1. Make sure you are on the “My Workspace” tab.
2. On the side bar, click Preferences.
3. You should see a box that says “My Active Sites”. Inside that box is a list of courses to which you are assigned.
4. Click and highlight the name of the course you want to move.
5. To the left of the course name are two buttons (one points up and the other points down).
6. Click the up arrow to move the highlighted course to the left. Click the down arrow to move the highlighted course to the right.
7. Click the “Update Preferences” button below the “Active Sites” box to save your order choice.

Remember that “My Workspace” will always be your first tab on the left.

1. Make sure you are on the “My Workspace” tab.
2. On the side bar, click Preferences.
3. You should see a box that says “My Active Sites”. Inside this box is a line that says “Tabs displayed” followed by a dropdown box with a number.
4. To change the number of tabs displayed, use the dropdown box to choose a number between 4 and 20. These numbers represent the number of tabs that will be displayed at the top of the screen.
5. Once you have decided on a number, click the “Update Preferences” button below the “Active Sites” box to save your choice.

1. Make sure you are on the “My Workspace” tab.
2. On the side bar, click Preferences.
3. You should see a box that says “My Active Sites”. Inside that box is a list of courses to which you are assigned.
4. To the right of “My Active Sites” are two sets of arrows and a box called “My Hidden Sites”.
5. Click and highlight the name of the course you want to hide.
6. Click the arrow pointing right to move the course into “My Hidden Sites”.
7. Click the “Update Preferences” button below the “Active Sites” box to save your order choice.

1. Make sure you are on the “My Workspace” tab.
2. On the side bar, click Preferences.
3. You should see a box that says “My Active Sites”. Inside that box is a list of courses to which you are assigned.
4. To the right of “My Active Sites” are two sets of arrows and a box called “My Hidden Sites”.
5. Then, click and highlight the name of the first course you want to hide.
6. Press the “CTRL” button on your keyboard (Command on Macintosh) while you click and highlight names of other courses you want to hide.
7. Click the arrow pointing right to move the courses into “My Hidden Sites”.
8. Click the “Update Preferences” button below the “Active Sites” box to save your order choice.

1. Make sure you are on the “My Workspace” tab.
2. On the side bar, click Preferences.
3. You should see a box that says “My Active Sites”. Inside that box is a list of courses to which you are assigned.
4. To the right of “My Active Sites” are two sets of arrows and a box called “My Hidden Sites”.
5. Click the double arrow button. All of your course will move to “Hidden Sites”.
6. Click the “Update Preferences” button below the “Active Sites” box to save your order choice.

1. On the side bar, click “Site Info”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Edit Tools”.
3. You should see a list of tool names next to check boxes.
4. Find the tool you want to select and click the box. Make sure there is a check mark in the box you selected.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Continue” button.
6. A list of chosen tools will be presented. The newly selected tools will appear in red. To save your new tool, press the “Finish” button.

1. On the side bar, click “Site Info”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Page Order”.
3. All the tools listed in the left side are presented in the main workspace. Each tool is enclosed in a box.
4. In the main workspace find a tool you want to move. Hover your mouse pointer over the tool. A four way direction pointer will appear
5. Hold down your left mouse button to grab the tool you want to move.
6. Move that tool up and down the list using your mouse.
7. Release the left mouse button in the desired final location for that tool.
8. Repeat as necessary.
9. Press the “Save” button when you are satisfied with the final arrangement.

1. On the side bar, click “Site Info”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Page Order”.
3. All the tools listed in left side bar arepresented in the main workspace. Each tool is enclosed in a box.
4. Click the red X that is in the box of the tool you want to remove.
5. A box will appear that asks “Are you sure you want to remove page: ?”.
6. Click “OK” button.
7. Click the “Save” button to finalize your changes.

Remember that the different tools used for each specific Sakai course are listed on the left side bar.

