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Say Hello to Signup Sheets!
Faculty frequently need students to sign up for activities in their courses: office hours, project topics, presentation days, and more. Some faculty have created Google Docs to facilitate this...
View ArticlePanopto Outage on Saturday, December 15
Panopto will not be available on Saturday, December 15 from 7pm-11pm EST. Panopto, the company which makes the service and provides hosting of all JHU content in the service, will be upgrading...
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See the Exact Steps Taken in Calculating a Student Grade in the Gradebook
Gradebooks can be complicated things, with many activities grouped into categories and different rules about how individual grades in a category factor into a student's final grade. It can sometimes...
View ArticleCoursePlus Updates, Listed by Month
The CTL Blog and the @courseplus Twitter feed are two ways that you can get information about what's new and different in CoursePlus. Many people are not aware that there is also a list, updated...
View ArticleAccess to Three Years of Courses in CoursePlus
For many years, students, faculty, and staff have had access to CoursePlus sites for a maximum of two academic years. A course site was visible for the academic year in which the course was offered,...
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New Look for the Main Faculty Tools Page
The main faculty tools page in every CoursePlus course website is a hub for faculty, TA, and instructional staff activity. Many links to new tools and reports in CoursePlus have been added to this...
View ArticleImportant, Big Changes to All LiveTalks in Online Courses in CoursePlus
Starting with the Summer Institute term of AY19-20, all LiveTalks in online courses at the School are changing to use a new tool called Zoom. Zoom is the industry-leading videoconferencing platform....
View ArticleReminder: Access to AY16-17 Courses Ends May 31, 2019
Access to academic year 2016-2017 courses ends on May 31, 2019. This is in line with the policy for access to CoursePlus websites. The policy states that access to a CoursePlus site is enabled for the...
View ArticleNew, Zoom-Based LiveTalk Tutorials for Students and Faculty
As previously announced, all LiveTalks in online courses in CoursePlus are switching to a new tool called Zoom starting with the summer institute term of academic year 2019-2020. Zoom is very...
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PathFinder Gets a User Interface Overhaul
PathFinder is a tool that allows students to engage in choice-based simulations. It's like a Choose Your Own Adventure tool within CoursePlus. PathFinder has existed for over a decade in CoursePlus,...
View ArticleMore Accurate Reporting of Abandoned Quiz Attempts
The Quiz Generator tool in CoursePlus has long helped faculty track situations where a student started taking a quiz or exam, but never finished the work by submitting their answers. In Quiz Generator...
View ArticleEnd of Access to Pre-AY19 LiveTalks in CoursePlus
As the School (and University) has moved from Adobe Connect to Zoom for live, synchronous class sessions, we are fast approaching the time when access to old LiveTalk information in Adobe Connect will...
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Send Both Individual Student and Class-Wide Feedback from the Gradebook
The Gradebook has long been the tool from which faculty send not just grades, but also feedback, to students. Feedback could be a text-based message, or a file that has been marked up with comments...
View ArticlePeer Assessment Updates for the Start of First Term
The CoursePlus team is constantly fielding feedback from faculty, staff, and students. Peer assessments are complex activities in any course, and each course runs their peer assessments a little...
View ArticleHighlights of What's New in CoursePlus for the First Term
CoursePlus is always changing. Faculty, staff, and students alike request that new features be added or altered. The team that builds CoursePlus doesn't stop this work, even in the summer. Here are...
View ArticleWeb Accessibility Improvements to CoursePlus
Making the web accessible to everyone is not only a public health issue, it's simply the right thing to do. The Center for Teaching and Learning has long pushed to make the content offered in online...
View ArticleSave Time Organizing Students with Signup Sheets
Many classes have activities where students need to self-select into groups to work on a project or assignments. Many classes have end-of-term summative activities like presentations where students...
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New Methods of Assessment Tool in the Syllabus
Last year, the Office of Academic Affairs, in conjunction with the Committee on Academic Standards, rolled out a long-developed revamp to the way in which the methods of assessment are specified for a...
View ArticleStudent Grade Systems Now Shown in CoursePlus
When faculty view class rosters in SIS (the University's Student Information System, and official system of academic record), they can see the grade system under which a student is taking their course....
View ArticleNew Student Health and Well-Being Section on All Course Syllabi
The University takes student health and well-being very seriously. Multiple initiatives exist across the University to make sure that students in need are aware of their options and receive care...
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