What's New in Sakai 11
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Durham Tech upgraded to Sakai 11 on December 19. This page provides an introduction to Sakai 11 for instructors. For more details, see Sakai Resources for Instructors or Sakai Help for Students.
Major changes
Sakai 11 has a new look-and-feel, designed to display well on mobile devices. Most of what you do in Sakai is the same, it just looks a lot different.
The new design brings a few navigational changes, as demonstrated in the Welcome to Sakai 11 video.
The following tools have changed the most in Sakai 11. Follow the links to learn more:
Smaller changes
These tools work mostly the same in Sakai 11, but have a few changes and new features:
- Tests & Quizzes has a new hot spot question type, and test Settings have been reorganized and streamlined.
- Assignments has new group submission and peer review options. The workflow for grading assignments has changed a bit too.
- Resources now lets you drag-and-drop several files at a time to upload them.
- Site Info
- Roster
- Text Editor Toolbar contains new icons for recording short (3 min) audio clips and checking accessibility of content.
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
