Sakai
Top Sakai Information
Note:
Faculty will be able to access their Fall course sites starting on 6/3/2021. All other participants will have access starting on 8/16/2021.
If you need to access the course sites, please contact the ITS Service Desk at ServiceDesk@pomona.edu.
For more details for Sakai Course Creation and Population Policies, visit the Claremont College Sakai Policies page.
Accessing Sakai
Go to the Sakai home page
Supported Browsers
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11
Mozilla Firefox 43 or higher
Google Chrome 50, 51, and 52
Logging In: Pomona and Claremont Colleges Users
Click the “Login” button at the top right of the Sakai home page. You will go to the CAS login page.
Choose from the “select your college” pulldown. Enter your username and password, and click “login.”
If you are unable to log on, or have forgotten your network password, please contact ITS.
Logging In: Pomona Portal
You can log in to Sakai through the Pomona portal with your Pomona network user ID. Once logged in to the portal, choose Sakai on the “Academics” screen.
Logging In: Auditors and Guests
Click the button at top-right for “Guest Login”
Enter your email address and temporary password
Once you login, change your temporary password:
Click “My Workspace” tab along the top of the Sakai page
Click “Account” tool in the Menu Bar at right
Click “Modify Details” button and enter a new password
Click “Update Details” to save password
If you forget your guest password:
Click the “Reset Guest Password” link.
Enter the email address that you use as your login name for Sakai and click the “Send Password” button.
You will receive a password reset link by email
Logging Out
At the upper right is a Logout link which allows you to log out of the Sakai system. To prevent unauthorized access to your sites after you are finished working, be sure to logout and then close all open browser windows.
Full List of Sakai Documentation
- Top Sakai Skills
- How to Copy Materials from a Previous Course Site in Sakai
- Adding Files to Resources in Sakai
- Adding or Removing a Tool from a Course Site in Sakai
- Manually Adding Users to Sakai
- How to Give TA's Gradebook Access in Sakai
- Creating and Maintaining Project Sites in Sakai
- Adding Sites to your Favorites Menu Bar in Sakai
- Sakai-Old Course sites
- How to Add a Syllabus in Sakai
- Accessibility in Sakai
- What Does it Mean to Make Content Accessible?
- What Are Some Guidelines for Making Content Accessible?
- How to Make Images More Accessible
- How to Make Tables More Accessible
- How to Make Video and Audio Files More Accessible
- How to Make Links Accessible
- How to Make Lists of Items Accessible
- How Choices in Background and Text Color Affect Accessibility
- How to Structure a Document to Make it More Accessible
- Using Paragraph Breaks in a Document
- Sakai Home
- Site Overview
- Permissions and Roles
- Announcements Tool
- Assignment Tool
- How to Change Assignment Tool Permissions
- How to Add an Assignment
- How to Edit an Existing Assignment
- How to Enable Student Peer Review for Assignments
- How to Submit an Assignment
- How to Submit an Assignment on Behalf of a Student
- How to Grade an Assignment
- How to Grade a Peer Review Assignment
- How to Grade Assignments Offline
- How to Upload Graded Assignment Submissions and Feedback
- How Students View Assignment Feedback
- Calendar Tool
- How to Customize my Calendar Display
- How to View Calendar Item Details
- How to Change the Calendar View
- How to Add Items to the Calendar
- How to Edit a Calendar Item
- How to Delete a Calendar Item
- How to Print a Calendar
- How to Merge a Calendar with Another Site
- How to Import Calendar Entries from a File
- How to Modify Calendar Permissions
- Chat Tool
- Contact Us Tool
- Commons Tool
- Course Sites and Project Sites
- Drop Box Tool
- Email Tool
- Email Archive
- External Tool (LTI)
- Feedback Tool (PostEm)
- Forums Tool
- How to Create a New Forum
- How to Add a New Topic
- How to Post to a Forum Topic
- How to Reply in a Forum Post
- How to Organize Forums and Topics
- How to Move a Forum Thread to a Different Topic
- How to Add a Forum to a Lesson Page
- How to Watch or Subscribe to Forums
- How to Email Forum Author
- How to Grade Discussion Forums
- How to Delete a Forum on Sakai
- How to Modify Forum Template Settings
- Gradebook
- Gradebook Grading Scenarios
- How to View and Organize Information in Gradebook
- How to Setup Gradebook
- How Grades are Calculated in Gradebook
- How to Add Items to Gradebook
- How to Enter and/or Edit Grades in Gradebook
- How to Export Grades from Gradebook
- How to Format a File for Importing Grades into Gradebook
- How to Import Grades into Gradebook
- How to Override a Course Grade in Gradebook
- How to View the Course Grade Override Log in Gradebook
- How to Set All Ungraded Items to Zero in Gradebook
- How Extra Credit Works in Gradebook
- How Students View Grades in Gradebook
- Lessons Tool
- How Do I Rename a Lessons Page?
