• Multi-Factor Authentication

    In order to better protect your ePass account and its access to your personal and institutional data, Information & Technology Services is implementing an additional security feature for employees called multi-factor authentication. For more information on this service and why opting in is strongly recommended, please visit our Multi-Factor Authentication webpage.

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    How to Use the Forums Tool

    Watch the video below for a tutorial on how students can use the Forums tool. More information is available in the Forums help documentation, including How do I post to a forum?, How do I reply to a forum post?, and the Sakai Forums Survival Guide for Students.

    How to Submit an Assignment

    Watch the video below for a tutorial on how students can submit assignments that instructors have prepared in the Assignments tool. More details are available in the Assignments help documentation, including How do I submit an assignment? and How do I view my assignment feedback?

    Phasing Out Adobe Flash Content from Sakai

    On Saturday, August 19, the Movie and Flash buttons depicted in the figure below have been removed from the Sakai rich-text editor (CKEditor). These former features embedded content that relies on Adobe Flash, a decaying web technology with many security vulnerabilities, severe enough for Chrome and Firefox to have proceeded to block Flash content by default. (More details regarding why and how to avoid using Adobe Flash are available in the article, Embedding YouTube & Audio Players in Sakai.

    Movie and Flash buttons

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    Content previously created with these buttons have nevertheless been preserved, but we recommend that instructors who use Flash content to begin to find alternatives, such as the CKEditor features for embedding YouTube and audio players which do not rely on Flash. Also in some rare cases where YouTube hosted videos is not ideal, instructors might use the new Video Player button depicted below.

    Video Player button

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    If you have questions or would like to schedule a consultation regarding how to migrate away from content dependent on Flash, email the Sakai Support Team at sakai@plu.edu.

    New Turnitin User Interface

    The Turnitin service, used via the Sakai Assignments tool to check for originality and plagiarism in student papers, has recently shifted to a new user interface called Feedback Studio. Feedback Studio combines Turnitin Originality Reports and Grademark Tools into a single toolbar. If you use Turnitin in your courses, check out the blog posting “Transition to Turnitin Feedback Studio on June 3, 2017” for an overview of what to expect with this update and how you can prepare for using the new interface. Questions? Contact sakai@plu.edu.