How to Use Sakai

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How to Use Sakai

• Guide for Students

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Templates

• A template is a type of a document that enables
  you to quickly edit and add information.
• You will use a template during the Netiquette
  Establishing a community part of this lesson.
• To use a template, you simply input your
  information where there are Bold faced words.

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Template, continued

• When you save a template, go to File, click on
  Save as and then choose a file name you will
  remember.
• In the bottom of the Save as window, be sure that
  the file name is .doc and not .dot.
• Save the file where you normally save your
  information.

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Save a File

• When working on a document and you need to save
  your information, be sure to follow the rules set
  up by the technology coordinators at the school.
• If you save your files in the wrong place they
  may be deleted!
• To save a file, click on File in the top left
  hand corner of the window.
• Click on Save.
• Choose a directory location for your file.
• Be sure to look through and examine your
  information before clicking on Save in the bottom
  right hand corner of the window.
• You have now saved your information!

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Drop Box in Sakai

• You use Drop Box when you want to submit work
  digitally to your teacher. Essentially this
  feature acts as an email with an attachment but
  pulls your file up in a way that the teacher can
  easily view and grade your work.
• Check with your teacher to see when it is
  appropriate to submit work via the Drop Box.

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Forum in Sakai

• The Forum is a powerful community tool that can
  assist classroom work in ways that have rarely
  been used prior to this technology.
• The Forum allows multiple people to have a
  discussion around a single subject.
• The Forum is being used in this lesson as a means
  of getting you to add your understanding on a
  particular topic and build a common understanding
  together as a learning community.

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Good luck on your work!!