Sakai 2.9: Lessons

Lessons

Lessons is a flexible tool for adding content to your Sakai site.

• If the content you want to share with students is mostly in the form of files or documents -- like PowerPoints, Word docs, PDFs, and so on -- then the Resources tool may be all you need.
• But if you want something a bit fancier -- if you want to create pages with text, graphics, videos, and links to web sites, files or assignments -- then you will want to use the Lessons tool.
• With the Lessons tool you can create subpages to organize your content.
• For example, many instructors create a subpage for each week of the course, so students can find the week's materials and assignments all together in one place.

Basics

• Sakai Lessons Workshop Handout | Lessons Intro video
• Lessons (Lesson Builder) (Rutgers)

In Lessons: Display Videos, Images, and Softchalks

• Display a YouTube video using Add Multimedia in Lessons (or link to a video)
• Display videos in Lessons (October, 2013)
• How to find and add free images to Lessons (February, 2014)
• Where can you find images you can easily add to your classes (without getting into trouble)? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
• Soft Chalk: Publishing SoftChalk Lessons in Sakai

Lessons Student Projects (Student Pages)

• What are Student Pages? Are they for Student Projects? (Durham Tech Instructional Technologies Blog)
• For Instructors: How to Set up Student Pages in Sakai Handout

This handout provides the steps to add Lessons to your course, add a subpage to organize your Student Pages, add Student Pages to your Lessons subpage, and optionally, allow students to comment on each other’s Student Pages.

• For Students: How to work with Student Pages Handout
  • The handout provides students with step-by-step instructions for how to create your Student Page (and rename it), find and display a YouTube video, create and display a link to a web page, add text and headings to your Student Page, reorder items on your Student Page, find and display an image (specifically, a public domain image), and add a link to a document.
• Link to Help for Students: Working with Student Pages information