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Sakai 11 User Guide

About Help
- About Sakai Help
Accessibility
- Accessibility Information
- What does it mean to make content accessible?
- What are some guidelines for making content accessible?
- How can I make images more accessible?
- How can I make tables more accessible?
- How can I make videos and audio files more accessible?
- How can I make links accessible?
- How can I make lists of items accessible?
- How can choices in background and text color affect accessibility?
- How can I structure my document to make it more accessible?
- Why should I use paragraph breaks in my document?
Announcements
- What is the Announcements tool?
- How do I add an announcement?
- How do I edit an announcement?
- How do I delete an announcement?
- How do I merge announcements?
- How do I reorder announcements?
- How do I change Announcements tool permissions?
Assignments
- What is the Assignments tool?
- How do I add an assignment?
- How do I edit an existing assignment?
- How do I enable student peer review for an assignment?
- How do I enable group submissions for an assignment?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a student?
- How do I grade an assignment?
- How do I grade a peer review assignment?
- How do I download assignments for grading offline?
- How do I upload graded assignment submissions and feedback?
- How do I release assignment grades?
- How do I change the Assignments tool permissions?
- How do students submit an assignment?
- How do students complete a peer assessment assignment?
- How do students view their assignment feedback?
Calendar
- What is the Calendar tool?
- How do I customize my Calendar display?
- How do I view calendar item details?
- How do I change the Calendar view?
- How do I add items to the Calendar?
- How do I edit a calendar item?
- How do I delete a calendar item?
- How do I print the Calendar?
- How do I merge the Calendar with another site?
- How do I import Calendar entries from a file?
- How do I modify Calendar permissions?
Chat
- What is the Chat Room tool?
- How do I add a chat room?
- How do I delete a chat room?
- How do I clear the chat history?
- How do I change the Chat Room tool permissions?
- How do I read, post, or delete Chat Room messages?
Contact Us
- What is the Contact Us tool?
- How do I use the Contact Us tool?
Course and Project Sites
- What are course sites?
- What are project sites?
- How do I navigate among different sites?
- How do I navigate within a site?
- How do I reset a tool?
- What does Unpublished Site mean?
- How do I create a new course or project site?
Drop Box
- What is the Drop Box tool?
- How do I upload files to multiple dropbox folders?
- How do students add items to the Drop Box?
Email
- What is the Email tool?
- How do I send an Email message?
- How to I set the Email tool options for my site?
- How do I change the Email tool permissions?
Email Archive
- What is the Email Archive tool?
- How do I view Email Archive messages?
- How do I send messages to the Email Archive?
- How do I modify the Email Archive options?
- How do I change the Email Archive permissions?
- How do students view archived messages?
External Tool (LTI)
- What is the External Tool (LTI)?
- How do I configure the External Tool (LTI) settings?
Forums
- What is the Forums tool?
- How do I create forums and topics?
- How do I organize forums and topics?
- How do I add a new topic?
- How do I post to a forum topic?
- How do I reply to a forum post (i.e. conversation)?
- How do I email a forum post author?
- How do I delete a forum post (i.e. conversation)?
- How do I moderate a topic?
- How do I grade discussion forums?
- How do I move a thread to a different topic?
- How do I delete a topic?
- How do I delete a forum?
- How do I modify forum template settings?
- How do I watch or subscribe to forums?
Gradebook Classic
- What is Gradebook Classic?
- How do I set up my Gradebook Classic?
- How do I add items to Gradebook Classic?
- How do I enter and/or edit grades in Gradebook Classic?
- How do I export grades from Gradebook Classic?
- How do I import grades into Gradebook Classic?
- How do I override a course grade in Gradebook Classic?
- How do I set all ungraded items to zero in Gradebook Classic?
- How does extra credit work in Gradebook Classic?
- How are grades calculated in Gradebook Classic?
- How do students view their grades in Gradebook Classic?
Gradebook
- What is Gradebook?
- How do I view and organize information in Gradebook?
- How do I set up my Gradebook?
- How do I add items to the Gradebook?
- How do I enter and/or edit grades in Gradebook?
- How do I export grades from Gradebook?
- How do I import grades into Gradebook?
- How do I override a course grade in Gradebook?
- How do I view the course grade override log in Gradebook?
- How do I set all ungraded items to zero in Gradebook?
- How does extra credit work in Gradebook?
- How are grades calculated in Gradebook?
- How do students view their grades in the Gradebook?
Home
- What is Home?
- What is Site Navigation?
- What is the Home Tool Menu?
