Difference between revisions of "Sakai Tools"
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| − | + | The Sign-up tool provides students a way to sign up for events, such as office hours, class presentations, or meetings. Instructors can use the tool to create a set of time slots, then students can sign up for the one they want. Check out this blog post from Duke to learn more: http://tinyurl.com/sakai-signup | |
===User Activity=== | ===User Activity=== | ||
This tool was custom-designed by our vendor (Longsight). Similar to Blackboard's "Performance Dashboard," it provides a quick look at students' activity in the course (when they first/last logged in, total time spent in the course site, etc). If you enable this tool, a User Activity button is added to your course menu, which you can hide from students if you want (under Site Info > Page Order). If you leave it visible to students, they can click it to see their own stats only. Once you have some student activity to view, I think you'll see that this is a great tool! Please note that these stats are updated only once per day. | This tool was custom-designed by our vendor (Longsight). Similar to Blackboard's "Performance Dashboard," it provides a quick look at students' activity in the course (when they first/last logged in, total time spent in the course site, etc). If you enable this tool, a User Activity button is added to your course menu, which you can hide from students if you want (under Site Info > Page Order). If you leave it visible to students, they can click it to see their own stats only. Once you have some student activity to view, I think you'll see that this is a great tool! Please note that these stats are updated only once per day. | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 10 August 2012
Sakai tools can be activated by going to Site Info > Edit Tools in your Sakai course site.
Sign-up
The Sign-up tool provides students a way to sign up for events, such as office hours, class presentations, or meetings. Instructors can use the tool to create a set of time slots, then students can sign up for the one they want. Check out this blog post from Duke to learn more: http://tinyurl.com/sakai-signup
User Activity
This tool was custom-designed by our vendor (Longsight). Similar to Blackboard's "Performance Dashboard," it provides a quick look at students' activity in the course (when they first/last logged in, total time spent in the course site, etc). If you enable this tool, a User Activity button is added to your course menu, which you can hide from students if you want (under Site Info > Page Order). If you leave it visible to students, they can click it to see their own stats only. Once you have some student activity to view, I think you'll see that this is a great tool! Please note that these stats are updated only once per day.
