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 (and instructors) to comment on each other’s Student Pages. The handout also reviews how to view student work and add your comments. Note: Both instructor and student comments are visible to all students, as are the 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