- What is the Home Message of the Day?
- What is the Home Calendar?
- What is the Home Information Display?
- What are the Home Recent Announcements?
- What are the Home Message Center Notifications?
- What is Membership?
- How do I view and edit my account details?
- What is Worksite Setup?
- What is the Preferences tool?
- What are the Resources in Home?
Lessons
- What is the Lessons tool?
- How do I create a new Lessons page?
- How do I add text to a Lessons page?
- How do I embed an image on a Lessons page?
- How do I embed a video from my computer on a Lessons page?
- How do I embed a YouTube video on a Lessons Page?
- How do I embed an audio file on a Lessons page?
- How do I add a website link to a Lessons page?
- How do I add a file from Resources to a Lessons page?
- How do I add assignments to a Lessons page?
- How do I add forum topics to a Lessons page?
- How do I add tests and quizzes to a Lessons page?
- How do I add an in-line question to a Lessons page?
- How do I allow comments to be posted on a Lessons page?
- How do I allow students to add content to Lessons?
- How do I reorder items on a Lessons page?
- How do I delete items on a Lessons page?
- How do I limit access to Lessons page items to groups?
- How do I add subpages to a Lessons page?
- How do I view the Index of Pages?
- How do I require completion of a Lessons item?
- How do I rename a Lessons page?
- How do I delete a top-level Lessons page?
- How do I delete a Lessons subpage?
- How do I export Lessons content?
- How do I import Lessons content?
- How do I create multiple sections on a Lessons page?
- How do I create two columns on a Lessons page?
- How do I create two columns inside a block on a Lessons page?
- How do I merge columns and sections to one block on a Lessons page?
Messages
- What is the Messages tool?
- How do I view my messages?
- How do I send a message?
- How do I reply to a message?
- How do I create a Messages folder?
- How do I move a message?
- How do I delete a message?
- How do I modify the settings for Messages?
- How do I determine who site participants can send a message to?
News
- What is the News tool?
- How do I add a News tool?
- How do I edit the News tool?
- How do I delete a News tool?
Permissions and Roles
- What are Permissions and Roles?
- How do I change participant roles within a site?
Podcasts
- What is the Podcasts tool?
- How do I add a podcast?
- How do I subscribe to a podcast?
- How do I allow students to upload podcast files?
- How do I view or download an individual podcast?
Polls
- What is the Polls tool?
- How do I add a new poll?
- How do I take a poll?
- How do I view poll results?
- How do I modify Polls tool permissions?
PostEm
- What is the PostEm tool?
- How do I add PostEm feedback?
- How do students view their feedback in PostEm?
Profile
- What is the Profile tool?
- How do I set up my profile?
- How do I post to my wall?
- How do I add pictures to my profile picture gallery?
- How do I search for and add connections?
- How do I send a message to a connection in Profile?
- How do I change my privacy settings?
- How do I set my notification and other profile preferences?
Resources
- What is the Resources tool?
- How do I navigate the Resources tool?
- How do I create folders?
- How do I upload files to Resources?
- How do I upload and unpack a zip file to a Resources folder?
- How do I create a zip archive file in Resources?
- How do I add a web link or URL?
- How do I create a text document?
- How do I create an HTML page?
- How do I create a citation list?
- How do I move a file or folder within Resources in the same site?
- How do I copy a file or folder within Resources in the same site?
- How do I copy a Resources file or folder from one site to another site?
- How do I reorder files or folders within Resources?
- How do I upload a new version of a file in Resources?
- How do I hide files and folders?
- How do I unhide files or folders?
- How do I set the display of a Resources item to a specific time period?
- How do I remove a file or folder in Resources?
- How do I restore a removed file or folder in Resources?
- How do I add and display contextual information about a file or folder?
- How do I notify site participants that content has been added to Resources?
- How do I obtain the URL for a file or folder in Resources?
- How do I make a link to a Resources folder appear in the Tool Menu?
- How do I create a group folder in Resources?
- How do I allow group members to upload content to a group Resources folder?
- How do I allow all students to upload content to a selected folder?
- How do I make a file or folder publicly viewable?
- What is the Resources quota?
- How do I transfer files to Resources using WebDAV?
Rich Text Editor
- What is the Rich Text Editor?
- What actions can I perform using the Rich Text Editor icons?
- How do I create a link to a web site in a text box?
- How do I create a link to a Resources item in a text box?
- How do I create a link to an activity in a text box?
- How do I embed an image in a text box?
- How do I embed a linked web image in a text box?