- How to Create a New Lessons Page
- How to Export Lesson Content
- How to Embed Announcements on a Lessons Page
- How Do I View An Index of Lessons Pages?
- How to Create Multiple Sections on a Lessons Page
- How to Create Two Columns on a Lessons Page
- How to Upload Content from a Zip File to a Lesson Page
- How to Add Sub-pages to a Lessons Page
- How to Add a Resources Folder to a Lessons Page
- How to Require the Completion of a Lesson Item
- How to Embed an Audio File on a Lessons Page
- How to Delete a Lessons Subpage
- How to Delete a Top Level Lessons Page
- How to Add an In-line Question to a Lessons Page
- How to Create Collapsible Sections in Lessons
- How to Delete Items from a Lessons Page
- How to Merge Columns and Sections to One Block on a Lessons Page
- How to Change the Background Color of a Lessons Page Block
- How to Add a File from Resources to a Lessons Page
- How to Require the Completion of a Lessons Page
- How to Embed a Youtube Video onto a Lessons Page
- How to Add a Checklist to a Lessons Page
- How to Embed a Video from My Computer to a Lessons Page
- How to Import Lessons Content
- How to Embed an Image onto a Lessons Page
- Messages Tool
- News Tool
- Podcasts
- Polls Tool
- Profile Tool
- How to Setup Your Profile
- How to Post a Status Update to a Profile
- How to Add Pictures to the Profile Picture Gallery
- How to Search for and Add Connections
- How to Accept a Connection Request
- How to Send a Message to a Connection Profile
- How to Change Privacy Settings
- How to Set Notification and Profile Preferences
- Resources Tool
- How to Navigate the Resources Tool
- How to Create Folders
- How to Upload Files to Resources
- How to Upload and Unpack a Zip File to a Resources Folder
- How to Create a Zip Archive File in Resources
- How to Add a Web Link or URL
- How to Create a Text Document
- How to Create an HTML Page
- How to Create a Citation List
- How to Move a File or Folder Within Resources on the Same Site
- How to Copy a File or Folder Within Resources in the Same Site
- How to Copy a Resource File or Folder from One Site to Another Site
- How to Reorder Files or Folders Within Resources
- How to Upload a New Version of a File in Resources
- How to Hide Files and Folders
- How to Unhide File or Folders
- How to Set the Display of a Resource Item to a Specific Time Period
- How to Remove a File or Folder in Resources
- How to Restore a Removed File or Folder in Resources
- How to Add and Display Contextual Information About a File or Folder
- How to Notify Site Participants that Content Has Been Added to Resources
- How to Obtain the URL for a File or Folder in Resources
- How to Make a Link to a Resource Folder Appear in the Tool Menu
- How to Create a Group Folder in Resources
- How to Allow Group Members to Upload Content to a Group Resource Folder
- How to Allow All Students to Upload Content to a Selected Folder
- How to Make a File or Folder Publicly Viewable
- What is the Resources Quota?
