Sakai 23 Instructor Guide

About Help 1

• About Sakai Help

Getting Started with Sakai 11

• How do I navigate to my pinned sites?
• How do I navigate to my recently-visited sites?
• How do I view and navigate to all of my sites?
• How do I navigate within a site?
• What does Unpublished Site mean?
• How do I add my syllabus as a file attachment?
• How do I send a message?
• How do I add an announcement?
• How do I add an assignment?
• How do I set up my Gradebook?
• How do I upload files to Resources?

Announcements 10

• What is the Announcements tool?
• How do I add an announcement?
• How do I edit an announcement?
• How do I delete an announcement?
• How do I merge announcements?
• How do I reorder announcements?
• How do I change Announcements tool permissions?
• How do I view announcements?
• How do I set Announcements tool options?
• How do students view announcements?

Assignments 21

• What is the Assignments tool?
• How do I add an assignment?
• How do I edit an existing assignment?
• How do I enable student peer assessment for an assignment?
• How do I enable group submissions for an assignment?
• How do I delete an assignment?
• How do students submit an assignment?
• How do students submit a video assignment?
• How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a student?
• How do I grade an assignment?
• How do I grade an assignment using the legacy grading interface?
• How do students complete a peer assessment assignment?
• How do I grade a peer review assignment?
• How do I download assignments for grading offline?
• How do I upload graded assignment submissions and feedback?
• How do I use Turnitin Feedback Studio to give feedback on an assignment?
• How do I release assignment grades?
• How do students view their assignment feedback?
• How do I allow a resubmission on an assignment for a specific student or groups of students?
• How do I allow an extension on an assignment?
• How do I change the Assignments tool permissions?

Attendance 12

• What is the Attendance tool?
• How do I add a new attendance item?
• How do I take attendance?
• How do I edit attendance items?
• How do I delete attendance items?
• How do I set up Attendance grading?
• How do I grade attendance items?
• How do I edit attendance comment visibility?
• How do I edit a student's attendance status?
• How do I comment on student attendance records?
• How do I change the attendance statuses for my course?
• How do I print sign-in or attendance sheets?

Blogs 5

• What is the Blogs tool?
• How do I add a Blog post?
• How do I read and comment on blogs?
• How can I edit or remove a blog entry?
• How do I modify permissions in Blogs?

Calendar 14

• What is the Calendar tool?
• How do I customize my Calendar display?
• How do I view calendar item details?
• How do I change the Calendar view?
• How do I add items to the Calendar?
• How do I edit a calendar item?
• How do I delete a calendar item?
• How do I print the Calendar?
• How do I merge the Calendar with another site?
• How do I import Calendar entries from a file?
• How do I modify Calendar permissions?
• How do I merge external calendars?
• How do I subscribe to my Sakai calendar?
• How do I add or delete fields in the Calendar?

Certification 7

• What is the Certification tool?
• How do I create a certification?
• How do I edit a certification?
• How do I delete a certification?
• What is the Certification List?
• What are Certification Reports?
• How do I export Certification data?

Chat Room 8

• What is the Chat Room tool?
• How do I add a chat room?
• How do I delete a chat room?
• How do I clear the chat history?
• How do I change the Chat Room tool permissions?
• How do I read, post, or delete Chat Room messages?
• How do I permanently delete all messages in a chat room?
• How do I change to a different chat room?

Commons 8

• What is the Commons tool?
• How do I set permissions in Commons?
• How do I create a post in Commons?
• How do I comment/reply to a post in Commons?
• How do I edit a post in Commons?
• How do I delete a post in Commons?
• How do I edit a comment/reply in Commons?
• How do I delete a comment/reply in Commons?

Conversations 19

• What is the Conversations tool?
• How do I post a topic in Conversations?
• How do I modify a post in Conversations?
• How do I answer a question in Conversations?
• How do I use emojis in Conversations?
• What do I modify Conversations tool settings?
• How do I activate community guidelines for Conversations?
• How do I create mathematical equations with LaTeX in Conversations?
• How do I pin a topic in Conversations?
• How do I use bookmarks in Conversations?
• How do I save posts as drafts in Conversations?
• How do I customize my presence in Conversations?
• How do I set up tags for my course in Conversations?
• How do I add to or remove a tag from a Conversations post?
• How do I filter posts in Conversations?
• How do I save posts to draft?
• How does anonymous posting work in Conversations?
• How do I modify permissions in Conversations?
• How do I make topics available to specific groups only?

