If you log into Sakai@UD and you see a tab for your course, it means the course is using Sakai@UD. Each semester students registered for courses whose rosters are added to a Sakai@UD site will have access to the published Sakai@UD course site a few days prior to the first day of classes.

Instructors create their own course sites so if you don't see a tab for a course, ask your instructor. See also Access a site that does not appear on a tab

Students can control whether or not UD IDs are visible to other students in the Roster tool. This option can be set on a course-by-course basis or for all course sites.

See Changing your privacy status. Be sure to read the "Things to consider" section.

This feature is not supported; however you may add your picture to your Blog profile, if your course uses blogs. See "Editing your Profile and Picture" in BlogWow! Help.

The following table provides an overview of the default privacy settings for some of the most commonly used tools:

Check the Technical Requirements for using Sakai@UD and configure browser settings to always show the most recent version of the page.

1. • If you are a Mac user, use Firefox instead of Safari.
2. • Have only one Sakai browser window or tab open. Users have reported issues when they have had multiple Sakai windows open.

In Sakai@UD, you have access to a site called My Workspace where you can  upload your private files, get information on the activity in all your sites, etc.

1. • If one or more of your courses uses the Schedule (Calendar) and/or the Announcements tool, you will see all the upcoming events or announcements in My Workspace.
2. • The Resources tool is a private file repository. You can post documents there and access them from any computer with Internet access. You might use your My Workspace area to keep a backup of a project file, post a powerpoint presentation to use in class, etc. Please be aware that Sakai@UD is to be used for academic purposes only. See the Code of the Web for more details.

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See Technical Requirements for recommended viewers, plug-ins, and other items needed to set up your computer to use Sakai@UD.

By default, you will receive an e-mail notification every time a low or high priority item is added to any of these tools: Announcements, Messages, Forums, and Resources. You can change your low priority notification settings in the Preferences area of My Workspace. E-mail notifications will be sent to your udel.edu e-mail address.

Note: You cannot reply directly to an e-mail notification. To reply, you have to log in to Sakai@UD, click the appropriate course tab, and use the appropriate tool.

See Sending a message (step 3).

If you don't know what a blog, a wiki, a forum, or a podcast is, please consult the help files. The Overview page of every tool provides an introduction to get you started. I nstructors might make different use of these tools, so be sure to read the syllabus or to ask your instructor about his/her expectations.

A very wide graphic or long web address (URL), when pasted into a Forum window, can force the screen to become wider than what monitors typically handle; making you scroll horizontally to see all the information.

To prevent this:

1. • If pasting a long URL, first create a short link name in the text editor window, select it and click the "Insert/Edit Link" icon. Copy the long URL into the URL area. The system will use your short link name, instead of the full URL, as the clickable link text.
2. • If pasting a wide graphic or table, you can save the item into My Workspace Resources or on your computer and attach it to the forum post.

If you use Internet Explorer, you can install and use a third-party spell checking tool called ieSpell.

The Firefox browser's spell checking system is incompatable with the Sakai FCK text editor at this time.

See "Using Sakai-1" above for technical requirements.

As stated in "Things to Consider" in Chat Room: Overview, the Chat Room tool does not provide a way to chat privately.

This typically is a problem when using the Mac Safari browser. See Technical Requirements for a list of supported browsers. Firefox is the UD-recommended browser.

If the file is over 200 MB, students can use UD Dropbox to submit the work directly to the Instructor.

Avoid using the TAB key when editing HTML in the WYSIWYG editor. Doing so will cause your cursor to leave the text editor, which means that subsequent key strokes will not be entered into your HTML, and may cause unexpected results. For example, pressing TAB followed by ENTER or the SPACEBAR often activates a button outside the WYSIWYG editor. This can lead to inadvertant submission of Assignments, opening of a new interface, such as the Attachment interface, or the loading of a new web page entirely. Should you inadvertently press the TAB key, you can re-enter the text editor by clicking inside the box with your mouse.

When you are ready to "hand in" your work using Sakai's Assignment tool, click Submit. You will see a confirmation message with a submission ID number. An e-mail message will also be mailed to you with the same submission ID. If you do not see either message, your work may not have been saved in Sakai.

Note: Be sure to keep a copy of your work on your computer and allow plenty of time before the deadline to deal with any delivery issues.

Under certain circumstances, an error is generated when students answer a short essay question using some symbols, including the +, -, =, and < characters. To prevent the error, you can spell out the symbol (for example, type "less than" instead of "<"). This problem has been reported.