Sakai Help for Instructors

How do I make my course available (or not available) to students?

• In your course, go to: Site Editor > Manage Access > Publish Site
• Check box beside "Publish Site" to make course available to students (or uncheck to make unavailable)
• We recommend that you uncheck the box beside "Can be joined by anyone..." to prevent others from accessing your site.

Can students see what is in the Resources area of my course site?

By default, yes! To disallow student access to the Resources area of your course:

• In your course, go to: Resources > Permissions
• Beside "Read Resources", uncheck box in student column (and guest column)
• The Resources area will disappear from students' course menu.

Please note:

• Students CANNOT see or access files that you put in the Resources area of "My Workspace".
• Be careful when making links to resources in your course. If the resource area is not available to students, the link will not work (will return 404 error).
• Theoretically, you should be able to set permissions at the folder level. However, permissions set at the folder level appear to be applied to the entire resource area.

How can I move items from one resource area to another?

• Go into a resource area and locate the item you wish to move. Beside this item, click on "Actions" drop-down and select "Move".
• Scroll down to see other resource areas available to you. If these are not visible, click "Show other sites".
• Beside the resource area you want to move the item to, click on "Actions" drop-down and select "Paste moved items".

How do I create a test by copying/pasting from a word or text file?

• Go to the "Tests & Quizzes" area of your course.
• Beside "Create Assessment", type in a title.
• Select the option "Create using markup text"
• Choose assessment type (optional).
• Click "Create" button.
• Scroll down to see box for pasting test questions. See "Instructions & Examples" on the right for details on required formatting for test questions.