Sakai Workshops

WEBINAR: Sakai Gradebook Gotchas & Solutions

NOTE LOCATION: This session will be presented via webinar. You can participate from anywhere via your computer.

This session will cover the five or so most common problems that instructors encounter in Sakai’s Gradebook. We will discuss navigation tips, changing the order in which items appear, sending grades from Tests & Quizzes to the Gradebook, dropping low grades, and more.

Note: Details for participating remotely will be provided by email the week before the presentation.

Sakai 19 Gradebook

The old Gradebook Classic is officially gone (and will be missed). But the remaining Gradebook tool in Sakai has some cool tricks too!

This hands-on workshop will cover all of the basic and some of the advanced functions of Sakai’s Gradebook, including how to set up the Gradebook to calculate final grades, how to add Gradebook items and enter grades and comments, various ways to view students’ grades, how different Sakai tools interact with the Gradebook, and more.

You’ll also learn some common Gradebook “gotchas” and how to avoid them.

 

WEBINAR: Extra Time on Tests Made Easy

NOTE LOCATION: This session will be presented via webinar. You can participate from anywhere via your computer.

In Sakai 19, there is a new and much easier way to give extra time on a test to one or more students based on their accommodation plans. (Spoiler: You no longer have to make another copy of the test or set up special groups!)

And now it’s also easier to extend a test deadline for a specific student when needed.

Grading with Sakai Rubrics

Wouldn’t it save you mountains of time if you could create online rubrics in Sakai and use them to grade assignments, projects, and essays? Now you can! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create an online rubric in Sakai, associate it with an assignment and a gradebook item, and use your online rubric to grade an assignment and to share feedback with students.

You’ll discover what a completed rubric looks like to your students as well. And you’ll find out how to copy and share rubrics with other instructors.

What’s New in Sakai 19?

In this hands-on workshop, participants will log in to a Sakai 19 site and explore the changes and new features coming on May 8. We will learn how to use a new tool, Rubrics, to grade various kinds of activities (forums, assignments, etc.).

You’ll also learn about new features in Tests & Quizzes, the Gradebook, Lessons, Assignments, and more.

Note: Remember to bring your Sakai userid and password with you!  

Get With It! Learn Sakai's New Gradebook (before the old one goes away)

Currently Sakai has two gradebooks: the older “Gradebook Classic” (which has been there since the start) and the newer “Gradebook” (introduced in December 2016).

Gradebook Classic will be retired in May 2019, leaving the newer Gradebook as your only option for Summer 2019 forward. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to start learning about the newer Gradebook and trying it out, so you’ll be ready when the change comes.

What’s New in Sakai 11? - Syllabus, Gradebook, and More

This hands-on session will focus on two tools that have changed in Sakai 11 and that are especially important at the start of the semester: Syllabus and Gradebook.

  • We will walk you through how to update your Syllabus in Sakai and look at some new Gradebook options.
  • At the end, as time allows, we’ll take a quick look at (and answer your questions about) other significant changes in Sakai 11.

Pre-requisite: Completion of Intro to Sakai workshop or experience using Sakai as an instructor

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