Sakai Training

Required Sakai Training

Before an instructor can use Sakai (or get a course site set up on Sakai), he or she must complete the Intro to Sakai workshop.

The Intro to Sakai workshop is offered in a face-to-face format, with several sessions offered each semester. It is also offered in an online format, which is always available and can be done at the instructor's convenience. In either format, the workshop takes about 3 hours to complete.

Optional Sakai Workshops

The Intro to Sakai workshop is a pre-requisite for all other Sakai training workshops. Additional (optional) workshops include Sakai Gradebook, Sakai Lessons, and Sakai Tests & Quizzes. At present, these optional workshops are offered in a face-to-face format only. However, the online version of the Intro to Sakai workshop includes a good introduction to advanced Sakai tools including Gradebook, Lessons, Tests & Quizzes, Forums, and Assignments.

Register for Sakai Training

• Registration is required for all Sakai training workshops.
• View the current training schedule including dates, times, locations, and descriptions.

Note: An email address is required to register. Instructors may register using any email address that is convenient for them to check. (It does not have to be a Durham Tech address.) We will use this email address to send workshop reminders and any "getting started" instructions.

New Employees

Full-time and part-time instructors who are new to Durham Tech must submit several college forms to Human Resources BEFORE they can be given access to college systems, including Sakai training. For details regarding forms that must be submitted before starting Sakai training, see Pre-Employment Paperwork for New Hires.

Note: After the required forms have been submitted, the new instructor's Durham Tech login ID can be created, usually within a few days. Then the new instructor will be able to log in to Sakai and begin training.

Instructors with Previous Sakai Experience

The training requirement can be waived for those who have used Sakai previously as an instructor at another institution. Before requesting a training waiver, the instructor should review the Intro to Sakai Basic Competencies and make sure he/she has the skills listed there.

Be aware that other institutions may use different versions of Sakai or have their systems configured quite differently. Therefore we encourage those who have used Sakai as an instructor elsewhere to sign up for and complete Durham Tech's Intro to Sakai workshop if possible.

Instructors who request and receive a training waiver are responsible for reading and following Durham Tech's local Sakai Procedures.

To request a Sakai training waiver

The program director or discipline chair must send an email to sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu with the following information:

• Instructor's full legal name
• Instructor's Durham Tech ID number
• An email address where the instructor can be reached
• Area in which the instructor will be teaching: Credit, Continuing Education, Adult Education/Basic Skills, or ESL
• Name of the institution where the instructor used Sakai previously as an instructor

Within a day or two of receiving the request, Durham Tech's Sakai staff will send the instructor an email with information on accessing Durham Tech's Sakai system.