Ithaca College

The Teaching & Learning with Technology team is excited to announce an upgrade to Sakai, Ithaca College’s learning management system (LMS), which offers new features, a more modern look and feel with improved navigation, and improved functionality for faculty and students. 

 Highlighted updates to Sakai 12 for Students include: 

• Improved responsive design and better performance on mobile devices 
• Updates to Assignments tool including a direct email to students with instructor feedback 
• Improved modern interface for the Chat tool 
• Updates to Test and Quizzes include an “auto submit” feature 
• Multiple accessibility improvements 

Highlighted updates to Sakai 12 for Instructors include: 

• Site owners can delete their own Sakai course or project sites 
• Improved Zoom integration for scheduling class meetings and guest speaker events 
• Updated Personal Capture through media.ithaca.edu 
• Improved iRubric integration with additional features 
• Course site templates – see the How To article in the IT Knowledge Base for more information 

For a complete list of the changes see the Knowledge Base Article, What’s new in Sakai 12? 

Faculty are invited to participate in upcoming training sessions and one-on-one consultations hosted by the TLT team. Also, the Instructional Media Lab (IML – Job 102) will be open for limited drop-in support beginning on Monday, August 19 and full support beginning on Wednesday, August 28. The IML hours are Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, and Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.