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Sakai LMS Help
The Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) is an open source, web based learning management system which allows Instructors and Students to store and retrieve course material, communicate with each other and track student progress through the course. In addition to course sites the CLE can host project sites where project members can share documents and collaborate. The CLE is accessible from any web connected device using your NPS user name and password.
Getting There
- To access the CLE go to https://cle.nps.edu
- Login using your standard NPS credentials
- if you are not able to login, contact the Technology Assistance Center
Guest Access
Non-NPS users must be invited by a course instructor or project organizer to access the CLE. More details about how to access the CLE once you've been invited is available in the Guest Access Overview (.pdf)
Accessing your Course and Project Sites
Once logged in, your My Workspace provides navigation to all of your course and project sites. Larger size image
A Student Introduction Video is also available.
Instructor Support
CLE training and additional information is available on the NPS Intranet in the Information Technology area. If you are not currently connected to the NPS Intranet you can use the Remote Access page to review your connection options.
Tools List
The CLE is organized into tools. Below is a list of tools and a brief description of each. All tools may not be available in all sites.
Tool Name | Description |
Home | Course dashboard including course description, recent announcements, discussion, and chat items. |
Announcements | View time-critical information about your Course |
Assignments | View assignments and submit responses online |
Blogger | Keep a chronological web log of news, commentary or events on your site |
Calendar | View assignment due dates and other events of interest |
Chat Room | Participate in real-time, written conversations with other course participants concurrently connected |
Drop Box | Allows private file-sharing between instructors and students |
Forums/Discussion Forums | Engage in written conversations, not in real time |
Glossary | View contextual definitions of terms used in your course |
Gradebook (instructors only) | Compute and store grades |
Lessons | View sequenced coursework |
Help | Access help documentation |
Membership (My Workspace) | View courses in which you are a member |
Messages | Send email to course participants |
News | Display an RSS feed from an external site |
Podcasts | Create and get URL for site podcasts |
Polls | Take course polls |
Preferences (My Workspace) | Set your personal preferences, such as time zone, tab order |
Profile (My Workspace) | Set and make public personal information, including pictures |
Resources | Store and retrieve course documents |
Roster | View list of course participants |
Site Editor (instructors only) | View/Edit site properties and participants |
Site Setup (My Workspace) | Manage properties of your My Workspace area |
Site Statistics (instructors only) | View statistics on your site by user, event or resource |
Syllabus | Course syllabus |
Tests & Quizzes | View and take tests and quizzes and automatically feed the results to the Gradebook |
Web Content | Include external website content in your site |
Wiki | Collaboratively edit simple web pages |