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To remove a student from a class:

1. Go to Site Info and scroll down to the list of enrollees
2. Check the box next to his/her name
3. Check the Remove checkbox
4. Click Update Participants

The professor needs to publish the course.

In the course site within Sakai:

1. In the upper left corner of the screen, click on the (Publish Site) button

You can also publish the site this way:

1. Go to Site Info
2. Manage Access
3. Publish Site
4. Update

By default, Sakai course sites are unpublished, which means that students will not be able to access a site until it is published by the instructor. 

To publish your site, click on Site Info, then Manage Access. Tick the box next to "Publish Site." Now click Update. 

Applies To: Faculty

In the new site:

1. Go to Site Info
2. Click on Import from Site
3. Select the course that contains the content you want to import
4. Click on the content areas you want to bring over (eg, Tests & Quizzes, Resources)
5. Click Continue, then Finished.

Applies To: Faculty

**Audio-only installations can be done upon request for professors who will be teaching in a space for the semester. Please allow one week lead time for installation.

Yes.  Within every course folder on the L: drive, there is a "public_html" folder that is automatically created.  Create your course content there and the URL to the site will be accessible from http://Courses.wlu.edu. 

Applies To: Faculty

Go to Site Info > Import from Site, then choose the third option, which is "I would like to merge my user(s)".

In the next screen, check the box of the site that contains the students you want to import.

If you log into Sakai, enter the "Sakai Help at W&L" site, click on "Tegrity Screencasts", there is a screencast that shows this process titled "Merging Enrollments".

Applies To: Faculty

1. In the destination site, click on Site Info.
2. Click Import from Site.
3. Click I would like to merge my data
4. Check the box next to the course that has the content you want to copy.
5. Click Continue.
6. Choose the appropriate content area (Announcements, Assignments, Resources)
7. Click Finish

All of the content from that particular area will now reside in the destination site. Note that in order to import content into a particular area, that area must be added as a tool into the destination site. For example, if you'd like to import a quiz into the destination site, the Tests & Quizzes tool must be added to the destination site for it to appear.

Applies To: Faculty

There are three ways to move a quiz from one Sakai site to another. Here are the three methods:

Method #1

1. Activate the Tests & Quizzes tool in the destination Sakai site.
   (Site Info > Edit Tools > check the box next to "Tests & Quizzes" > Continue > Finish.)
2. In the old site, go into Tests & Quizzes.
3. Below the title of the test you want to export, click on the link that says "Export".
4. In the next screen, make sure that Content Packaging is selected.
5. Click the Export button.
6. Click Download.
7. A browser window will open up with a page full of xml code. Don't worry, that's supposed to happen.
8. In that window, go to File>Save As and save the file to your desktop. It should be named "exportAssessment.xml" That's fine, no need to change the title unless you want to add, "exportAssessmentChem106.xml" for example.
9. Click Save.
10. Go into the destination course.
11. Tests & Quizzes > Assessments
12. Click on the Import button
13. Browse to the exportAssessment.xml file and click Open.
14. Click Import. Depending on the size of the file, this might take a minute.
15.  You should now see the imported test listed under Assessments.

Method #2 (this method will bring in ALL Tests and Quizzes from an old site)

1. Activate the Tests & Quizzes tool in the destination Sakai site.
   (Site Info > Edit Tools > check the box next to "Tests & Quizzes" > Continue > Finish.)
2. In the destination site, go to Site Info > Click on Import from Site > Select "I want to merge my data"
3. Select the old course that has the test, quiz or survey you want to copy.
4. Check the box next to Tests & Quizzes.
5. Click on Import > Finish > Continue
6. Click on Tests & Quizzes in the left side menu to verify that the test, quiz or survey was merged into the site.

Method #3 (This method creates a question pool that you can access in any of your course sites.)

1. In the course site that has the assessment you want to copy, go to Tests & Quizzes.
2. Click on Question Pools
3. Choose Add New Pool.
4. Fill in the Pool Name field and Save
5. Click on Assessments.
6. Click on the name of the Assessment that has the questions you want. You should now see the contents of the assessment.
7. For each part in the assessment, on the right-side menu, click on Copy to Pool.
8. Click on the name of the pool you created for these questions.
9. Now, in the destination site, Create a new assessment. (Tests & Quizzes > Assessments > Fill in the Title field, and click on Create.)
10. In the Add Question drop-down box, select Copy from Question Pool.
11. Click on the name of the pool that has the questions you want.
12. Check the Copy? checkbox on the right side for every question you want to copy to the new assessment.
13. Click Copy at the bottom of the screen.

Applies To: Faculty

Check your Delivery Dates and the time of day. 

Sakai allows you to set both the date and the time-- down to the second-- when your assessment will become available. Because it uses by default the time that you publish the assessment, you might find that the time is later than you expected. 

Applies To: Students

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

If you need access to Colleague, please go to https://managementtools.wlu.edu/AccessRequest/ and request an account. Once the proper approvals are granted, an account will be set up for you. Accounts are set up on an individual basis and they should not be shared with anyone. In most cases, when dealing with course and student information, the Registrar’s office will provide some level of training or guidance on how to access the data you require.

If you already have access to Colleague but cannot remember your login information or have issues accessing the system, go to http://webhelpdesk.wlu.edu and create a ticket under the category of Administrative Data – Colleague Issues/Requests. Once submitted, the ticket will be automatically routed to the appropriate person who can help you resolve problems.