Accessibility and Universal Design

When most of us hear the word accessibility we probably start to think of legislation such as the American with Disabilities Act or Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. For the purposes of iCollegeNow we are not going to quote legislation– we will simply say...

Adding Instructors, TA’s, and Designers

The instructor(s) of an iCollege course is determined by the instructor’s information found in GoSolar. GoSolar is the official source of instructors. In an iCollege course, instructors can add university employees via the Classlist using pre-defined...

Conditional Release

Modules can be release based on conditions set by the instructor.  For example, if you have Module 1 and it includes a quiz, you can choose to set conditional release criteria that says when the student completes the Module 1 quiz, then Module 2 becomes available. ...

Automating Communications and Nudges

iCollege has a tool called Intelligent Agents that can be used to automate communications, reminders, or send “nudges” to students. The Intelligent Agent Tool is found in the Course Tools menu under Course Admin in the Communication section. The...

Testing the Course as a Student

The Demo Student The Classlist Tool features a special “student” called the Demo Student. The Demo Student is used by the instructor to test the course from the student perspective. Testing a course as a student usually involves checking content...

Classlist

The Classlist Tool shows all of the students (and instructors, designers, teaching assistants, etc.) that have access to your course. It is an unofficial class roll. GoSolar is the OFFICIAL classroll. The Classlist is updated nightly according to enrollment data...