Course and Project Sites 5

• What are course sites?
• How do I reset a tool?
• What does Unpublished Site mean?
• How can I remind students about tasks they must complete?
• How do I view a site as a Teaching Assistant or Student?

Dashboard 4

• What is the Dashboard tool?
• What information is displayed on the Home Dashboard?
• What information is displayed on the Site Dashboard?
• How do I edit the Dashboard?

Digication Kora 2

• What is Digication Kora?
• How do I add the Digication Kora tool to my course?

Discussions 15

• What is the Discussions tool?
• How do I create a new forum?
• How do I add a new topic?
• How do I organize forums and topics?
• How do I post to a topic?
• How do I reply to a post (i.e., conversation)?
• How do I email the author of a post?
• How do I delete a post?
• How do I moderate a topic?
• How do I grade discussions?
• How do I move a thread to a different topic?
• How do I delete a topic?
• How do I delete a forum?
• How do I modify the forum template settings?
• How do I watch or subscribe to a forum?

Drop Box 4

• What is the Drop Box tool?
• How do I upload files to multiple Drop Box folders?
• How do students add items to the Drop Box?
• How do I download files from multiple Drop Box folders?

Email 4

• What is the Email tool?
• How do I send an Email message?
• How do I change the Email tool options for my site?
• How do I change the Email tool permissions?

Email Archive 7

• What is the Email Archive tool?
• How do I view Email Archive messages?
• How do I send messages to the Email Archive?
• How do I modify the Email Archive options?
• How do I change the Email Archive permissions?
• How do students view archived messages?
• How do I choose the site email address in Email Archive?

Evaluation System 5

• What is the Evaluation System tool?
• How do I navigate the Evaluation System tool?
• How do I create a template in the Evaluation System tool?
• How do I create an evaluation in the Evaluation System tool?
• How do students complete an evaluation?

Follett Discover 1

• What is Follett Discover?

Global Navigation 12

• What is Dark Theme?
• How do I navigate within a site?
• How do I return to a tool's main page?
• How do I pin or unpin sites?
• How do I log out?
• How do I view and navigate to all of my sites?
• What is My Calendar in the Account Menu?
• What is My Grades in the Account Menu?
• How do I create a direct link to a tool?
• How do I navigate to my pinned sites?
• How do I navigate to my recently-visited sites?
• What are notifications?

Gradebook 27

• What is Gradebook?
• How do I set up my Gradebook?
• How are grades calculated in Gradebook?
• How do I add items to Gradebook?
• How do I enter and/or edit grades in Gradebook?
• How can instructors customize their Gradebook display?
• What actions can instructors perform on individual Gradebook items?
• How do I view and print a summary of individual student grades?
• How do I export grades from Gradebook?
• How do I exclude a grade for a specific student?
• How do I format my file for importing grades into Gradebook?
• How do I import grades into Gradebook?
• How do I override a course grade in Gradebook?
• How do I view the course grade override log in Gradebook?
• How do I set empty cells to zero for a single grade item?
• How do I set all ungraded items to zero in Gradebook?
• How does extra credit work in Gradebook?
• How do I bulk edit Gradebook items?
• How do I view statistics for an item in Gradebook?
• How do I message students from Gradebook?
• How do I grade in Gradebook with Quick Entry?
• How do I display the course grade to students in Gradebook?
• What are the different gradebook scenarios and which one is right for me?
• How do I set up a simple points-based Gradebook?
• How do I set up a Gradebook with categories for organization and/or dropping grades?
• How do I set up a Gradebook with categories and weighting?
• How do students view their grades in Gradebook?

Gradescope 1

• What is Gradescope?

Home 0

Labster 5

• What is Labster?
• How do I add the Labster US tool to my course?
• How do I use the Labster US tool to view details about student submissions?
• How do I add a Labster simulation link to Lessons?
• How do students access a Labster simulation through Lessons?

Learning Cloud 4

• What is the Learning Cloud tool?
• How do I add the Learning Cloud tool to my course?
• How do I add a Learning Cloud training?
• How do I associate a training with the Gradebook?

