Difference between revisions of "Sakai 11 Tips"

Revision as of 16:01, 3 January 2017

Issue: Some instructors report instances of buttons not working in Sakai 11. For example, when adding or editing an Assignment, you click the "Post" or "Save" button and nothing happens. Or after editing home page content, you click "Continue" and nothing happens.
Workaround: Clearing the cache resolves this issue. We recommend logging out of Sakai, clearing the cache, closing the browser, then re-opening the browser and logging in again.

Note: If this problem happens more than a few times on the same computer, please contact sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu.

The process for importing content from another course has some new time-saving features:

You no longer have to add tools before importing; the import process will automatically add them for you, based on what you choose to import.
There is now an option to import content from the "home page" (aka "Site Information Display"). Any images on the home page will import and be visible to students (IF set up properly and visible to students in the course you are importing from!)

When you access the Roster, only the first 10 students display. If you scroll all the way down, more students will appear as you scroll.
Students' email addresses are no longer listed in the Roster. Click Export at the top to download a spreadsheet that contains student email addresses.

In the prior version of Sakai, Turnitin would check only one attachment per student per assignment. Therefore, instructors were advised to choose "Single file upload" when setting up Turnitin-enabled Assignments, to prevent a student from uploading more than one document. If desired, you can now allow students to submit more than one attachment, and all attachments will be checked by Turnitin.
When setting up a Turnitin-enabled Assignment, if you choose an option (e.g. "Inline and Attachments) that allows students to enter comments along with their attachment(s), those comments will be checked by Turnitin, but only if the student's comment text exceeds 25 words.

Instructors can choose to use the old Gradebook (now called "Gradebook Classic") or the new, redesigned one (called simply "Gradebook").
The new Gradebook requires horizontal scrolling to see all items. Inconveniently, the horizontal scrollbar is at the bottom, which means you have to scroll all the way down before you can scroll left to right! An easier method may be to use the right and left arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate around in the new Gradebook.

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 * When you access the Roster, only the first 10 students display. If you scroll all the way down, more students will appear as you scroll.
 * Students' email addresses are no longer listed in the Roster. Click Export at the top to download a spreadsheet that contains student email addresses.
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