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==Lessons==
Lessons is a flexible tool for adding content to your Sakai site. 
* With the Lessons tool, you can share all kinds of content with students, including web links, documents, videos, and links to assignments, tests/quizzes, and forums. 
* You can also create '''weekly subpages''' to organize your content, so students can find the week's materials and assignments all together in one place.

If you're teaching an online or hybrid course, it's important to use the Lessons tool to organize the content for each week of the course. (The Lessons tool can be useful for face-to-face courses as well.)

===Getting Started===
''What content should you add to Lessons? how can you organize it?''
* Based on information gathered from experienced instructors, here's a template you can use to organize your content for your lessons: 
** [https://sakai.durhamtech.edu/access/content/group/1f256b2c-86d2-44a1-be86-40939ddcbb65/Handouts/Weekly-Lesson-Template-revised-9-22-17.docx Weekly Lesson Template (Word)] 
** [[Media:Weekly-Lesson-Template.pdf| Template Guide (PDF)]]

===Basics===
* Sakai 19 User Guide: [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954451-what-is-the-lessons-tool Lessons]
* Intro to Lessons (Create Subpages/Add Text and Links): [https://youtu.be/vmTkMP98C2w Video] |  [[Media:Lessons_basics_11.pdf|Handout]]

===Intermediate===
* How to Build a Well-Designed Subpage: [https://youtu.be/oE5O2bXs5WQ Video] | [[Media:Build_a_Well-Designed_Subpage.pdf|Handout]]
* Embedding (Displaying) YouTube videos in Sakai: [https://youtu.be/dHsXc_gcInE Video] | [[Media:Embedding_YouTube_videos_in_Lessons.pdf|Handout]]
* Linking and Embedding Films on Demand videos in Sakai: [[Media:Putting_Films_on_Demand_Videos_in_Sakai.pdf|Handout]]
* Organizing Your Lessons Subpages and Course Menu: [https://youtu.be/hynQWyH26AI Video] | [[Media:Organize_your_Lessons_page_and_Course_Menu.pdf|Handout]]
* How to [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954486-how-do-i-add-assignments-to-a-lessons-page link to an assignment], [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954488-how-do-i-add-tests-and-quizzes-to-a-lessons-page test/quiz], [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954487-how-do-i-add-forums-or-topics-to-a-lessons-page forum topic], and [[Media:CreatingAccessibleHyperlinks-Sakai.pdf|link to a website]] from a Lessons page
* '''How to [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954519-how-do-i-enable-lessons-subpage-navigation-in-the-tool-menu enable Lessons subpage navigation in the Tool Menu]'''
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====Best Practices for Using Sakai's Lessons and Course Design====
* [[Media:Tips_for_Using_Sakai_Lessons.pdf | Lessons Tips and Best Practices for Effective Course Design]]

===Add section breaks and color to sections===
Add color to Lessons content areas, add horizontal section breaks, add content above and below your present content
{| 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color:#C6C6C6;" | <youtube width="400" height="225" alignment="right">Do47tdqF1wg</youtube>
|}
* [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954510-how-do-i-change-the-background-color-of-a-block How do I change the background color of a section] 
<!--* Getting Started with the Lessons Tool (Duke University) [https://support.sakai.duke.edu/2013/05/17/lessons/ Instructions] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do47tdqF1wg Video]
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===Working with Sections and Columns===
*[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954506-how-do-i-create-multiple-sections-on-a-lessons-page How do I create multiple sections on a Lessons page?]
*[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954507-how-do-i-create-two-columns-on-a-lessons-page How do I create two columns on a Lessons page?]
*[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954509-how-do-i-merge-columns-and-sections-to-one-block-on-a-lessons-page How do I merge columns and sections to one block?]
*[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954511-how-do-i-create-collapsible-sections How do I create a collapsible section?]

===Interactive Features===

====Personalize Text to Display a Student's Name====

In the Sakai Text Editor you can add '''double sets of''' '''braces''' (not parens or brackets) around one of '''three specific words''', to display either the student's first name (firstname), last name (lastname), or full name (fullname), based on how their name appears on the Sakai Roster:

[[File:PersonalizeTextExampleCode .png|border|350px|alt=In Lessons Editor, display personalization keywords and how displayed in Lessons to the student]]

====Checklist====
With the new Checklist feature, instructors can add a "to-do" list to any Lessons page, which helps students stay on track and allows instructors to view their progress.

{| 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color:#C6C6C6;" | <youtube width="400" height="225" alignment="right">h6R09VF13eI</youtube>
|}

* How to create a checklist in Lessons [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954516-how-do-i-add-a-checklist-on-a-lessons-page Instructions]

====Question====
Instructors can add a Multiple Choice or Short Answer question directly to a Lessons Page. The questions can be graded (correct answer specified) or used for polling (no correct answer specified).
* [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954489-how-do-i-add-an-in-line-question-to-a-lessons-page How to add a question to a Lessons page]

====Comments====
Instructors can allow students to add comments to a Lessons page. The comments can be graded.  
* [https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954490-how-do-i-allow-comments-to-be-posted-on-a-lessons-page How to add a comment (for students) to a Lessons page]

====Student Content (aka Student Pages)====
The Student Content feature in Lessons is great for student projects. 
* If you enable this feature, students (or groups) will be able to create their own pages in Lessons, containing text, web links, pictures, videos, and links to documents.
** Follow these steps to add the Student Content feature to your Lessons area: '''[https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/81161/l/954491-how-do-i-allow-students-to-add-content-to-lessons How to allow students to add content to Lessons]'''
** After enabling the feature, you can share with this handout with your students '''[[Media: For_Students-_How_to_Work_with_Student_Pages_Handout.pdf|For Students: How to work with Student Pages (PDF)]]''' with step-by-step instructions on how to add content to student pages.
* Here's some of the capabilities of Student Pages:
** Comments can be added to each student page
** You can grade student pages and/or comments
** Peer review rubrics are available; but you must inform students of peer review deadlines