After a recent examination of the most frequently asked Sakai questions, we (RITG) developed a top skills list to help serve the Pomona community. This list pulls together some of the most common questions and requests that ITS has received through our ticketing system in the past year. While Sakai questions often change with the…
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We are excited to introduce a new version of Sakai each summer. The annual update brings a variety of new features alongside hundreds of bug fixes, all in the hopes of making Sakai more accessible, useful, and easy to understand. While users explore the new features and familiarize themselves with this summer’s update, we’d like…
In preparation for the fall 2021 semester, we are introducing a new version of Sakai. This update comes with a variety of changes and improvements, all of which aim to make Sakai a user-friendly, intuitive, and helpful platform. Whether it be a new tool or a simple bug fix, our changes target the entire Sakai audience, and…
Like most colleges across the nation, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pomona College shifted to online-only instruction and remained that way for two semesters. As a liberal arts college, Pomona’s raison d’etre is in the high quality of undergraduate in-person teaching, something that distance learning imperiled. To maintain the thriving student-professor interaction that characterized on-campus learning,…
The shift to online learning at Pomona College has opened up new avenues for faculty and staff to connect with students through technology. One such tool for librarians at Pomona College has been Sakai. Sakai is an open-source community-driven Learning Management System that offers flexible and customizable options to students, faculty, and staff that fits…
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What’s New in Sakai?
Recent updates to Sakai offer an improved teaching and learning experience for faculty and students. These updates include new features, enhancements to existing features, and fixes to several known bugs. Some of the most exciting changes include a new Commons Tool, enhancements made to the Gradebook, and new features in Lessons. The New Commons Tool…