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Oncourse CL features

Oncourse CL offers many features to help instructors and students collaborate and learn more effectively. You will find a brief description of each available tool below. For a more detailed description of a topic, click the appropriate link under "Tools". You can also view multimedia feature demonstrations related to each tool.

Note: For information on more training and support resources, see Training and support for Oncourse CL.

Tools

Descriptions

Feature demonstrations

General General overview of course and project sites Request a practice course or project site from Oncourse CL
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Customize tabs
Feature demonstration

View photos of site participants in roster tool
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Add a photo to your profile
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Announcements Inform site participants of current items of interest
Post announcements 
Feature demonstration

Post an announcement to a group
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Assignments Create, distribute, collect, and grade online assignments Create assignments 
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Download multiple student assignments
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Grade an assignment 
Feature demonstration

Submit an assignment 
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Communicate to students about assignments 
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Check the grade for an assignment 
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Download assignment grades to a spreadsheet
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Calendar Post items in calendar format Post a calendar item 
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Chat Room Chat online with participants in your site Create multiple chat rooms 
Feature demonstration
Email Archive Keep track of course or project site email correspondence Send email from Microsoft Outlook 
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Create a site distribution email list 
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ePortfolio Manage an electronic portfolio of your coursework Attach a file
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Forums Communicate through discussion forum topics Create a discussion forum and topic
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Compose a forum message
Feature demonstration

Read and reply to a forum message
Feature demonstration

Grade a forum message
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Change default forum settings
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Reorder forums and topics
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View forum statistics
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Gradebook Manage grades View scores by group
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Change grade type
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View cumulative scores
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Add an item to the Gradebook
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Edit a Gradebook item
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Hide course grade
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Remove assignment from calculated grade
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Import grades from a spreadsheet
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Messages Communicate using internal course mail Send a message 
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Read and reply to messages 
Feature demonstration
News Use RSS to add dynamic news to your site Add dynamic news to a site 
Feature demonstration
Original Test and Survey Administer tests and gather survey information Create a new test 
Feature demonstration

Enable a test for student participation 
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Take and submit a test 
Feature demonstration
Podcasting Create, store, and distribute multimedia content to site participants via an RSS feed Post a podcast
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Subscribe to a podcast using iTunes
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Record a podcast
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Post 'Em Upload a comma delimited (CSV) spreadsheet to present feedback to site participants Upload an Excel spreadsheet of grades
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Upload multiple files to Post'Em
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Check participant access to feedback
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View feedback
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Preferences Control how often you are notified of course or project site activity Edit notification preferences 
Feature demonstration

Customize tabs 
Feature demonstration
Resources Make any kind of material available online Post a file 
Feature demonstration

Use drag and drop for My Workspace 
Feature demonstration

Use drag and drop for a course site 
Feature demonstration

Reorder Resources
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Site Setup Maintain course or project site settings Add participants 
Feature demonstration

Create a group
Feature demonstration

Reuse content from other sites
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Combine rosters
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Syllabus Post and maintain your official course outline Add item to syllabus 
Feature demonstration

Edit the syllabus 
Feature demonstration

Redirect the syllabus to a Word file
Feature demonstration

Add an attachment to a syllabus 
Feature demonstration
Web Content Choose external websites to display within your worksite Add a Web Content item to a course or project site
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Customize a Web Content item
Feature demonstration
Wiki Create and update wiki pages Add Wiki to a site 
Feature demonstration

Add and edit wiki pages 
Feature demonstration

Add links to a wiki page 
Feature demonstration

Add an image to a wiki page
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View history of a wiki page
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Last modified on August 18, 2008.
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