1. On the left side bar, click “Announcements”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new announcement. A fill out form should pop up.
3. Type in the announcement title in the box next to “Announcement title”. This is required and the announcement will not post if you do not enter a title.
4. Type something into the the Body section of the announcement.
5. Decide which type of Access you want to allow. Click the appropriate Access radio button.
6. Decide what type of Availability you want for this announcement. Please note that selecting the “Specify Dates” radio button will allow you to set a beginning and ending date and time for that announcement.
7. Decide if you want to attach a document to this Announcement (instructions are below in the “Attach a document to an announcement” section)
8. Decide what type, if any, Email Notification you want to send out with this announcement.
9. To save your choices, click the “Add Announcement” button.

1. On the left side bar, click “Announcements”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new announcement. A fill out form should pop up.
3. Type in the announcement title in the box next to “Announcement title”. This is required and the announcement will not post if you do not enter a title.
4. In the Body section, click the icon that looks like a clipboard with a W on it. A new screen will pop up that says “Paste from Word”.
5. On your desktop (separate from Sakai), open the Word document you want to copy. Highlight and copy the text you want to paste into Sakai.
6. In Sakai, paste the text you want to copy into the “Paste from Word” Box.
7. Press the “OK” button to put that text into the “Body” text box.
8. Edit the “Body” text box as necessary.
9. Follow steps 5-9 from “Create a new announcement” above.

1. On the left side bar, click “Announcements”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new announcement. A fill out form should pop up.
3. Type the announcement title in the box next to “Announcement title”. This is required. The announcement will not post if you do not enter a title.
4. Type something into the Body section of the announcement. This is required even if you want to attach a document instead. You must put something in the Body or this announcement will not post.
5. Decide which type of Access you want to allow. Click the appropriate Access radio button.
6. Decide what type of Availability you want for this announcement. Please note that selecting the “Specify Dates” radio button will allow you to set a beginning and ending date and time for that announcement.
7. Click the “Add Attachments” button. You will be taken to a new screen.
8. Choose to upload a file, attach a link to a web address, or select a resource already uploaded into Sakai.
   1. To upload a local file
      1. Click the “Browse” button.
      2. Locate the file you want from your computer. Click the file.
      3. Press the “Open” button. The file you want to attach will appear in on the announcement “Add Attachment” page.
      4. Click the “Continue” button to upload the file.
   2. To upload a link to a web address
      1. In a separate web browser, locate the web address to which you would like to link.
      2. Cut and paste the URL into the box next to “URL (link to website)”.
      3. Press the “Add” button.
      4. Press the “Continue” button to upload the link.
   3. To select a resource already uploaded
      1. In the bottom section of the “Add Attachment” screen, you should see the folder hierarchy for you chosen class.
      2. Explore the hierarchy until you find the item you want to select.
      3. Press the “Attach a copy” link to attach the item.
      4. Press the “Continue” button to upload this attachment.
9. After pressing the “Continue” button, you should be back the “Add Announcement” screen.
10. Review your announcement (title, body, access, availability, attachments, and email notifications) before clicking the “Add Announcement” button.

Please note, that you can always press the “Preview” button to see what your announcement will look like.

1. On the left side bar, click “Syllabus”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Create/Edit”.
3. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new syllabus. A fill out form should pop up.
4. Type in the syllabus title in the box next to “Title”. This is required and the syllabus will not post if you do not enter a title.
5. Type something into the Content section.
6. Decide if you want to attach a document to this Syllabus (instructions are below in the “Attach a document to a syllabus” section)
7. Decide what type, if any, Email Notification you want to send out with this syllabus.
8. To save your choices, click the “Post” button.

1. On the left side bar, click “Syllabus”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Create/Edit”.
3. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new syllabus. A fill-out form will pop up.
4. Type in the syllabus title in the box next to “Title”. This is required and the syllabus will not post if you do not enter a title.
5. In the content section, click the icon that looks like a clipboard with a W on it. A new screen will pop up that says “Paste from Word”.
6. On your desktop (separate from Sakai), open the Word document you want to copy. Highlight and copy the text you want to paste into Sakai.
7. In Sakai, paste the text you want to copy into the “Paste from Word” Box.
8. Press the “OK” button to put that text into the “Content” text box.
9. Edit the “Content” text box as necessary.
10. Follow steps 6-9 from “Create a new syllabus” above.

