Sakai New Features

When you link an assignment to a Lessons page, it will now display the open and due time/dates beside the assignment title. This information will be visible to both student and instructor.

If you would like to make edits to your blog permissions, you can make changes by going to the Permissions tab in Blogs, allowing flexibility over what your student, teaching assistant, auditor, and etc can/can't do in your blogs.

This is the default view of Dashboard as an instructor. The Dashboard includes many different widgets such as Calendar, Discussions, Grades, and Announcements.

To edit your Dashboard:

1. Navigate to the Dashboard tool.
2. Click on the Edit Dashboard button.

From here, you will be given options to change your Course Description, Short Description, Widgets, Layout, and Course Image. If you would like a more comprehensive tutorial on how to edit your Dashboard, then navigate here.

Previously, if you set a close date to be earlier than the open date, you will get a message that says "Alert: Close Date is not allowed to be before Open Date". Since this alert was a bit vague, it was changed to "Alert: The Close Date cannot be earlier than the Open Date. Please edit the dates under Availability".

Click Statistics & Grading in Discussions (formally Forums) to see the new statistic that shows the percent read.

Here, you will see a new column containing a "Percentage Read" statistic.

Proceed to Reorder in your Lessons page as shown below.

The new Reorder page now makes it easier to see what items are under a section or column break and you can also view the item by clicking on the item’s name.

Now allows you to set a subpage to be released at a future date, but display that the subpage exists within the Lessons page. The subpage will be shown as a button or link depending on what you choose and the release date will be displayed next to it.

To add a subpage:

1. Click the Add Content + button on the top of the Lessons page
2. Click Add Subpage



Then, in the new Subpage, click on Settings and check the "Date release page on the following date (the page will be listed with the release date)" box and enter your desired release date.




If you navigate back to the Lessons page, then you will see that Subpage button/link is accompanied with a release date.




If you make the Subpage only available to certain groups, now the Subpage button or link will only be shown to its respective group members even if it is being released on a future date.

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Through the new Add Layout feature in Lessons, you can easily make sections using a template such as the ones shown below. In order to make the sections, click on Add Layout and adjust the settings to your liking.

Navigate to Profile by clicking on your Profile Picture on the top left of the screen. Then click on the Profile link.

Here you will see a new field for Personal Pronouns under the "Name Pronunciation and Pronouns" section.

When you try to add comments, now the textbox is immediately focused. For example, when you click the comment button, then you can immediately start typing without having to select the textbox.

To create a weighted rubric, click on the # button as shown below.

You may edit the criterion weights in the text boxes below. Then, click on Save Weights.

Now you may use Rubrics to grade group assignments. To do so just follow the same steps that were necessary to attaching and grading an assignment with a rubric. First, create an assignment through the Add tab. Then, fill in the assignment information such as its title and instructions.

To make an assignment a group assignment, navigate to the Assign To section, select "The selected group(s), as a group assignment (one group member submits on behalf of the entire group)" and select the groups you want to add.

Lastly, under the Grading section, enter the Grade Scale and Max Points. Then, select "Use the following rubric to grade this assignment" and choose a rubric from the dropdown menu.

You may search for rubrics by title, site, or author.