New updates are coming to MyCourses this month! See below for details, and please contact helpdesk@ggc.edu if you encounter any problems or have questions.
IMPORTANT: MyCourses content and data removal – June 16, 2025
In accordance with the University System of Georgia approved policy on learning management system data and content retention, please review the course retention report. Generally, any course from December 2019 or earlier will appear in the report. The courses included in the report are scheduled for removal beginning June 16, 2025. Please review the list carefully.
Faculty are responsible for archiving content and data and ensuring any data required for accreditation or research activities is preserved.
Content or videos hosted by third party services, such as Kaltura, Turnitin, and Zoom, integrated with MyCourses are not subject to removal under the MyCourses data and content retention policy. However, content and videos hosted in third party services are subject to the retention and storage policies of these services.
Faculty must take action to archive MyCourses content and data prior to June 16, 2025.
Grades, assignment submissions, quiz results, and discussion posts that are archived and downloaded are considered FERPA protected data. As such, this data should be managed as described in APM 10.9 Student Education Records Management and FERPA Policy.
MyCourses
Awards – Option to enter Issue Date when manually issuing awards | Updated
Instructors can now use the Issue Date field in the Issue Award dialog to provide greater flexibility when issuing awards. Instructors can manually enter an Issue Date when issuing awards, allowing them to backdate awards as needed. The Issue Date field defaults to the current date.
Previously, instructors could only edit the issue date of an award via API.
Quizzes – Additional question types in new quiz evaluation experience | Updated
The new quiz evaluation experience, introduced in September 2024, initially supported a subset of question types, including Multiple Choice, Written Response, True or False, Short Answer, Fill in the Blank, and Multi-Select. It also allowed Question Pools containing these question types.
To fully support the new quiz evaluation experience, this release expands support to include the following additional quiz question types:
- Arithmetic
- Matching
- Ordering
- Multi Short Answer
- Significant Figures
With full question type support, GGC can now transition entirely to the new quiz evaluation experience for a seamless and feature-complete workflow.
For additional information about the new quiz evaluation experience and planned updates, refer to the Release of the new quiz evaluation experience blog post.
Rubrics – Added Rubric Level Range Visual | New
This release introduces rubric level ranges in rubric headings, improving clarity for instructors and students:
- Instructors can now see rubric level ranges while creating and evaluating rubrics, except for holistic rubrics and non-sequential custom points.
- Students can view rubric level ranges in assessments, ensuring a clear understanding of point distributions.
Previously, instructors had to manually explain rubric level ranges to students. This feature enhances consistency and reduces ambiguity.
- Instructors can see the rubric level ranges when creating and evaluating rubrics, except for holistic rubrics and custom points that are not sequential.
- Students can see the rubric criteria level range when viewing rubrics, except for holistic rubrics and custom points that are not sequential.
New media links in the default course navigation bar
On behalf of the Kaufman Library, IT has added two new links under the Materials & Media link group in the MyCourses default course navigation bar. Take a moment to explore what these links have to offer!
- Films on Demand – Video titles in humanities, social sciences, world languages, business, economics, health, and science.
- Academic Video Online – Delivers more than 85,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
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