Lessons 44

• What is the Lessons tool?
• How do I create a new Lessons page?
• How do I add text to a Lessons page?
• How do I embed an image on a Lessons page?
• How do I embed a video from my computer on a Lessons page?
• How do I embed a YouTube video on a Lessons Page?
• How do I embed an audio file on a Lessons page?
• How do I add a website link to a Lessons page?
• How do I add a file from Resources to a Lessons page?
• How do I add assignments to a Lessons page?
• How do I add forums or topics to a Lessons page?
• How do I add tests and quizzes to a Lessons page?
• How do I add an in-line question to a Lessons page?
• How do I allow comments to be posted on a Lessons page?
• How do I allow students to add content to Lessons?
• How do I reorder items on a Lessons page?
• How do I delete items on a Lessons page?
• How do I limit access to Lessons page items to groups?
• How do I add subpages to a Lessons page?
• How do I view the Index of Pages?
• How do I require completion of a Lessons item?
• How do I require completion of a Lessons page?
• How do I rename a Lessons page?
• How do I delete a top-level Lessons page?
• How do I delete a Lessons subpage?
• How do I export Lessons content?
• How do I import Lessons content?
• How do students add content to Student Pages in Lessons?
• How do I create multiple sections on a Lessons page?
• How do I create two columns on a Lessons page?
• How do I create two columns inside a block on a Lessons page?
• How do I merge columns and sections to one block on a Lessons page?
• How do I change the background color of a block?
• How do I create collapsible sections?
• How do I add a Resources folder on a Lessons page?
• How do I embed the Calendar on a Lessons page?
• How do I embed announcements on a Lessons page?
• How do I embed Discussions conversations on a Lessons page?
• How do I add a checklist on a Lessons page?
• How do I assign an "owner" to a Lessons page?
• How do I copy content from an existing Lessons page?
• How do I duplicate a Lessons page?
• How do I customize the look and feel of pages in Lessons?
• How do I upload content in a zip file on a Lessons page?

Mailman Listserv 3 3

• How do I access and navigate my listserv in Mailman?
• How do I manage Listserv Member Policy?
• How do I add and remove users in my Listserv? 

Messages 10

• What is the Messages tool?
• How do I view my messages?
• How do I send a message?
• How do I reply to a message?
• How do I create a Messages folder?
• How do I move a message?
• How do I delete a message?
• How do I modify the settings for Messages?
• How do I determine who site participants can send a message to?
• How do I delete a custom Messages folder?

News 5

• What is the News tool?
• How do I add a News tool?
• How do I view News tool content?
• How do I edit the News tool?
• How do I delete a News tool?

Notifications 5

• What are notifications?
• How are notifications created?
• How do I clear my notifications?
• How do I view the content of a notification?
• How do I view notifications on my mobile device?

Overview 3

• What is Overview?
• How do I edit the Overview site information display?
• How do I change the layout of the Overview page?

Panopto 1

• Panopto

Permissions and Roles 2

• What are Permissions and Roles?
• How do I change participant roles within a site?

Polls 8

• What is the Polls tool?
• How do I add a new poll?
• How do students take a poll?
• How do I view poll results?
• How do I modify the Polls tool permissions?
• How do I edit a poll?
• How do I reset a poll?
• How do I remove a poll?

PostEm 7

• What is the PostEm tool?
• How do I add PostEm feedback?
• How do I update a PostEm feedback item?
• How do students view their feedback in PostEm?
• How do instructors view feedback in PostEm?
• How do I download a copy of the CSV feedback file?
• How do I delete a PostEm feedback item?

Profile 9

• What is the Profile tool?
• How do I set up my profile?
• How do I post a status message to my profile?
• How do I add pictures to my profile picture gallery?
• How do I search for and add connections?
• How do I accept a connection request?
• How do I send a message to a connection in Profile?
• How do I change my privacy settings?
• How do I set my notification and other profile preferences?

