Sakai 10 Features

Here're some new features available since the release of Sakai 10. They are broken down by individual tool for easier navigation.

• Overview
• Assignments
• Assignments 2
• Certification
• Chat Room
• Drop Box
• Feedback
• Forums
• Gradebook
• Lessons
• Piazza
• Resources
• Sign-up
• Site Info
• Syllabus
• Tests & Quizzes

• New tools: Assignments 2, Certificate, and Piazza are newly added into Claremont Sakai 10.
• Direct links: a new chain icon in the upper right corner of every tool to display a direct link to the tool and a shortened URL.
• Assignments: peer assessment and group assignments.
• Test & Quizzes: new question types, improved precision on numeric answers, and a new accordion-style interface for quiz setup.
• Resources: supports drag-and-drop adding of files in all browsers.
• Syllabus: completely redesigned interface with edit in place, calendar integration, bulk update of syllabus items, accordion view of content table.
• Gradebook: added support for extra credit items.
• My Workspace: Preferences makes tab customizations easier with drag-and-drop and keyboard shortcuts.
• Lessons: improved and easy content sequence.

• Hide due date: makes the due date for an assignment hidden from students via selecting a new option, Hide due date from students. This is especially helpful in cases where there is no due date for an assignment.
• Group assignments: allow any member of a group to submit on behalf of the entire group. Instructors assign one grade to the group and it gets applied to all members.
• Comments displayed in the Gradebook: Grader's comments are sent directly to the item in the gradebook when grades are released.
• Peer assessment: enables students to assess the work of their classmates. Note: Peer assessments must be graded in points; group assignments are not allowed; the Evaluation Period for peer review begins after the Accept Until time passes; Instructors must approve final grades after the Evaluation Period ends. Click here for UNC's peer review tutorial.
• Download all: significant improvement over the original Download All file structure, which includes new options, Student submission text (original student submitted text, possibly containing instructor added comments), Student submission attachment(s), and Feedback text (the inline comments with student submission).

• Extension due date: allows individual student resubmission and click here for Rutgers' tutorial.

• Certification: manages and provides award of certificates to students (participants) who may earn these for a variety of achievements. A PDF template with form fields is required in order to use Certification tool. Note: this tool is deprecated as of Fall 2016.

• Allowed posting dates: additional controls added to allow chat room start and end dates.

• Upload to multiple folders: enables uploading one or more files into all or select students' dropbox folders simultaneously via a new button, Upload files to multiple dropbox folders. Click here for Longsight's tutorial.
• Check Quota: allows for easy viewing of Drop Box space quota used.

• Uploading files: uses the standard Sakai file picker for better usability.

• Ranks: identify site members by their roles in the classroom (TA) or ranked by their activity like number of postings.
• Move threads across topics: adds ability to move threads from one topic to another with a new button, Move Thread(s). And check Leave reminder about the move in the old topic.
• Unread message: improved the main screen area which shows the unread messages count. For example: 1 unread of 2 messages
• Poster statistics: clicking a user's name anywhere in forums redirects to the poster statistics screen, allowing for easier grading and review of activity.
• Forum Grading: respects grade entry type as set in the Gradebook.

• Grade log: added a complete date and timestamp to the grade log for every grade activity entered.
• Course grade export: added an easy-to-use export dialog to the course grades screen, which offers additional options to include in export, like student name, points, and last modified date.
• Extra credit: instructors can choose and identify an individual item or an entire category as extra credit like Gradebook 2.

• Redesign of the tabs: increases the usability.
• Reviewer permission: allows an instructor to give reviewer privilege to non-students in order to evaluate course content regardless of whether or not it is visible to students.

• Piazza integration: makes it possible to access a Piazza within your Sakai site. Click here in Duke tutorial.

• Drag and drop: drag-and-drop files upload into your sites through all web browsers. In addition, the Chrome browser supports whole directory drag and drop upload.
• Hidden directories with accessible content: enable instructors to hide the directory but allow students to access the files inside the hidden directory by selecting Hide this folder but allow access to its contents
• Web content from existing link: enables the quick creation of a new web content page from an existing item in Resources.

• Categories: allows grouping and sorting of different types of events.
• Attendance: allows a meeting coordinator to quickly view a list of potential attendees via link provided on the main screen.

• Redesign of Edit tools page: shows tools as you select them for addition to your site. To remove any tools, instead of looking through the entire list, you may click the corresponding red button.
• Additional Joinable Site Settings: Joinable groups consist of automatically created groups that users can elect to join. An individual can join one group per set. Maintainer can also receive an email when a user joins the site via join notification. Users can join sites through the Site Browser.
• Permissions: a site maintainer may now modify permissions easily from anywhere in the tool using the provided action button.
• Participant quick view: hovering over a participant's name will display their email address and any additional information added in Profile.

• Complete redesign: Syllabus has been completely rebuilt and now includes many requested features like inline editing, drag and drop reorder of items, open/close dates, visibility controls, Calendar linking, build update syllabus items, bulk create syllabus items by date, and a table of contents style view.
• Multipart Syllabus: makes easy to edit each syllabus and to create multiple syllabi gradually and here's a Longsight's tutorial. Note: not a new feature but you can now use a syllabus tool like a little Lessons.

• New question types: calculated questions and extended matching items are added.
• Upgraded Multiple Choice: two options, Right Less Wrong and All or nothing are now available, which allow the instructor to decide whether the student will get partial credit or "all or nothing".
• Settings page: can be viewed with an accordion menu for easy use.
• Question pools: new setting allows receiver to withdraw the sharing permission of question pools through Remove Me feature.
• Event log: a new tag shows details student events on assessments by displaying timestamps of starting and submitting, duration and errors.
• Audio recording: uses a stable player (HTML5 audio recorder) that is supported on all systems; removed Java applet.

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact your individual college's IT department.