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What's New in Laulima
Laulima will be upgraded from Sakai 2.7 to Sakai 2.9 on December 26, 2014. Laulima should be back online on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 8:00 am. This document will touch upon some of the larger changes soon to be available after the upgrade.
General Updates/Changes
- Enhanced user navigation, including collapsible toolbars, direct access to some tools from the navigation tab area, and new icons
- New tutorial that introduces you to basic functions; can be accessed later if dismissed
- Built-in Help now with images and improved search function
- “Users present” list moved to bottom-right and can be toggled open and closed
- Calendar widget in MyWorkspace lists from which site events are listed
- New tool: Lessons - used to assemble and structure content
- New Tool: Sign-up - sign up for meetings, have it listed on the schedule tool
- “Tasks, Tests and Surveys” now known as “Assignments, Tests and Surveys”
- “Site Stats” now known as “Statistics”
- The “Blogs” and “Blogger” tools have been replaced by “Clog”
- The “Discussion” tool has been phased out and is no longer available (note: NOT the "Discussion and Private Messages" tool)
- Tools hidden from student view will now appear with gray italic text in the left menu list
Tool Updates
Assignments
- Instructors can now submit assignments for students (via View -> Assignment List by Student)
Assignments, Tests and Surveys (formerly known as Tasks, Tests and Surveys)
- Ability to print out assessments with or without answers
- Ability to Export tests to QTI files (not yet working)
Forums
- Some language has changed in the tool; “Post New Thread” is now “Start a New Conversation” and there is a “Display Message Content”/”Display Subject Only” toggle button
- New grading workflow
- Ability to duplicate forum or topic
- Option to have student post something before being able to read
- New permissions layout
Gradebook
- When using Categories/Categories & Weighting you can now:
- Enable drop highest
- Enable drop lowest
- Enable keep highest
- Added PDF export in addition to Excel and CSV export
- Can Hide/Show columns
Site Info
- If a site is unpublished, you can click to publish from outside Site Info (by clicking on the “Unpublished Site” badge’s “(Publish Now)” link
- Timestamp at the bottom of participant list notes when last change was made
- In “Page Order” you can lock a tool/page which hides tools and disables the use of them
- You can no longer add tools in “Page Order”
Profile Tool
- Can also access via the bust icon in the upper right as well as from My Workspace tab
Resources
- Ability to upload .zip files and extract its contents, and also .zip Laulima folders
Tests & Quizzes
- New user interface with tabs to switch between working (pending/core) and published assessments
- Ability to set score for all students who have not submitted (“Apply This Score”)
- New question type “Survey - Matrix of Choices” for implementing Likert scales; can be used in conjunction with anonymously graded assessments
- “Numeric Response” question type now supports scientific notation and complex numbers
- Ability to display due date on schedule when publishing assessment
- Graders comments can now be exported as part of an assessment Excel spreadsheet export
- Ability to print a “paper test” version from Working Copies.
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- Getting Started
- Broadcast Workshops
- Summer Series
- Laulima Support
- Faculty
- Manuals
- Tutorials
- Videos
- FAQs
- Students
- Resources
- Teaching During an Emergency
- Digital Media Center
- Web Accessibility
- Licensed Software