Sakai Updates - 2/17/09

The following updates were made to Sakai on the Feb 17th restart. Questions about changes can be sent to sakai@rutgers.edu.

Interface

• The "more" dropdown box is now another tab titled "My Active Sites". This tab brings up a menu with your additional sites categorized by semester. Hidden sites will still not appear on this list. You can still change the sites you see in this list and which you always see as tabs through My Workspace -> Preferences -> Customize Tabs.

Resources

• Improved performance for sites with large file repositories

Tests & Quizzes

• Auto-save feature to save student work every 2 minutes
• Ability to import publisher content in more formats

Post'Em

• If a student appears on the spreadsheet to be uploaded but not in the worksite, the error message will now give the student NetID or RU ID# - whichever was listed on the spreadsheet. Previously, only the NetID was returned.

Adding Users to Sites

• Users can now be added to sites via NetID or RU ID#
• When creating a guest account for someone via email address, the site owner has the option to include a first and last name for the user immediately (note: this option is only available if the guest user has not already specified a name)
• Changed wording of notification email sent to users when added to sites
  

Other

• Documentation updates
• Changed wording on some buttons to clarify functionality