Sakai: Course Content Tools

Course Content Tools

Blogs

• Blogs(University of Florida)

Home page

To add your instructor/course information to your course site, as well as an image, after you’ve logged onto Sakai, you’ll edit the Site Information area:

• Add an Image to your Home Page

TIP: To get ideas, you can view examples of Home Pages from various courses.

Images

• Add an Image to your Home Page
• Where can you find images you can easily add to your classes (without getting into trouble)? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
• Where Can we Find Images we can use in Sakai? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)

Lessons

• Lessons

Math/Science Editor(WIRIS)

• Math/Science Editor in Sakai

Podcasts

• Note: After adding the Podcasts tool:
  • The first time you add and upload a podcast (mp3 file), a folder titled "Podcasts" will be created in the Resources tool.
  • As a result, every podcast added/uploaded to the Podcasts tool, will automatically be added to the Resources Podcasts folder.
  • Therefore, podcasts added to the Sakai course site can be accessed via both the Podcasts tool and the Resources tool.
• Podcasts - Upload your Podcasts (Rutgers)

Polls

• Polls(University of Florida)

Resources

• Sakai Resources Handout | Resources video
• Working with Folders:
  • Create a folder video (UNC)
• Working with Files:
  • Upload a file into Resources (Duke) | Add a file video (UNC)
  • Copy a file video (UNC)
  • Can I copy files to other sites? (Duke)
  • Why Can't Students see your Sakai files/images? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
• Working with Links
  • Add a link to an existing Web Site to Resources (Duke)

RSS Feeds

• RSS Feeds (University of Florida)

Site Info

• How do I update my Home page with my instructor and/or course information? See Home page above.
• How do I add/edit what tools are available? (Duke)
• How can I customize my course menu?(Duke)
• Publish your course site slideshow (UNC)
• Advanced Menu Divider Trick with Site Info-Page Order video (UNC)

Softchalk

• Soft Chalk: Publishing SoftChalk Lessons in Sakai

Syllabus

• Sakai Syllabus handout
• Add a Syllabus video (UNC)

Text Editor

• Sakai Text Editor
  • Image Tips
  • Where can you find images you can easily add to your classes (without getting into trouble)?
  • Where Can we Find Images we can use in Sakai? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
• Add a Voki to your Sakai Home page Updated 11/22/13: Fix for Mozilla Firefox web browser

Videos

• Lessons overview video
  • Display a YouTube video using Add Multimedia in Lessons (pages 10 - 11)
  • Display a Vimeo video using Add Text in Lessons Updated 2/3/14: Fix for web browser security issue

Voki

• Add a Voki to your Sakai Home page Updated 11/22/13: Fix for Mozilla Firefox web browser

Web Content

• Sakai Web Content handout

Wiki

• Sakai Wiki videos from UNC:
  • Setup Your Wiki in Sakai (from UNC TL Interactive)
  • Sakai Tools - Wiki Tool Overview (from UNC School of Medicine)