All Loyola students, faculty and staff have permission to create new project sites. Project sites can be created either from Worksite Setup or Sites in the Home area.
Select Worksite Setup.
Select the Worksite Setup tool from the Tool Menu in the Home area (i.e., from the Sakai homepage after login).
Select Create New Site.
Select Create New Site from the Actions Menu.
Select the type of site.
- Select the radio button to the left of project site.
- Select Continue.
Enter site information.
Enter the site title.
Type a Site Title in the text field.
Select site language. (Optional)
If desired, change the default language for the site to any of the available languages listed. Select the dropdown menu and then choose the desired language.
Enter a site description. (Optional)
The information entered into the description area will appear on the site's home page. Use the Rich Text Editor to format the description, if desired.
Enter a short description.
You may also enter a short description (with a maximum of 80 characters). This short description will display in the publicly viewable list of sites.
Edit the site contact information. (Optional)
The user's name and LUC email address will pre-populate the site contact fields. Edit this information, if desired.
Select Continue.
Select Continue to save changes.
Select site tools.
Place a checkmark next to any tools that to add them to the project site.
Select Continue.
Select Continue.
Configure site access.
- Site Status: Select to Publish the site, or Leave as Draft (i.e., unpublished). Unpublished sites are only visible to participants with the "maintain" role, not to participants with the "access" role.
- Site Visibility: Choose whether or not to display the site in the LUC Sakai Site Browser.
- Global Access: Choose to make site access Limit to official course members or to those I add manually (recommended), or Allow any user to join the site.
- Select Continue to save changes.
Select Create Site.
If all site details appear correct, select Create Site.