Sakai: Course Content Tools

Course Content Tools

Blogs

• Blogs(University of Florida)

Home page

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

1. Click on the tool named Site Info on the left-hand course menu.
2. Click on Edit Site Information (the first link at the top of the Site Info tool).
3. Go to the Description box and use the text editor to enter and format your instructor and/or course info.
4. When done adding your instructor/course information, click Continue, then Finish (or your changes won’t be saved).

To see what your course home page looks like, click on the Home button on the course menu.

• 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)