Resources 31

• What is the Resources tool?
• How do I navigate the Resources tool?
• How do I create folders?
• How do I upload files to Resources?
• How do I upload and unpack a zip file to a Resources folder?
• How do I create a zip archive file in Resources?
• How do I create a text document?
• How do I add a web link or URL?
• How do I create an HTML page?
• How do I create a citation list?
• How do I move a file or folder within Resources in the same site?
• How do I copy a file or folder within Resources in the same site?
• How do I copy a file or folder from one site to another site?
• How do I reorder files or folders within Resources?
• How do I upload a new version of a file in Resources?
• How do I hide files and folders?
• How do I unhide files or folders?
• How do I make an item available only at a specific time?
• How do I remove a file or folder in Resources?
• How do I restore a removed file or folder in Resources?
• How do I add and display contextual information about a file or folder?
• How do I notify site participants that content has been added to Resources?
• How do I obtain the URL for a file or folder in Resources?
• How do I make a link to a Resources item appear in the Tool Menu?
• How do I create a group folder in Resources?
• How do I allow group members to upload content to a group folder?
• How do I allow all students to upload content to a specific folder?
• How do I make a file or folder publicly viewable?
• How do I view the Resources quota?
• How do I attach files from my Home Resources to submissions in my other sites?
• How do I transfer files to Resources using WebDAV?

Respondus LockDown Browser 5

• What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
• How does Respondus LockDown Browser work?
• How do I enable Respondus LockDown Browser for an assessment?
• How do I download and import a practice exam for Respondus LockDown Browser?
• How do students take a test or quiz in Respondus LockDown Browser?

Rich Text Editor 18

• What is the Rich Text Editor?
• What actions can I perform using the Rich Text Editor icons?
• What are some keyboard shortcuts for the Rich Text Editor?
• How do I create a link to a website in a text box?
• How do I create a link to a Resources item in a text box?
• How do I create a link to an activity in a text box?
• How do I embed an image in a text box?
• How do I embed a linked web image in a text box?
• How do I embed a YouTube video in a text box?
• How do I embed an mp4 video in a text box?
• How do I add special characters to a text box?
• How do I add/edit a table in a text box?
• How do I add a content template to a text box?
• How do I paste text from a Microsoft Word document to a text box?
• How do I embed an mp3 audio in a text box?
• How do I set my preference for the Rich Text Editor mode?
• How do I change the left to right language direction?
• How do I create mathematical equations with LaTeX in a text box?

Roster 5

• What is the Roster tool?
• How do I view/search the roster?
• How do I export the roster?
• How do I view roster photos and/or profiles?
• How do I edit Roster tool permissions?

Rubrics 19

• What are Rubrics?
• How do I add a rubric to my site?
• How do I create a weighted rubric?
• How do I edit a rubric?
• How do I copy a rubric?
• How do I delete a rubric?
• How do I share a rubric?
• How do I associate a rubric with an assignment?
• How do I associate a rubric with a Discussions topic?
• How do I associate a rubric with an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• How do I add a rubric to a Gradebook item?
• How do I grade an assignment using a rubric?
• How do I grade an assignment using a rubric in the legacy grading interface?
• How do I grade a Discussions topic using a rubric?
• How do I grade an assessment (i.e. test or quiz) using a rubric?
• How do I grade a Gradebook item using a rubric?
• How do I export a rubric?
• How do I copy a shared rubric?
• How do students view rubric feedback?

Section Info 9

• What is the Section Info tool?
• How are sections different than groups?
• How do I create a section?
• How do I edit a section?
• How do I delete a section?
• How do I add site members to a section?
• How do I add teaching assistants to a section?
• How do I view student memberships?
• How do I manage section options?

Sign-Up 13

• What is the Sign-up tool?
• What are Sign-up meeting types?
• How do I view meetings in Sign-up?
• How do I create a meeting?
• How do I edit a meeting?
• How do I lock or cancel a time slot?
• How do I copy a meeting?
• How do students or participants sign-up for meetings?
• How do I export meeting data?
• How can I use the Sign-up tool in my site?
• How do I manually add users to meetings?
• How do I add meetings to the site Calendar?
• How do I modify Sign-up tool permissions?

Site Info 18

• What is the Site Info tool?
• How do I edit the site information?
• How do I add tools to my site?
• How do I rearrange or rename the items in the Tool Menu?
• How do I link to a parent site?
• How do I add users to my course or project site?
• How do I remove users from my course or project site?
• How do I create groups?
• How do I use groups?
• How do I control site access?
• How do I duplicate a site?
• How do I copy content from one site to another (i.e., import from site)?
• How do I import content from an archive file?
• What is the User Audit Log?
• How do I add LaTeX language to my course site?
• How do I remove a tool from my site?
• How do I hide or show items in the Tool Menu?
• How do I use the Date Manager to adjust dates for all items in the site?

