What’s New

This feature which is found on the Course Home page is used to monitor student activity in a course. From this area, it is possible to see since the last login when individual students contributed to an area of a course, such as Dropbox. The instructor can sort the What’s New feature by Item and Student. This feature can save the instructor time from searching through every Week to Content Item to determine which student has contributed to various course areas.

Set date restrictions on your What’s New list

Step 1: On the Course Home page, locate the What's New section

Step 2: Select a range from the See What's New Since Last drop-down list. A list displays of all course activity that occurred within the selected range. For example, if you select Three Weeks Ago from the drop-down list, your What's New feature displays a list of all course activity that's taken place in the last three weeks.

You can change the range at any time.

If there is a new post to any area in the course, such as Threaded Discussion, DocSharing, Dropbox, etc., click the Go link to open that page in the course to view the latest submission.

Sort What’s New activity

Step 1: On the Course Home page, locate the What's New section.

Step 2: In the Sort by: field, click either

• Item, to sort your list by course item;

• Student, to sort your list by student name.

You can click a specific content item to go directly to that item within your course. If there is a new post to any area in the course, such as Threaded Discussion, DocSharing, Dropbox, etc., click the Go link to open that page in the course to view the latest submission.

View What’s New activity

Step 1: On the Course Home page, locate the What's New section.

Step 2: Click Expand All to see a complete view of all course activity. Click Collapse All to compress your list

Step 3: Click on the link to the most recent post. New posts are bolded.

If there is a new post to any area in the course, such as Threaded Discussion, DocSharing, Dropbox, etc., click the Go link to open that page in the course to view the latest submission. You can view what students have contributed since 1 day ago, 1 week ago, 1 month ago, etc. by selecting a range from the See What's New Since drop-down menu.