Using Sakai
Sakai is now the Learning Management System (LMS) for all the Claremont Colleges.
Logging in to Sakai
- Go to: https://sakai.claremont.edu
- Click on the login link in the upper right hand corner.
(Direct link to the login screen: https://sakai.claremont.edu:8443/portal/login) - Log in with your usual Pomona username followed by @pom
(for example: user47474@pom) - Use your regular Pomona password.
- Once you’re logged in, you will see a menu bar with your course sites.
Sakai Tips
- Make sure you’re using a compatible browser:
Firefox, Netscape 7.1 and above, Internet Explorer 6.0 and above - Do not use your browser’s Back button in Sakai.
If you change your mind about a task, you need to use the Cancel button in Sakai instead of your browser’s Back button. If you use the Back button, you may need to click Cancel before you can do anything else in that tool. - You can reset the tool you’re working in.
The small blue double arrow button that appears to the left of the name of the tool you’re currently using is the Reset Button. It will return you to the starting point of any tool, as if you had entered the tool in a new session. - You can change the number of sites that you see in your site tab bar.
Go to your My Workspace and click the Preferences tool. Click the “Customize Tabs” link at the top of the page. Then enter a number in the box labeled “The number of tabs visible in addition to ‘My Workspace’:”. The default is set to seven. Just be aware that setting the number too high will result in wrapping.
Sakai Student Quickstart Guide
This guide provides a general overview of using a Sakai course site.
Sakai Site Customization
A basic overview for faculty who wish to change their course site
More Information
For complete Sakai documentation:
http://www.claremont.edu/doc/sakai/
A variety of short Sakai Quickstart Guides are available as PDF downloads:
http://www.claremont.edu/doc/sakai/documentation.html
The full Sakai user manual (all 110 pages of it) is also available as a PDF download:
http://www.claremont.edu/doc/sakai/Documentation/Sakai2.3Manual.pdf
If you have any questions:
Please email the Instructional Technology Group: itg@pomona.edu.