1. . On the left side bar, click “Syllabus”.
2. On the top bar (not the tabs), click “Add” to create a new syllabus. A fill out form should pop up.
3. Type the syllabus title in the box next to “Title”. This is required. The syllabus will not post if you do not enter a title.
4. Decide which type of Access you want to allow. Click the appropriate Access radio button.
5. Click the “Add Attachments” button. You will be taken to a new screen.
6. Choose to upload a file, attach a link to a web address, or select a resource already uploaded into Sakai.
   1. To upload a local file
      1. Click the “Browse” button.
      2. Locate the file you want from your computer. Click the file.
      3. Press the “Open” button. The file you want to attach will appear in on the syllabus “Add Attachment” page.
      4. Click the “Continue” button to upload the file.
   2. To upload a link to a web address
      1. In a separate web browser, locate the web address to which you would like to link.
      2. Cut and paste the url into the box next to “URL (link to website)”.
      3. Press the “Add” button.
      4. Press the “Continue” button to upload the link.
   3. To select a resource already uploaded
      1. In the bottom section of the “Add Attachment” screen, you should see the folder hierarchy for you chosen class.
      2. Explore the hierarchy until you find the item you want to select.
      3. Press the “Attach a copy” link to attach the item.
      4. Press the “Continue” button to upload this attachment.
7. After pressing the “Continue” button, you should be back at the “Add syllabus” screen.
8. Review your syllabus (title, body, access, availability, attachments, and email notifications) before clicking the “Post” button.

Please note, that you can always press the “Preview” button to see what your syllabus will look like when posted.

1. On the side bar, click “Resources”.
2. Next to the folder with the class name on it, click the drop down box named “Add”.
3. From the dropdown list, select “Create Folders”.
4. Next to “Folder Name” fill in the name for the folder you are creating.
5. To save the folder, press the “Create Folders Now” button.

1. On the side bar, click “Resources”.
2. Next to the folder with the class name on it, click the drop down box named “Add”
3. From the dropdown list, select “Create Folders”.
4. Next to “Folder Name” fill in the name for the folder you are creating.
5. Click the “Add Another Folder” button.
6. Next to “Folder Name” fill in the name for the folder you are creating.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 as many times as needed to create the appropriate number of folders needed.
8. When you are satisfied with the number of folders you have created, click the “Create Folders Now” button to finalize creation.

1. On the side bar, click “Resources”.
2. Choose the location in the folder hierarchy where you would like to upload your document.
3. At the chosen folder level, click the dropdown box named “Add”.
4. From the dropdown list, select “Upload Files”. A new screen will appear titled “Upload Files”.
5. Locate the file you want from your computer. Click the file.
6. Press the “Open” button. The name of the file you want to attach will appear on the “Upload Files” page.
7. Decide if you want an email notification to be sent out.
8. Click the “Upload Files Now” button to upload the file.

1. On the side bar, click “Resources”.
2. Choose the location in the folder hierarchy where you would like to link a website or class recording.
3. At the chosen folder level, click the dropdown box named “Add”.
4. From the dropdown list, select “Add Web Links (URLs)”. A new page will appear.
5. Type or cut-and-paste the desired url into the “Web Address (URL)” section.
6. Next to “Website Name” type in the title of the website or some type of description so users can distinguish the resource from others.
7. Click the “Add Web Links Now” button to save changes.

Please note that you can add multiple Web Links at one by selecting the “Add Web Link” button.

1. On the side bar, click “Resources”.
2. Navigate the folder hierarchy to find the file you want to delete.
3. Once you have found the correct item, click on the “Actions” dropdown box.
4. From the dropdown list, select “Remove”. A “Remove confirmation…” screen will appear.
5. Click “Remove” to delete the file from this Sakai course.