Student Sakai

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The Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment is a web-based application that supports teaching, learning and scholarly collaboration with a number of publishing tools. Sakai will allow faculty to supplement their face-to-face teaching, while online courses will utilize the application to teach courses completely on-line with minimal or no face-to-face meeting.

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Contents 1 My Workspace 1.1 Profile 1.2 Membership 1.3 Schedule: 1.4 Resources 1.5 Announcements 1.6 Worksite Setup 1.7 Preferences 1.8 Account 2 Uploading Text 3 Assignments 4 Tests and Quizzes 4.1 Taking an Assessment

My Workspace

This tool allows you to manage your personal profile within Sakai. Even if you have no courses with a Sakai component, you will still have a Sakai account with a My Workspace Tab.

Profile

To edit your profile choose the Edit Profile option from the menu bar. On the subsequent screen you will be able to show or hide as much information as you would like. Hide my entire Profile will prevent people from being able to view your profile, while Hide only my Personal Information will hide all the information in the Personal Information section.

Membership

To see what courses you are a member of, or to join joinable sites choose the Membership option on the right side of My Workspace. Under the My Current Sites option in the menu bar on the top you will be able to see all the sites of which you are currently a member.

• Joinable Sites: Here you will be able to search for any sites that allow anyone to join them. In the search box you will be able to search for courses that allow you to join them. You can modify by the amount of courses that show on one page by choosing options in the Viewing drop down box. The default amount shown on a page is 20, and you can show up to 200 items per page. To join a joinable site click on the Join link below the course name.
  

Schedule:

The schedule allows you to view upcoming assignments, tests, quizzes, or add in your own events. Under the View drop down box you can choose to view by Day, Week, Month, Year or List by Events. You can view your schedule for different weeks by choosing the Previous Week and Next Week buttons.

• Add: To add events to your schedule choose Add from the top menu bar. You must enter a Title, Date, and Start Time. Make sure to click on Save Event in order to save the event to your Calendar.
  
• Import: The import function allows you to import a schedule from another calendaring program. If the calendar you want to import is not Microsoft Outlook, Meeting Maker, or iCalendar than you will need to have saved the calendar you want to import as a .csv file. After choosing the calendar type click Import. On the next page you will be asked to browse to the file that you want to import, select it, and click continue. On the next page you will be able to see the items that you want to import, and you will be able to uncheck the ones you don’t want to import. Once you find them, click Import Events to add the imported items.
  
• Export: To export your calendar click Export from the top menu bar and chose a schedule name. You will also have the option of enabling iCal export. Click Save to save the file.
  
• Fields: The Fields option allows you to create different fields for each event. To add new fields to each new calendar event click on Fields from the top menu bar, type the field name in the Field Name: text box and then click create field. You will only be able to remove fields that you have personally added. Remember to click Save Field Changes in order to save what you have made.
  
• Permissions: You can set access permissions for what the editing of calendar fields by choosing the Permissions link from the top menu bar.
  

Resources

The Resources option on the left side of the My Workspace tab allows you to upload files and URLs that you may use as resources for courses or assignments. In order to Upload or Download multiple resources you will need to install WebDAV. Directions on how to do this can be found by clicking on the Upload-Download Multiple Resources link in the top menu bar of the resources page. The Options tab allows you to set what kinds of resources will show up in your resources tab.

Announcements

The Announcements option on the left side My Workspace allows you to view announcements that have been posted in your courses.

Worksite Setup

The Worksite Setup option on the left hand side of My Workspace allows you to edit the different options of each Worksite for which you have permissions to do so. To edit the options select the site by checking the check box on the left of the site name and then selecting Edit on the top menu bar. The options that will show up will be checked. In order to save any changes you made you must click on save.

Preferences

Under the Preferences link on the left hand side of My Workspace you will be able to set when you receive notifications, what tabs are shown on the top menu bar, set the Time Zone, and choose the Language.

• Notifications: The default selection under the Preferences section will be Notifications. Here you can set how often you will receive notifications for Announcements, Emails, Resources, and Syllabus.
  
• Customize Tabs: To change what tabs are visible choose the Customize Tabs option from the top menu bar. To make a site invisible, select it from the Sites visible in Tabs choice box and move it to the Sites not Visible in Tabs choice box by click on the single arrow pointing left. To make a site visible, select the site from the Sites not Visible in Tabs box and click the single right arrow. To make all tabs invisible click the button with both arrows pointing right. To make all tabs visible click the button with both arrows pointing left.
  
• Time Zone: The Time Zone can be changed by clicking on the Time Zone link on the top menu bar. Once you selected the Time Zone you want click on the Update Preferences button.
  
• Language: Select the Language tab to set the language and country preference that you would like. Once you selected the language you want click the Update Preferences button.
  

Account

The Account option allows you to see details about your account.

Uploading Text

When uploading any kind of text from Microsoft Word (even as just a copy and paste of the text there) adhere to these standards:

 Firefox: Use Paste from Word or Paste as Plain Text. Note: Paste as Plain Text will require you to redo any formatting that you
          previously had. 
 Internet Explorer: Use Paste from Word or Ctrl-V.

Assignments

To upload an assignment in Sakai, click on the Assignments link on the left hand side of the class workspace. Once there, click on the appropriate assignment’s title. On the subsequent screen you can enter the information by pasting text, or uploading a document, if the assignment allows for that. Once you have uploaded the assignment make sure to click save on the bottom of the page.

Tests and Quizzes

In order to take a Test/Quiz you must first select the course workspace you want to be in, and then select the Tests & Quizzes link on the left. The Available Assessments section shows the available tests, while the Submitted Assessments section shows any tests/quizzes that you have already taken.

Taking an Assessment

To take an assessment click on the name of the test/quiz that you want to take. The Table of Contents tab shows which questions have been unanswered and which have been marked for review. One you have answered all the questions you must click Submit For Grading in order for the test to be submitted.