site?

Enable Lessons subpage navigation. (Optional)

enable lessons subpage navigation

Enable Lessons subpage navigation in the left tool menu by checking the checkbox. See How do I enable Lessons subpage navigation in the Tool Menu? for more information.

Select Continue.

select continue

Scroll down and select Continue.

Rename tools or add multiple instances of tools. (Optional)

use the dropdown menus to add multiple instances of tools

For some tools such as Lessons and Web Content, multiple instances of the tool may be added.

The Lessons tool may be used as a single tool on the Tool Menu where students click to see all Lessons, or there can be multiple Lessons tools added to the Tool Menu so that each tool is a separate Lesson. See the Lessons tool chapter for more information.

The Web Content tool points to any URL entered and instructors may create as many of these as they want.

Select the More Lessons Tools? or More Web Content Tools? dropdown menus to add additional instances of these tools.

Example: Multiple tool instances

example of multiple tool instances

The example above shows three Lessons tools (Module 1, Module 2, and Module 3) and two Web Content tools (Sakai and Apereo).

Select Continue.

select continue

Scroll down and select Continue to save customizations.

Select Finish.

select Finish

New tools added are shown in red font. Select Finish.

Note: New tools are typically added to the bottom of the Tool Menu. See How do I rearrange or rename the items in the Tool Menu? for instructions on how to change the tool order.