Sakai Course Site Creation
Instructors create their course sites in Sakai. To create your site , your departmental course scheduler must list you in ConnectCarolina as one of the following:
- Primary Instructor
- Secondary Instructor
- Proxy
- Dean's Designate
NOTE: Teaching Assistants in ConnectCarolina cannot create course sites in Sakai.
University Registrar course rosters are typically available in Sakai according to the following schedule. Please note these are subject to change.
Term | Expected Time Frame |
Fall | 2nd week of May |
Spring | 2nd week of October |
Summer | 2nd week of March |
If you need a Sakai site for a non-Registrar course or a different project , please submit a help request .
Unpublishing Sakai Course Sites
University Registrar courses are unpublished after the term has ended to remove student access. Excluding Continuing Education courses, course sites will automatically be unpublished from the following schools:
- College of Arts & Sciences
- School of Education
- School of Government
- School of Information and Library Science
- School of Media and Journalism
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
Course sites are typically unpublished according to the following schedule. Please note these are subject to change.
Term | Expected Time Frame |
Fall | 1st week of February |
Spring | Last week of May |
Summer | 2nd week of September |
Instructors can easily republish their sites by clicking on the "Publish Now" button or through Site Info > Manage Access.
Sakai Course Site Retention Schedule
Information Technology Services (ITS) retains course site content published in Sakai for four (4) years after the end of the academic term it was published.
Privacy
- HIPAA : Storage of Protected Health Information (PHI) in Sakai is not permitted.
- FERPA : Sakai's Assignments, Drop Box, Gradebook, PostEm, and Tests & Quizzes tools are designed to share FERPA-protected information privately between instructors and individual students.
University Policies
- UNC-CH Copyright Policy
- University Libraries Scholarly Communications Office on Copyright
- UNC-CH Information Technology Acceptable Use Policy
- Other University IT Policies, Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines
Honor System
All students must refrain from lying, cheating, and stealing as well as from engaging in conduct that significantly impairs the welfare or educational opportunities of others in the university community. This includes refraining from all forms of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism. Your full participation and observance of the Honor Code is expected at all times.
Please consult the following if you have any questions about your responsibilities under the Honor Code:
- Your instructor
- Office of Student Conduct
- Instrument of Student Judicial Governance
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- Useful Tools for Identifying Plagiarism
- Online Honor System Module