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 Customize tabs View photos of site participants in roster tool Add a photo to your profile
Announcements	Inform site participants of current items of interest	Post announcements  Post an announcement to a group
Assignments	Create, distribute, collect, and grade online assignments	Create assignments  Download multiple student assignments Grade an assignment  Submit an assignment  Communicate to students about assignments  Check the grade for an assignment  Download assignment grades to a spreadsheet
Calendar	Post items in calendar format	Post a calendar item
Chat Room	Chat online with participants in your site	Create multiple chat rooms
Email Archive	Keep track of course or project site email correspondence	Send email from Microsoft Outlook  Create a site distribution email list
ePortfolio	Manage an electronic portfolio of your coursework	Attach a file
Forums	Communicate through discussion forum topics	Create a discussion forum and topic Compose a forum message Read and reply to a forum message Grade a forum message Change default forum settings Reorder forums and topics View forum statistics
Gradebook	Manage grades	View scores by group Change grade type View cumulative scores Add an item to the Gradebook Edit a Gradebook item Hide course grade Remove assignment from calculated grade Import grades from a spreadsheet
Messages	Communicate using internal course mail	Send a message  Read and reply to messages
News	Use RSS to add dynamic news to your site	Add dynamic news to a site
Original Test and Survey	Administer tests and gather survey information	Create a new test  Enable a test for student participation  Take and submit a test
Podcasting	Create, store, and distribute multimedia content to site participants via an RSS feed	Post a podcast Subscribe to a podcast using iTunes Record a podcast
Post 'Em	Upload a comma delimited (CSV) spreadsheet to present feedback to site participants	Upload an Excel spreadsheet of grades Upload multiple files to Post'Em Check participant access to feedback View feedback
Preferences	Control how often you are notified of course or project site activity	Edit notification preferences  Customize tabs
Resources	Make any kind of material available online	Post a file  Use drag and drop for My Workspace  Use drag and drop for a course site  Reorder Resources
Site Setup	Maintain course or project site settings	Add participants  Create a group Reuse content from other sites Combine rosters
Syllabus	Post and maintain your official course outline	Add item to syllabus  Edit the syllabus  Redirect the syllabus to a Word file Add an attachment to a syllabus
Web Content	Choose external websites to display within your worksite	Add a Web Content item to a course or project site Customize a Web Content item
Wiki	Create and update wiki pages	Add Wiki to a site  Add and edit wiki pages  Add links to a wiki page  Add an image to a wiki page View history of a wiki page