Learn@UWSuperior was upgraded Thursday, June 28 - Friday, June 29, 2012.  Some changes you will notice are:

General System Changes

• New website-like design with the information and tool options in the center of the screen.
• Navigation bars have changed, you will see a Minibar at the top of the screen that will stay with you no matter which screen you are on.  The My Home and Course Home navigation bars have been adjusted and, we hope, made more user friendly.
  
• Most of the icons have been removed from the system or text has been added to the remaining ones to make their actions clearer.
• Course Home Calendar Widget that will show due dates that instructors have added to their courses so their students know what's due right away.
  
• New Feature - Notifications - receive notices from the system on various things happening in your classes.  This will mostly benefit the students, but there are a few benefits for instructors as well.
  

New for Instructors

Our Spring 2012 Newsletter focused on the changes this upgrade brings.  We've also created a New Learn@UWSuperior for Instructors 2012 PowerPoint Presentation along with a New Learn@UWSuperior (PDF) version if you want to print a copy of the slides.

• Most of the tools have been redesigned to include dropdown menus to add new modules, topics, items, categories, etc.
  
• Several tools have new saving options and locations, located at the bottom of the screen you are working on.
• The Discussions area has a new feature, Must Post First, where your students will need to post a message before they will be allowed to see what their classmates have posted.
  
• The Dropbox area has a new feature, Save Draft, which will allow you to give feedback to all your students before publishing it all at one time.
• The Grades area has a new feature, One-Click Access, to submissions and Discussions postings that you've connected to a grade item.
• The Question Library has a "Done" button that will take you back to Quizzes or Surveys.
  
• A new Feature, Audio Recording, can be used currently when replying to Discussions posts and giving Dropbox feedback.  It's currently limited to 60 seconds, but should be increased shortly.
  

New for Students

We've created a New Learn@UWSuperior for Students 2012 PowerPoint Presentation along with a New Learn@UWSuperior (PDF) version if you want to print a copy of the slides.

• News has a dropdown menu that allows you to see all the available news and restore dismissed news items.
  
• When taking a Quiz, the save and next/previous buttons have had their design and location changed slightly.  The Quiz Submission buttons have also changed.
• If a tool had a Print (Content, Grades) or Settings (Discussions) options, the link has moved to the upper right corner of the screen.