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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Greetings, Instructors!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) has been working hard to deliver valuable instructor and learning features and functionality. LearningStudio’s feature releases help instructors: save time, engage students and work smarter. One significant
release is an updated look to the Gradebook. It features a new streamlined display that has a more modern, organized look and feel along with new at-a-glance indicators for: grades, scores, instructor comments, and rubrics (coming soon). Functionality of
the Gradebook remains the same. The updated Gradebook feature will be enabled on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Attached is a comparative look at the current display and the updated user interface.
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<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">Other release features include: <o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2>Gradebook<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auto Zero
</span></strong>– Use the Auto Zero feature to quickly assign zeroes in grade points to all non-submitted work.
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<h2>Exams<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Multi-Take Exam with set # of attempts</span></strong> – Instructors can now control whether an exam has limitless or set-limits on the number of attempts allowed. The number-of-exam
attempts are displayed in the Grading Summary found in the Grade Detail View.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>Course<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hide a Unit</span></strong> – In addition to being able to hide content at the item level, instructors can now easily hide units of content on the Unit Creation Screen by checking
the “Hide unit from student’ check box.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>Discussion Threads<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auto Save</span></strong> – Content is now automatically saved preventing the loss of thread post data due to: system timeouts, browser crashes, or unintended browser closure.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Post-First</span></strong> – Prevents student from seeing discussion posts prior to responding.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hide Topics</span></strong> – Instructors now have the ability to post a discussion in advance and hide topics from students until it’s time for the assignment.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please go to the <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/">
Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation</a> website for additional news and information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">903.886.5511<o:p></o:p></p>
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