Sakai

=Sakai Tips, Tricks, and Issues=

This where we will link videos and other learning materials.The materials and tips here are notes to conversations we have had on the phone and in meetings.

Tutorial Sites
College of the Redwoods [|Faculty Resource page for Sakai] (known there as "MyCR")

Uploading content
After our first meeting where we talked about using WebDAV to upload content, Daniel Fiore pointed out that we can all use [|CyberDuck] to get around the bugs.

Creating an Admin User
1. Login to the CLE using your CLE Manager’s username and password (if this is your first time, login as the **admin **user). //2. //Click on the **Administration Workspace **site. //3. //Locate and Select the **Users **tool on the left side of the page. //4. //Click the **New User **link within the top menu bar. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt;">The rSmart Sakai CLE Administrator’s Guide, v. 2.6 31 <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5. Complete the User ID, First Name, Last Name, Email and Password fields. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">6. //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Under **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Type, **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">select guest, registered or maintain. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Note: Because you are going to make this user a CLE Manager, it does not matter // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">which user **Type** you select. The **maintain** type, however, generally has the // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">highest level of permissions. // <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">7. Click **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Save Details. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">8. Next, click the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Site Setup **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">tool. A list of sites displays. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">9. Locate and select the checkbox to the left of the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Administration Workspace ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">site. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">10. Click the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">edit **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">link within the top menu bar. The page displays a list of participants <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">with the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Administration Workspace **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11. Click **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Add Participants **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">within the top menu bar. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">12. In the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Other Official Participants **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">field, enter the user ID of the CLE Manager. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">13. Click **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Continue. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">14. Select the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">admin **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">radio button. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">15. Click **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Continue, Continue **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">and **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finish. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">16. Logout and test the new user’s login to make sure it works.

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=<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Messages or Mailtool? =

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The MESSAGES tool is the one that works similar to what you are used to in Blackboard. It is associated with a course and all email messages are captured within that course tool. It allows you track sent mails, received mails all within the course shell. It does require students/faculty to login to the course in order to send and receive messages. It does NOT allow you to send a message from outside the course into the course or tool. For example, you can choose to forward messages from the mailtool to a personal email (e.g., hotmail, gmail, etc.). However, you CANNOT respond from your hotmail account back to the course Messages tool. The messages are sent out by a single address that is not related to a course ID. I believe this is the same way Blackboard works as well unless it has changed recently.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The MAILTOOL was originally designed as a broadcast mail option. It is true that you can select individual students, groups, or all for emailing. And that you can set up to go to your personal email. However, it does not provide an environment where you track, within the course, sent mails and received mails. You would also need to track all of that within your personal email. Like the MESSAGES tool you still need to login to the course to access it, and replies to not go into the course.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Here is a summary of the above:

Mailtool and Messages largely overlap, with the following exceptions:


 * Messages persist online within the course and provide an option for forwarding to an email address, while Mailtool only sends out emails.
 * Messages limits recipients to course site members, while Mailtool allows you to specify arbitrary recipient addresses (e.g., an advisor or an additional email address not in the course site).
 * Mailtool allows you to append messages to the Email Archive.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I hope this helps in your decision process as to which tool would work best for you.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Maggie McVay Lynch, Ed.D.