Difference between revisions of "Tips for Using Sakai"

Revision as of 14:18, 16 May 2014

Access Sakai by opening only one browser in one window. Avoid opening multiple browser windows and tabs in Sakai.

Use the navigation links and buttons within Sakai. Avoid using your browser's back button.

Use the Reset button
- Click on the reset button (blue arrows to the left to the tool name). Clicking the reset button will return you to the tool’s main screen.

Every 30 minutes: Save or Submit: You must click on Save or Submit when working in the Sakai Text Editor or while typing text in the Assignments, Discussion Forum/Topics, and Tests & Quizzes tools. You can work in Word and copy and paste the text into the Sakai Text Editor, or attach the Word document in Sakai.
Your internet connection can break; if so, you won't know until you try to do something in Sakai. Make sure you save or submit regularly if you have problems with your internet connection!
Note: If you save something, it is in draft mode. Only you can see the draft. You must return to it and Submit it, so your instructor can see and grade it.

What are the Tool Help icons for?
- Help is available within each Sakai tool by clicking on the question mark icon in the upper right corner of each tool window.

If you are unable to access features while in Sakai, try:

Using a different web browser (Firefox version 11 or higher is the recommended browser). Download Firefox.

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 ===Sakai and Time-out's===
 * '''Every 30 minutes: Save or Submit''': You must click on '''Save''' or '''Submit''' when working in the Sakai Text Editor or while typing text in the Assignments, Discussion Forum/Topics, and Tests & Quizzes tools. You can work in Word and copy and paste the text into the Sakai Text Editor, or attach the Word document in Sakai.
-* Your internet connection can break; if so, you won't know until you try to do something in Sakai. Make sure you save or submit regularly!
+* '''Your internet connection can break'''; if so, you won't know until you try to do something in Sakai. Make sure you save or submit regularly if you have problems with your internet connection!
-* '''Note:''' If you save something, it is in draft mode. Only '''you''' can see the draft. You must return to it and '''Submit''' it, before your instructor can see and grade it.
+* '''Note:''' If you '''save''' something, it is in '''draft''' mode. Only '''you''' can see the '''draft'''. You must return to it and '''Submit''' it, so your instructor can see and grade it.
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