- How to Transfer Files to Resources Using WebDAV
- How to Attach Files From Home Resources to Submissions in Other Sites
- Rich Text Editor
- Rich Text Editor Icons
- Keyboard Shortcuts for the Rich Text Editor
- How to Create a Link to a Website Text Box
- How to Create a Link to a Resource Item in a Text Box
- How to Create a Link to and Activity Text Box
- How to Embed an Image in a Text Box
- How to Embed a Linked Web Image in a Text Box
- How to Embed a YouTube Video in a Text Box
- How to Add Special Characters to a Text Box
- How to Add/Edit a Table in a Text Box
- How to Add a Content Template to a Text Box
- How to Paste Text from a Microsoft Word Document to a Text Box
- How to Embed an MP4 Video in a Text Box
- How to Embed MP3 Audio in a Text Box
- How to Set Preferences for the Rich Text Editor Mode
- Roster Tool
- Search Tool
- Section Info Tool
- Sign-Up Tool
- Sign-Up Meeting Types
- How to Use the Sign-Up Tool in a Site
- How to View Meetings in Sign-Up
- How to Create a Meeting
- How to Edit a Meeting
- How to Lock or Cancel a Timeslot
- How to Copy a Meeting
- How Students or Participants Sign Up for Meetings
- How to Export Meeting Data
- How to Manually Add Users to Meetings
- How to Add Meetings to the Site Calendar
- How to Modify Sign-Up Tool Permissions
- Site Info Tool
- How to Change Participant Roles Within a Site
- How to Edit Site Information
- How to Add Tools to a Site
- How to Rearrange or Rename Items in the Tool Menu
- How to Add Users to a Course or Project Site
- How to Remove Users from a Course or Project Site
- How to Add a Class Roster
- How to Delete a Class Roster
- How to Create Groups
- How to Link to a Parent Site
- How to Control Site Access
- How to Make a Site Publicly Available
- How to Duplicate a Site
- How to Copy Content from One Site to Another
- How to Import Content from an Archive File
- User Audit Log
- How to Add LaTeX Language to a Course Site
- How to Remove a Tool from a Site
- How to Hide or Show Items in the Tool Menu
- How to Use Groups
- Statistics Tool
- Syllabus Tool
- How to Add a Syllabus as a File Attachment
- How to Create a Syllabus Using Cut and Paste from a Document
- How to Edit Syllabus Items
- How to Create a Multi-part Syllabus Based on Number of Items Needed
- How to Create a Multi-part Syllabus by Dates
- How to Print a Syllabus
- How to Point a Syllabus to a Webpage
- How to Rearrange Syllabus Items
- How to Publish or Unpublish a Syllabus Item
- How to Add a Syllabus Item to the Calendar
- How to Change Syllabus Item Access
- How to Delete a Syllabus Item
- Tests & Quizzes
- Assessment Creation
- How to Create an Assessment in Tests and Quizzes
- How to Create a New Assessment Using Markup Text or Cut and Paste
- How to Create a New Question with the Assessment Builder
- How to Use Assessment Parts
- How to Add Multiple Parts to an Assessment
- How to Import and Export Assessments
- How to Publish an Assessment (Test or Quiz)
- How to Duplicate an Assessment
- How to Preview an Assessment
- How to Print an Assessment
- Question Types
- How to Create a Multiple Choice Question
- How to Create a Matching Question
- How to Create a True False Question
- How to Create a Short Answer or Essay Question
- How to Create a Fill in the Blank Question
- How to Create a Numeric Response Question
- How to Create a Calculated Question
- How to Create a Hot Spot Question
- How to Create a Survey
- How to Create a Student Audio Response Question
- How to Create a File Upload Question
- Question Pool
- How to Add, Copy, Move, or Delete a Question Pool
- How to Add a Question to a Question Pool
- How to Copy Question from the Question Pool into an Assessment
- How to Setup a Random Question Set
- How to Import a Question Pool
- How to Share a Question Pool
- How to Revoke Access to a Question Pool
- How to Transfer Ownership of a Question Pool
- Assessment Settings
- How to Give Specific Student Different Time or Date Settings for an Assessment
- How to View and Modify the Settings of an Assessment
- How to Edit an Assessment Title or Description
- Availability and Submissions Options for an Assessment
- How to Adjust the Layout and Appearance of an Assessment
- How Instructors can Retrieve Assessments that were Saved but not Submitted
- What Information is in a Test and Quizzes Email Notification
- How to Allow a Student to Retake a Test or Quiz
- Assessment Grading and Statistics
- Grading and Feedback Options for an Assessment
- How to Grade Tests and Quizzes
- How to Grade Assessments by Student
- How to Grade Submissions by Question
- How to Download Tests and Quiz Submissions for Grading Offline
- How to Give the Same Score to All Students with No Submission for an Assessment
- How to View Statistics About a Completed Assessment
- What is the Test and Quizzes Event Log
- Tests and Quizzes User Activity Report
- How Students Submit an Assessment
- How Students View Assessment Feedback
- Assessment Creation
- Web Content Tool
- Wiki Tool
- How to Configure Cengage OWL on Sakai
- Gradescope Integration in Sakai (Faculty)
- Gradescope for Students