Assessments
Sakai: avoid blank scores in Gradebook that will inflate course grades
The way Sakai works, if students have a blank score on an assessment, they will be “excused” from that assignment—it will have no negative impact on their calculated final grade. Notice that blank scores appear as a dash or hyphen character … Continue reading
Sakai: releasing final course grades in Gradebook
By default, the Gradebook tool in Sakai is configured to show calculated course grades to only the instructor. If you want your students to see their course grade, at any point in the semester, you can: Click on Gradebook in … Continue reading
Fixing audio recording problems in Sakai & VoiceThread
Google Chrome and audio recording problems in Sakai & VoiceThread Sometimes, when students record audio in a Sakai quiz or VoiceThread, it looks like the audio records, but nothing is actually recorded. This may be due to their microphone settings in Google … Continue reading
Sakai: Tests & Quizzes – create makeup
Sakai: Tests & Quizzes – create makeup If you wish to allow a student, or small group of students, another chance to take an online test or quiz, you must modify a duplicate of the original assessment. log into Sakai with … Continue reading
Dropping the lowest grade in Gradebook
Dropping the lowest grade in Gradebook Note: In order to set this up in Gradebook, the following requirements must be met: Have categories enabled (with or without weighting); this can be done in “Gradebook setup” Each assignment in the category must … Continue reading
Sakai: Setting up the Gradebook
Sakai: Setting up the Gradebook Setting up the Gradebook in Sakai requires two separate pieces, for most instructors: setting up categories, and inputting assignments. The video below will introduce how to set up weighting different categories in your course site. … Continue reading