Tech Tip of the Week

Do Not Disturb. It isn’t just a phone setting. It’s available on your Windows computer and does the same thing by postponing notifications and interruptions, so you can work undisturbed.

Called Focus Assist, you can switch it on from the Action Center (down in the lower right-hand corner of your screen). You have three options: a) Priority Only – Only receive notifications from your configurable priority list; b) Alarms Only – Hide all notifications except for alarms; c) Off – Get all notifications from your apps and contacts.

More advanced users can provide automatic rules for time of day, game playing and other settings. Try it next time you have that really important assignment.

Organize Your Work in Sakai

The Sakai Waffle Icon allows you to:

• Designate current, active Sakai sites as Favorites 
• Change the order of the sites you see in the top tabs 
• Hide sites when you no longer need to access them regularly

You may also want to try:

• Importing browser bookmarks and uploading frequently used files to My Workspace Resources  
• Printing/saving a report of your semester’s grades in Gradebook
• Associating up to 10 pictures with your Profile 

Manage Your Schedule and Email

Your Sakai home page Calendar can be personalized to:

• Customize the fields (e.g., start time, end time, duration) that are visible
• Merge all of the due dates and other information from your course calendars to appear on your Sakai home page Calendar
• Create a link that posts Sakai Calendar items on your Gmail or Outlook calendar
• Associate colors with items to indicate different priority levels

You are in charge of how you receive communications from Sakai. You can set Notifications to send Sakai messages to you:

• One at a time
• At the end of the day
• Whenever a change is posted to a Forum, Wiki, or Syllabus page
• Never (provided the message is marked “low priority”)

How to get started …

• Go to sakai.duke.edu
• Click the yellow Login to Sakai button
• Login with your NetID credentials
• Personalize your Profile, Calendar, Resources, or Preferences by choosing each from the left navigation on your Home page

Extra Credit

The Sakai community offers a wealth of resources to help you explore using Sakai tools, starting with Duke. Visit:

• Duke’s Sakai Documentation Site
• How-to Videos for Students (UNC)
• Sakai YouTube Channel (Notre Dame)
• Student Guide (Longsight)

If you have any technical questions or problems, please contact your IT Service Desk at 919-684-9200 or email to SONIT-Support@duke.edu.