Sakai Tools For Instructors

Note: this list is fully customizable. Make adjustments by going to “Site Info.”

  • Home
    • For viewing recent announcements, discussion, and chat items.
  • Announcements                
    • For posting current, time-critical information
  • Assignment2                        
    • Enables creation, distribution, collection, and grading of online assignments. Assignments are private; submissions are not visible to other students in the site.
    • Must be Admin enabled
  • Assignments                         
    • For posting, submitting and grading assignment(s) online
  • Blogs
    • Blog entries for site participants.
  • Chat Room                            
    • For real-time conversations in written form
  • Dashboard
    • Unified My Workspace display of recent announcements, resources, assignments, calendar events, etc
  • Drop Box
    • For private file sharing between instructor and student
  • Email                                          
    • Send mail to select participants in your site.
  • Evaluation System 
    • For running evaluations/feedback and surveys.
  • Lecture Capture     
    • Launch external tools using IMS Learning Tools Interoperability.
  • External Tool             
    • Launch external tools using IMS Learning Tools Interoperability.
  • Form Builder             
    • Form Builder dynamically generates XSD files using easy to use graphical user interface.
  • Forums                          
    • Display forums and topics of a particular site
  • Gradebook                 
    • For storing and computing assessment grades from Tests & Quizzes or that are manually entered
  • i>clicker
    • Sakai i>clicker Plugin – integrates Sakai and i>clicker products
  • Lessons                         
    • For creating content modules and sequences; can be organized by week or unit
  • Link Tool                      
    • A tool to link to external applications.
  • Link Tool                      
    • A tool to link to external applications.
  • Meetings                     
    • Sakai Interface onto the BigBlueButton conferencing tool
  • Messages                     
    • Display messages to/from users of a particular site
    • Must be “permissioned”
  • Modules                      
    • For authoring, publishing, and organizing learning sequences.
    • Must be Admin enabled
  • News                              
    • For viewing content from online sources
  • Podcasts                      
    •  For managing individual podcast and podcast feed information
  • Polls                                
    • For anonymous polls or voting
  • PostEm                          
    • PostEm gradebook tool for sakai.
  • Resources                   
    • For posting documents, URLs to other websites, etc.
  • Roster                            
    • For viewing the site participants list
  • Schedule                     
    • For posting and viewing deadlines, events, etc.
  • Search                           
    • For searching content
  • Section Info               
    • For managing sections within a site
  • Site Info                        
    • For showing worksite information and site participants
  • Statistics                      
    • For showing site statistics by user, event or resource of the site
  • Syllabus                        
    • For posting a summary outline and/or requirements for a site
  • Tests & Quizzes        
    • For creating and taking online tests and quizzes
  • TurnItIn
    • Anti-plagiarism software
  • Web Content            
    • For accessing an external website within the site
    • Source = http://http://longsight.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help/m/v29_instructor_quickstart
  • Web Content            
    • For accessing an external website within the site
  • Wiki                                
    • For collaborative editing of pages and content
  • Help                                
    • A link within the course to “Help” resources