- How do I embed a YouTube video in a text box?
- How do I add special characters to a text box?
- How do I add/edit a table in a text box?
- How do I add a content template to a text box?
- How do I paste text from a Microsoft Word document to a text box?
- How do I embed an mp4 video in a text box?
- How do I embed an mp3 audio in a text box?
- How do I check my content for accessibility?
Roster
- What is the Roster tool?
- How do I view/search the roster?
- How do I view roster photos and/or profiles?
- How do I edit Roster tool permissions?
Search
- What is the Search tool?
- How do I perform a basic search?
- How do I perform an advanced search?
Section Info
- What is the Section Info tool?
- How are sections different than groups?
- How do I create a section?
- How do I edit a section?
- How do I delete a section?
- How do I add site members to a section?
- How do I add teaching assistants to a section?
- How do I view student memberships?
- How do I manage section options?
Sign-Up
- What is the Sign-Up tool?
- What are Sign-Up meeting types?
- How do I view meetings in Sign-Up?
- How do I create a meeting?
- How do I edit a meeting?
- How do I lock or cancel a time slot?
- How do I copy a meeting?
- How do students or participants sign-up for meetings?
- How do I export meeting data?
- How can I use the Sign-Up tool in my site?
- How do I manually add users to meetings?
- How do I add meetings to the site Calendar?
- How do I modify Sign-Up tool permissions?
Site Info
- What is the Site Info tool?
- How do I edit the site information?
- How do I choose which tools will be available in my course?
- How do I rearrange or rename the items in the Tool Menu?
- How do I add users to my course or project?
- How do I remove users from my course or project?
- How do I add a class roster?
- How do I delete a class roster?
- How do I create groups?
- How do I link to a parent site?
- How do I control site access?
- How do I duplicate a site?
- How do I copy my content from one site to another?
- How do I import content from an archive file?
- What is the User Audit Log?
- How do I add LaTex language to my course site?
Statistics
- What is the Statistics tool?
- How do I view summary reports in the Statistics tool?
- How do I create and run a report?
- How do I duplicate a report?
- How do I edit a report?
- How do I delete a report?
- How do I print a report?
- How do I export a report?
- How do I modify preferences in the Statistics tool?
Syllabus
- What is the Syllabus tool?
- How do I create a multi-part syllabus based on number of items needed?
- How do I add my syllabus as a file attachment?
- How do I create a syllabus using cut and paste from a document?
- How do I print the syllabus?
- How do I point my syllabus to a webpage?
- How do I create a multi-part syllabus by dates?
Tests and Quizzes
- What is the Tests & Quizzes tool?
- How do I create an assessment in Tests and Quizzes?
- How do I create a new assessment using markup text or cut and paste?
- How do I create a new question (with the assessment builder)?
- How do I create a multiple choice question?
- How do I create a matching question?
- How do I create a true/false question?
- How do I create a short answer/essay question?
- How do I create a fill in the blank question?
- How do I create a numeric response question?
- How do I create a calculated question?
- How do I create a hot spot question?
- How do I create a student audio response question?
- How do I create a file upload question?
- How to I add multiple parts to an assessment?
- How do I use assessment parts?
- What is a question pool?
- How do I add, copy, move, or delete a question pool?
- How do I add a question to a question pool?
- How do I copy questions from the question pool into an assessment?
- How do I set up a random question set?
- How do I import and export assessments?
- How do I import a question pool?
- How do I share a question pool?
- How do I revoke access to a question pool?
- How do I transfer ownership of a question pool?
- How do I create a survey?
- How do I view and modify the settings of an assessment?
- How do I publish an assessment (i.e. test or quiz)?
- How do I grade Tests & Quizzes?
- What is the Tests & Quizzes Event Log?
- What is the Tests & Quizzes User Activity Report?
- How do students submit an assessment (i.e. test or quiz)?
- How do students view assessment (i.e. test or quiz) feedback?
Web Content
- What is the Web Content tool?
- How do I create a Web Content link to a web site?
- How do I create a Web Content link to a folder in Resources.
- How do I edit a Web Content link?
- How do I delete a Web Content link?
Wiki
- What is the Wiki tool?
- How do I view wiki pages?
- How do I search wiki pages?
- How do I edit wiki pages?
- How do I create a new wiki page?
- How do I add images to a wiki page?
- How do I add attachments to a wiki page?
- How do I view wiki page info?
- How do I watch or subscribe to a wiki?
- How do I view wiki page history?
- How do I set wiki permissions?

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