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==Lessons==
 
==Lessons==
Lessons is a flexible tool for adding content to your Sakai site.
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Lessons is a flexible tool for adding content to your Sakai site.  
* If the content you want to share with students is mostly in the form of files or documents -- like PowerPoints, Word docs, PDFs, and so on -- then the Resources tool may be all you need.
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* 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.  
* But if you want something a bit fancier -- if you want to create pages with text, graphics, videos, and links to web sites, files or assignments -- then you will want to use the Lessons tool.
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* 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.
* With the Lessons tool you can create subpages to organize your content.
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* For example, many instructors create a subpage for each week of the course, so students can find the week's materials and assignments all together in one place.
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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.)
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===Basics===
 
===Basics===
* [[Media:Lessons.pdf|Sakai Lessons Workshop Handout]] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5GWKF7wmSc Lessons Intro video]
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* Sakai Lessons Basics: Create Subpages/Add Text [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5GWKF7wmSc Video] | [[Media:Lessons_Basics.pdf|Handout]]
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* Build a Well-Designed Subpage [https://youtu.be/oBF7ittmSbc  Video] | [[Media:Build_a_Well-Designed_Subpage.pdf|Handout]]
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** Find out how to add Headings, Due Dates, Textbook info to your subpage plus
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** Add links to documents and web sites; Display YouTube videos and
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** Add links to Tests & Quizzes, Forums/Topics, and Assignments.
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* How to Organize Lessons and your Course [https://youtu.be/UeGBk_CpOwA video] | [[Media:Organize_Lessons_and_Your_Course.pdf|Handout]]  
 
* [https://sakai.rutgers.edu/helpdocs/lessonbuilder.html Lessons (Lesson Builder)] (Rutgers)
 
* [https://sakai.rutgers.edu/helpdocs/lessonbuilder.html Lessons (Lesson Builder)] (Rutgers)
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<!--[[Media:Lessons.pdf|Sakai Lessons Workshop Handout]] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5GWKF7wmSc Lessons Intro video]-->
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===Lessons and Course Design Tips===
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* [[Media:Tips_for_Using_Sakai_Lessons.pdf | Tips for using Sakai Lessons]]
  
 
===In Lessons: Display Videos, Images, and Softchalks===
 
===In Lessons: Display Videos, Images, and Softchalks===
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* [http://durhamtechsakai.blogspot.com/2014/09/does-sakai-provide-way-to-allow.html What are Student Pages? Are they for Student Projects?] (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
 
* [http://durhamtechsakai.blogspot.com/2014/09/does-sakai-provide-way-to-allow.html What are Student Pages? Are they for Student Projects?] (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
 
* [[Media:How_to_Set_Up_Student_Pages_in_Sakai.pdf|For Instructors: How to Set up Student Pages in Sakai Handout]]
 
* [[Media:How_to_Set_Up_Student_Pages_in_Sakai.pdf|For Instructors: How to Set up Student Pages in Sakai Handout]]
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This handout provides the steps to add Lessons to your course, add Student Pages to Lessons, and optionally, allow students (and instructors) to comment on Student Pages. The handout also reviews how to view student work and add your comments.
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'''Note:''' Both instructor and student comments are visible to all students, as are the student pages.
 
* [[Media: For_Students-_How_to_Work_with_Student_Pages_Handout.pdf|For Students: How to work with Student Pages Handout]]
 
* [[Media: For_Students-_How_to_Work_with_Student_Pages_Handout.pdf|For Students: How to work with Student Pages Handout]]
** The handout provides students with step-by-step instructions for how to create your Student Page (and rename it), find and display a YouTube video, create and display a link to a web page, add text and headings to your Student Page, reorder items on your Student Page, find and display an image (specifically, a public domain image), and add a link to a document.
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The handout provides students with step-by-step instructions for how to create your Student Page (and rename it), find and display a YouTube video, create and display a link to a web page, add text and headings to your Student Page, reorder items on your Student Page, find and display an image effectively, and add a link to a document.
** Link to [http://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Working_with_other_tools_in_Sakai#Sakai_Student_Pages_.28in_Lessons.29  Help for Students: Working with Student Pages information]
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* Link to [http://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/index.php/Working_with_other_tools_in_Sakai#Sakai_Student_Pages_.28in_Lessons.29  Help for Students: Working with Student Pages information]

Latest revision as of 10:40, 12 December 2016

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.)

Basics

  • Sakai Lessons Basics: Create Subpages/Add Text Video | Handout
  • Build a Well-Designed Subpage Video | Handout
    • Find out how to add Headings, Due Dates, Textbook info to your subpage plus
    • Add links to documents and web sites; Display YouTube videos and
    • Add links to Tests & Quizzes, Forums/Topics, and Assignments.
  • How to Organize Lessons and your Course video | Handout
  • Lessons (Lesson Builder) (Rutgers)

Lessons and Course Design Tips

In Lessons: Display Videos, Images, and Softchalks

Lessons Student Projects (Student Pages)

This handout provides the steps to add Lessons to your course, add Student Pages to Lessons, and optionally, allow students (and instructors) to comment on Student Pages. The handout also reviews how to view student work and add your comments. Note: Both instructor and student comments are visible to all students, as are the student pages.

The handout provides students with step-by-step instructions for how to create your Student Page (and rename it), find and display a YouTube video, create and display a link to a web page, add text and headings to your Student Page, reorder items on your Student Page, find and display an image effectively, and add a link to a document.