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Sakai
Plans and prices
Sakai cloud-hosted sample
Free
Sample account and course · experience instructor and student views · online help
Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org
Sakai (self-hosted)
Free
Free download · configure and host it yourself
Read 12 Oct 2026 · sakailms.org
On the record
- Accessibility
- The Sakai community states a goal of meeting WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria and says it regularly evaluates accessibility.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Administration
- Sakai provides course and system administration and configurable roles and permissions.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yessakailms.org · read 20 Sep 2026
- Assessments
- Yessakailms.org · read 20 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The project describes Sakai as created by educators for educators and supports teaching and learning in person or online.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Authentication and data
- The project lists CAS, Kerberos, LDAP, Shibboleth, and WebAuth among supported external authentication services; production deployments typically use a database and file storage.source.sakaiproject.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Communication
- Sakai includes synchronous and asynchronous tools for messaging, discussions, social connections, and collaborative work.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Community tools
- Community members develop Sakai-specific tools that can be used outside the packaged release, and users can build their own.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Course tools
- Instructors can organize text, resources, quizzes, tests, assignments, links, video, and other media into lessons or modules, with conditional release for materials.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Sakai is a Java-based web application typically deployed with Apache Tomcat, and can scale through multiple Tomcat instances in a cluster.source.sakaiproject.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Grading
- Sakai supports student submissions, feedback, high-stakes tests, formative assessments, online assignments, rubric-based scoring, and grade entry.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Help resources
- The maker points users to Sakai user guides and a community wiki for feature help, participation, deployment information, and best practices.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting and services
- The Sakai site says commercial affiliates develop, host, and support Sakai, and identifies Longsight, Learning Experiences, and EDF as its main affiliates.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Sakai implements the IMS LTI specification and provides an API for native integrations with third-party applications.sakailms.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The Sakai 25 series is licensed under the Educational Community License version 2.0.source.sakaiproject.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sakai is an open-source learning management, communications, and collaboration platform.source.sakaiproject.org · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project says official community support for Sakai 22 ceased with the Sakai 25 series and encourages older-version users to upgrade for current security patches.source.sakaiproject.org · read 12 Oct 2026
