Updates and Announcements
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New to Laulima? A general tutorial will greet you when you log in to the site. To turn off/on the tutorial, click on the user icon on the upper right of the page. Also please make sure you are familiar with the things that every Laulima user should know. Note: Laulima has a daily downtime of 3:00am - 4:00am HST.

Please make the content you create and upload accessible to all our users. For more information on how to do this, see ITS Creating Accessible Content.

Laulima has been upgraded to Sakai version 22.3 (12/26/23). Please note that there have been a few changes to Laulima. Maintenance updated to Sakai version 22.4 (02/11/24). Maintenance updated to Sakai version 22.5 (09/22/24). A tutorial is available (or can be dismissed) by clicking the user icon after logging in to Laulima. We are working to update our documentation, thank you for your patience. All times are HST unless specified.

• End-of-Life Notice for Laulima Learning Management System

  Laulima is reaching its permanent end-of-life. Lamakū (D2L Brightspace) is now the official platform for all University of Hawaiʻi instructional activities.

  Key Deadlines & Actions

  • Content on the legacy Laulima server will be gradually deleted over a phased timeline. All
    content older than five years will be removed to align with the five-year retention practice.
    Following this initial phase-out, sites created for a calendar year's Spring, Summer, and Fall
    terms will be deleted every December. The Laulima server will follow the deletion schedule
    below:

    • Laulima Inactive Site Content and Data Deletion Schedule

      Scheduled Deletion Date	Laulima Sites Created for Terms
      December 2025	2007 – Fall 2014
      July 2026	Spring 2015 – Fall 2020
      December 2026	Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
      December 2027	Spring 2022 – Fall 2022
      December 2028	Spring 2023 – Fall 2023
      December 2029	Spring 2024 – Fall 2024
      December 2030	Fall 2025

       

  • If you wish to save your content, please export materials to your computer or Google Drive. Contact your UH System and/or campus-specific instructional designers. for assistance.

    For full guidelines, please visit the Migration Timeline website.

    Mahalo for your commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

 



• Spring and Summer 2025 courses (both sessions) have been unpublished (made inaccessible to students). (09/10/25 @1:30pm)


• Internet Explorer/Edge issues. Due to the customized nature of the Internet Explorer/Edge web browsers and the way they interacts with Laulima, we do not recommend using it for submitting work or taking tests in Laulima at this time. The web browser we currently recommend is Firefox ESR (Win 32 or 64/Mac/Linux).


• Web browser recommendation. For most tasks in Laulima, we recommend using Firefox ESR (Win 32 or 64/Mac/Linux). While other browsers should work with Laulima (eg. Safari), we find that Firefox is the most compatible. When updating or first using a web browser, we recommend clearing the web browser cache first.

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System Information
Basic information and recommendations for using Laulima

• Daily Down Time: Laulima will be unavailable daily from 3:00am-4:00am HST for server backup and maintenance.

• Auto Log-Off: For your protection, Laulima automatically logs you out if it does not detect activity for two hours. A warning message will appear notifying you of the lack of activity. Activity is defined as clicking a button in Laulima such as "Save Draft" or "Next" (in a test), clicking on a course tab, or taking an action that sends information to the server.

• Internet Explorer (IE) users: We recommend using Firefox ESR with Laulima. If you use Internet Explorer 8 and above, you must use it in compatibility view, otherwise you may experience problems.

• Internet Connection: It is recommended that you connect to Laulima using a wired broadband Internet connection. While it is possible to use a wireless connection to access Laulima, a wired connection is recommended when taking tests or completing assignments. This minimizes the possibilty of potential network issues occurring.

• Hardware: Full access is available via most desktop or laptop computers. Limited access is possible through smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. It is not recommended to use smart devices and mobile connections for graded work.

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Resources to help faculty/staff use and work in Laulima
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Getting Started

Top FAQs:

• What to do if a course/tab is missing? video
• How do I add someone to my course/site? video | text
• How do I remove students from my course/site? video | text
• Can I send an email message from Laulima? video | text
• Can I rearrange or hide course/site tabs? video | text
• How can I make files available (syllabus, readings, etc.) using the Resources tool? video | text
• How can I clear extra coding when I copy/paste from Microsoft Word into Laulima? video | text

FAQs

TALENT Laulima Support Pages (tutorials, manuals, etc)

Teaching and Learning Workshops

Student Help

How do I...

• Send an email message from Laulima? video | text
• Properly copy and paste from Microsoft Word into Laulima? video | text
• Download files in "Resources"? video | text
• Post a message in "Discussion and Private Messages"? video | text
• Rearrange/hide tabs? video | text

FAQs

TALENT Laulima Tutorials

System Information

• Check the technical requirements for Laulima.
• To Internet Explorer (IE) users: we recommend using Firefox ESR with Laulima, we do not recommend using IE.
• Laulima will be unavailable on a daily basis from 3:00am-4:00am HST for server backup and maintenance.
• For your protection, Laulima automatically logs people out if it does not detect activity for two hours. Laulima does not detect typing within a single message or document unless it is saved or refreshed. If you are writing a single item over a long period of time, consider writing it in a word processor then copying/pasting it to Laulima.