Academic Technology Updates for June 2024

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We have new updates for MyCourses and Pearson! See below for details, and please contact helpdesk@ggc.edu if you encounter any problems or have questions.

Reminder

MyCourses SMS Notifications will be deprecated by our Learning Management System (LMS) vendor, D2L, in July 2024. For additional details, please review End of Life for MyCourses SMS Notifications. 

MyCourses

Assignments – Annotations toolbar icons update

The update to the Annotations toolbar in Assignments fixes several defects and updates the icons for certain tools.

Please note that Safari browsers older than version 15.4 are no longer supported by the Annotations software. This is currently a legacy browser. For more information, refer to Browser support.

A comparison of the main toolbar between the previous icon style (top) and the new icon style (bottom).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons in the main toolbar (above) to the new style (below).
A comparison of the Line tool icons between the previous icon style (left) and the new icon style (right).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons for the line tools (left) to the new style (right).
A comparison of the ink tool icons between the previous icon style (left) and the new icon style (right).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons for the ink tools (left) to the new style (right).
A comparison of the page layout tool icons between the previous icon style (left) and the new icon style (right).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons for the page layout tools (left) to the new style (right).
A comparison of the sidebar tool icons between the previous icon style (left) and the new icon style (right).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons for the sidebar tools (left) to the new style (right).
A comparison of the highlighter and drawing sub-toolbars between the previous icon style (top) and the new icon style (bottom).
Figure: This feature updates the appearance of the icons in the highlighter and drawing sub-toolbars (above) to the new style (below).

Access Pearson

After June 15, 2024, GGC instructors who use Pearson will need to set up new MyCourses courses with the Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) tool. The LTI 1.3 tool has the latest improvements, including grade sync enhancements and automatic student account creation.

After June 15, the MyLab and Mastering and Revel and eText (LTI 1.1) tools are no longer available to pair new MyCourses courses with Pearson content. IT will be disabling the LTI 1.1 tool from MyCourses after this date. For existing courses:

  • Already paired courses with Pearson content: Instructors and students can access any MyCourses courses that were paired with the MyLab and Mastering or Revel and eText (LTI 1.1) tool before June 15. Grade sync and assignment links will work until the end of the course.
  • Template courses: Template Owners can request access to any MyCourses template courses that were paired with the MyLab and Mastering or Revel and eTextbooktool (LTI 1.1) tool before June 15.

Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) should be used in all new MyCourses courses, including Fall 2024 courses.

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