Sakai 11 Tips

Tips

Importing Content

The process for importing content from another site has some new time-saving features:

• You no longer have to add tools before importing; the import process will automatically add them for you, based on what you choose to import.
• There is now an option that lets you import content from the "home page" (aka "Site Information Display"). Any images on the home page will import and be visible to students (IF set up properly and visible to students in the course you are importing from!)

See our updated instructions for importing content.

Roster

• When you access the Roster, only the first 10 students display. If you scroll all the way down, more students will appear as you scroll.
• Students' email addresses are no longer listed in the Roster. Click Export at the top to download a spreadsheet that contains student email addresses.

New Gradebook

• Instructors can choose to use the old Gradebook (now called "Gradebook Classic") or the new, redesigned one (called simply "Gradebook").
• The new Gradebook requires horizontal scrolling to see all items. Inconveniently, the horizontal scrollbar is at the bottom, which means you have to scroll all the way down before you can scroll left to right! An easier method may be to use the right and left arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate around in the new Gradebook.

Turnitin

• In the prior version of Sakai, Turnitin could check only one attachment per student per assignment. Therefore, instructors were advised to choose "Single file upload" when setting up Turnitin-enabled Assignments, to prevent students from uploading more than one document. You can allow students to submit more than one attachment, if you like, and all attachments will be checked by Turnitin.
• When setting up a Turnitin-enabled Assignment, if you choose one of the options that allows students to enter comments along with their attachment, those comments will be checked by Turnitin, as long as they exceed 25 words.