Dumb Stuff in Sakai: Assignment Links

This is my first of a few posts about things in Sakai that just don't seem right or they don't work right. First up is linking to an announcement. Evidently I'm not viewing this whole lesson space in Sakai the same way the developers are/did when they created it. When I create a lesson, there is always an assignment attached to that lesson. In the Lesson area I can create a page with all the text, audio, video, handouts, etc for that lesson, but there isn't a way that I can see to link to an assignment that is related to that lesson. I have to type out instructions to click on the assignment link on the menu bar to see the assignment. Or I can create a document of the assignment and post it in the Resources folder and then link to that. But still students must then leave that document and find their way over to the assignment area. Why is that? That doesn't make sense.

And to make matters worse, for a few weeks this semester, linking to files in the Resources folder wasn't possible. Oh, I think they think we didn't notice, but I did! Yes, I noticed. I had to upload my documents to Google Docs instead and link to them that way. Turns out I like that method better anyway, so thanks Sakai.