Sakai: Course Content Tools

Course Content Tools

Home page

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

• Edit your Home Page handout

TIP: To get ideas, you can view examples of Home Pages from various courses.

Images (Public Domain and Creative Commons)

• Images

Lessons (and Student Pages)

• Lessons

Math/Science Editor(WIRIS)

• Math/Science Editor in Sakai

Podcasts

• Podcasts

Polls

• Polls(University of Florida)

Resources

• Resources

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

Videos

• 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

• Setup Your Wiki in Sakai video (from UNC TL Interactive)
• Sakai Tools - Wiki Tool Overview video (from UNC School of Medicine)