Courses Documentation and Support for Faculty

Quicklinks

Interactive Videos

Faculty Guides

Getting Started

Access Courses (powered by Sakai). v11
Navigate your site tabs and tools inside Courses. v11
Publish your class site so students can see and access it. v11
Add your syllabus to inform students of the class learning objectives. v11
Add a file, folder, or web link to Resources to share class materials with participants. v11
Add or remove tools to engage students in learning activities. v11
Reorder your site tabs to list your most current class sites first and hide older sites. v11

View the full Getting Started guide.

Course Management

Add class rosters to combine multiple course sections into one site. v11
Add or remove tools to engage students in learning activities. v11
Add participants such as a teaching assistant or librarian. v11
Create groups to grant or restrict access to tools or materials.
Import course materials from another course. v11
Picture Roster to view student photos. v11
Publish your class site so students can see and access it. v11
Reorder, rename, or hide your tools to focus student attention.
Hide old class sites to speed up your browsing experience. v11

Content Sharing

Add a calendar event to keep students informed of tasks and due dates.
Add a file, folder, or web link to Resources to share documents. v11
Add a news feed (RSS) to your tool menu.
Add a podcast.
Add a syllabus to inform students of the class learning objectives. v11
Add a web link to your tool menu. v11
Customize the Home page to direct students on how to use the site. v11

Communications

Adobe Connect to meet online with shared whiteboard, audio, video, and more.
Announcements to keep participants informed of important notices.
Blogs to promote student reflection and journaling.
Chat Room to facilitate synchronous text messaging.
Email Archive to create an email distribution list for your site.
Forums to encourage asynchronous discussion.
Messages to send emails to participants.

Collaboration

Adobe Connect to meet online with shared whiteboard, audio, video, and more.
Dropbox to securely share documents student-to-professor.
Forums to encourage asynchronous discussion.
G Suite for live document editing, document sharing, and much more.
Project Site to create a shared space for a research or group team.
Wiki for collaborative knowledge-building and collaboration. (coming soon)

Assessments

Assignments to collect and grade paper submissions online.
Gradebook to securely share academic progress with students. v11
Polls to anonymously get the pulse on class attitudes and beliefs.
Statistics to review participant activity with your class tools and materials.
Tests & Quizzes to administer online assessments.
Turnitin Assignments to help students maintain academic integrity.

Additional support

Within Courses (powered by Sakai) you will find access to "Help" at the bottom of the left menu or clicking the blue question mark icon to the top right of any tool. Search the built-in help to find basic how-to steps for any of the tools within Courses.

Faculty, staff, and students can also contact the Help Desk for immediate support at (310) 506-4357 (HELP) or (866) 767-8623 toll-free in USA.