Sakai

Sakai

Hi there! Since this week has been filled with papers and studying, I did not have much time to do anything exciting to tell you guys about, so I thought I would talk about Sakai! Woohoo, three cheers for academic related blog posts!

Sakai is Loyola’s online learning management system. It stores all your classes and is a great way to build a connection between a student and their instructor. On this site, your instructor posts their syllabus and can add any sort of files you may need. If your course has extra online reading materials, your professor can have them posted under “Resources” and here you can always have access to the readings that you need. Under each course there is also an “Announcement” tab where your professor can send you news updates on the course. These announcements are tied to your email, so whenever an announcement is posted on Sakai, you will also get an email about it.

Another tab is the “Assignments” tab. Here, your professor may write what assignments you have to complete over the semester. Your assignments could have direct submissions on Sakai where you upload a document or type out your response in a dialogue box. The “Gradebook” tab is used to display your grades for each assignment over the semester. It is always helpful to see where you stand in a class! There is also a “Wiki”, “Blogs”, and “Forums” tabs which are used for creating discussions and collaboration with other students. You can create your own Wiki page, blog about the readings you are doing, or post comments in the forum and see what other students have to say.

There is also a great tab where you can email your class/professor/certain student in class. This can always be helpful in case you missed an assignment and need notes, ect. Sakai is a great way for students to connect with their professors to enhance their learning in a class through technology. I was one of the classes that was the test class for Sakai and I loved it! Sakai has always been a helpful tool for me as a student!

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