What's New in Sakai 11

On December 19, 2016, Durham Tech's Sakai system was upgraded from version 2.9 to version 11.
This page provides basic information to introduce instructors to Sakai 11.

• Note: For more information on using Sakai 11, visit Sakai Resources for Instructors.

Major changes in Sakai 11

Interface Redesign

Sakai 11 has a completely new look-and-feel, designed to display well on mobile devices. This is definitely the biggest change!

Basic Navigation

• After logging in to Sakai 11, click on the new Sites button to access your courses.
• On the Sites menu, you can mark any site as a "favorite" by clicking the star next to the site title. Your "favorite" sites always appear along the top bar for quick access.
• Within a course site, a few things have moved around:
  • The Publish button is now front and center.
  • Controls to "view site as student" are on the left, at the top of the course menu.
  • The top button on the course menu is now labeled "Overview". (Previously, it was labeled "Home".)

Lessons

The Lessons tool has been completely redesigned, with consolidated menus, and the ability to arrange content in blocks or columns. Also, instructors can add a question to any page and create checklists to help students stay organized and track their progress.

Other changes

Tests & Quizzes

• A new question type called hot spot allows you to have students identify specific areas on an image (for example, a place on a map or a part of the body).
• Settings options are much the same, but have been reorganized and streamlined into 4 sections. (There used to be 10!)

Minimal to no changes

The following tools have changed very little, if at all, in Sakai 11:

• Announcements
• Forums
• Email/Email Archive
• Blogs
• Drop Box
• Chat Room
• Meetings