Statistics 10

• What is the Statistics tool?
• How do I view summary reports in the Statistics tool?
• How do I create and run a report?
• How do I duplicate a report?
• How do I edit a report?
• How do I delete a report?
• How do I print a report?
• How do I export a report?
• How do I view detailed user activity reports?
• How do I modify preferences in the Statistics tool?

Syllabus 13

• What is the Syllabus tool?
• How do I add my syllabus as a file attachment?
• How do I create a syllabus using cut and paste from a document?
• How do I edit syllabus items?
• How do I create a multi-part syllabus based on number of items needed?
• How do I create a multi-part syllabus by dates?
• How do I print the syllabus?
• How do I point my syllabus to a webpage?
• How do I rearrange syllabus items?
• How do I publish/unpublish a syllabus item?
• How do I add a syllabus item to the calendar?
• How do I change syllabus item access?
• How do I delete a syllabus item?

Tests and Quizzes 54

• What is the Tests & Quizzes tool?
• How do I create an assessment in Tests and Quizzes?
• How do I create a new assessment using markup text or cut and paste?
• How do I create a new question (with the assessment builder)?
• How do I create a multiple choice question?
• How do I create a matching question?
• How do I create a true/false question?
• How do I create a short answer/essay question?
• How do I create a fill in the blank question?
• How do I create a numeric response question?
• How do I create a calculated question?
• How do I create a hot spot question?
• How do I create a survey?
• How do I create a student audio response question?
• How do I create a file upload question?
• How do I add multiple parts to an assessment?
• How do I use assessment parts?
• What is a question pool?
• How do I add, copy, move, or delete a question pool?
• How do I add a question to a question pool?
• How do I copy questions from the question pool into an assessment?
• How do I set up a random question set?
• How do I import and export assessments?
• How do I import a question pool?
• How do I share a question pool?
• How do I revoke access to a question pool?
• How do I transfer ownership of a question pool?
• How do I view and modify the settings of an assessment?
• How do I edit my assessment title or description?
• What are the Availability and Submissions options for an assessment?
• How do I give specific students different time or date settings for an assessment?
• What are the Grading and Feedback options for an assessment?
• How do I adjust the layout and appearance of an assessment?
• How do I publish an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• How do I duplicate an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• How do I preview an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• How do I print an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• How do I grade Tests & Quizzes?
• How do I grade assessment submissions by student?
• How do I grade assessment submissions by question?
• How do I download Tests & Quizzes submissions for grading offline?
• How do I give the same score (e.g., 0) to all students with no submission for an assessment?
• How do I view statistics about a completed assessment?
• What is the Tests & Quizzes Event Log?
• What is the Tests & Quizzes User Activity Report?
• How do I allow a student to retake a test or quiz?
• How do students submit an assessment (i.e., test or quiz)?
• What information is in a Tests & Quizzes email notification?
• How can an instructor retrieve assessments that were saved but not submitted?
• How do I give students a choice of questions to answer in an assessment?

Top Hat 6

• What is Top Hat?
• How do I add the Top Hat tool to my course?
• How do I access Top Hat from my Sakai course?
• How do I access the Top Hat presentation tool from a classroom computer?
• How do I add a Top Hat assignment link to a Lessons page?
• How do I sync the Top Hat Gradebook with the Sakai Gradebook?

Turnitin 4

• What is Turnitin?
• How is Turnitin enabled on an assignment?
• How do instructors view a Turnitin Originality Report?
• How do students view a Turnitin Similarity Report?

VoiceThread 1

• VoiceThread Guide

Web Content 5

• What is the Web Content tool?
• How do I create a Web Content link to a website?
• How do I create a Web Content link to a folder in Resources?
• How do I edit a Web Content link?
• How do I delete a Web Content link?

Wiki 11

• What is the Wiki tool?
• How do I view wiki pages?
• How do I search wiki pages?
• How do I edit wiki pages?
• How do I create a new wiki page?
• How do I add images to a wiki page?
• How do I add attachments to a wiki page?
• How do I view wiki page info?
• How do I watch or subscribe to a wiki?
• How do I view wiki page history?
• How do I set wiki permissions?

Zoom 1

• Zoom Guide