Intermediate Sakai Resources

Sakai Intermediate Online Workshop Materials

All employees who have successfully completed the Intro to Sakai (Online) workshop can register for the Sakai Intermediate Online workshop.
To find out more about the workshops and to register for either workshop, please visit Sakai Training.

This web page contains links to all of the Sakai Intermediate Online Workshop videos, activity handouts (Step-by-Step instructions), and best practices, for each Sakai Tool covered in the workshop.

Forums

The Forums tool in Sakai allows you to have online class discussions. Discussions are asynchronous, which means participants do not have to be online at the same time.

Forums are one of the most popular tools in online and hybrid courses and can be used in traditional courses as well. Forums can provide opportunities for in-depth student reflection, application of concepts, and peer learning. Forums also add a critical element of student-to-student interaction to online instruction.

Basics

• Using Forums as a Student: How to Post in Sakai Forums
• How to Set Up Forum Topics: Video | Handout
• How to Grade Students' Forum Posts: Video | Handout

Best Practices for Forums

• Best Practices for Forums - Our best advice, all on one page
• Forum Questions Used by Durham Tech Instructors
• Sample Rubric for Grading Forums

More Info

• Please review the Sakai Instructor Resources Forums area for more Forums information.

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Tests & Quizzes

With the Tests & Quizzes tool, you can create online tests, practice exercises, surveys, and other forms of assessment. Question types can include multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, essay, and more.
Below are detailed instructions for creating online assessments, publishing them so students can take them, grading them, and best practices.

Basics

• Submitting Tests as a Student: How to Take an Online Test on Sakai
• How to Create an Online Test or Quiz: Video | Step-by-step instructions
• How to Publish a Test or Quiz: Video | Step-by-step instructions
• How to Grade Online Tests and Quizzes: Video | Step-by-step instructions

Best Practices for Testing in Online and Hybrid Courses

• Best Practices for Online Testing (pdf)
• Tips to Reduce Technical Problems and Deter Cheating (pdf)

More Info/Advanced Topics

• Please review the Sakai Instructor Resources Test & Quizzes area for more Test & Quizzes information and advanced topics.

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Assignments

The Assignments tool provides the following for instructors and students:

• Instructors can easily collect student papers or files (such as documents and pdf's)
• Instructors can use the Turnitin feature to check student submissions for plagiarism
• Instructors can grade submitted student papers and files online
• Students can see their Assignment grade and instructor feedback online, at anytime

Basics

• Assignments from the Student View: How to Submit a File Using Assignments
• How to Setup an Assignment in Sakai: Video | Handout
  • Both the video and Handout contain information on how to set up the Turnitin feature, the plagiarism checker
• How to Grade an Assignment in Sakai: Video | Handout
• Create, Grade, and Download Multiple Submissions and Grade Assignments (University of Florida)

Best Practices

• Best Practices for Assignments handout

Feedback & Turnitin

• Please review the Instructor Resources Assignments area for information about giving Feedback and using the Turnitin (plagiarism checker) feature in Assignments.