Lorie Stolarchuk Learning Technology Trainer 1 What has changed with the 2.7.X Upgrade to CLEW?
Jan 11, 2016
Lorie StolarchukLearning Technology Trainer
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What has changed with the 2.7.X Upgrade to CLEW?
IntroductionThe objective to this presentation, is to present some of the most important changes that will occur with the upgrade to CLEW 2.7.X.
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New Features by Functions
• Basic Tools – Announcements, Calendar, Resources
• Interactivity: Polls, Forums, Wiki and Discussions
• Managing Student Work: Assignments and Drop Box
• Recording Assessments: Gradebook• Site Customization
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Basic Tools – Announcements, Calendar, Resources
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Announcements – Specify Dates• “Specify Dates” when selected now, opens to
checkboxes and drop-down options. More intuitive descriptions are now available for the options.
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Announcements – Group Name • The specified Group Name now appears in the
in Email (if email notification has been selected).
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Announcements – Groups (Preview)
• The Preview option now displays the Group(s) and Email Notification option selected.
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Calendar – Default View
• Users can now choose to maintain display settings by selecting “Set as Default View”.
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Calendar – Associated Site Indicated• When viewing a Calendar entry from the “My
Workspace” tab or from a Site, the associated site is displayed.
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Calendar - Subscriptions
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• Ability to export calendar subscriptions added.
Resources – Copyright Status
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• Selection of an option is now mandatory.
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Interactivity: Discussions, Forums, Polls and Wiki
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Discussions – “Manage” Interface Improvements
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• Now site managers can establish when Discussion Forums or Categories are visible or invisible, whether they are to “Lock on Due date” or they can designate special access to a Forum.
Discussions – Special Access
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Discussions –Enable Grading – Category, Forum or Topic
(available since 2010-2011)
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• Upgrade improves interface.
Discussions – Enable Grading Forum or Topic
(available since 2010-2011)Upgrade improves interface
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Discussions – Grading Options• Ability to release evaluated posts option now available. Also,
Special Access can be given to enable grades to be visible or invisible to use until custom date / time, or to lock at custom date / time.
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Discussions – Private Messages
• Emails now includes who it is “From.”
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Discussions – Private Messages
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• Includes “Delete” “Flag for follow-up” and “Preview” for new messages.
Forums – Interface Improvements
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• Now offers “Sort by Topic” and “Sort by Date” options, display options to advance to next or previous participants, and “Enter Student View” options.
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Forums – New Messages• Clearer indicators of new messages in interface.
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Forums – Read by number of users• The number of site members who have viewed
and marked the post as read is now visible to both instructors and students.
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Forums – Email Directly to Responder
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• When selecting the Email option on a posting, your email program will activate and will automatically include the email address of the contributor.
Forums – Notifications Options
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• Now able to select “Watch” and the types of email notifications you wish to receive.
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Forums – Word Count Visible in Reply
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• Users can now see how many words they have entered into the Message box which updates automatically.
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Forums – Link to specific message
• Able to now select and copy a link to a particular Forum for pasting into an email, Lessons, Announcements, Assignments, and Syllabus Entries (using the text editor).
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Forums - Sortable
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• Statistics Screen has Sortable Columns.
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Forums – Default Forum• Forums will now be initiated with a default
Forum already set up.
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Polls – Sortable
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• Now Options, Votes, % columns are sortable.
Wiki – Navigation
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• Navigation breadcrumbs now moved to the “Recently Visited” menu.
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Managing Student Work: Assignments and Drop Box
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Assignments – Resubmission Options
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• Resubmission option now exists when creating assignment and multiple resubmissions can be selected from drop-down list.
Assignments - New Options
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• Improved assignment notification and additional information options now available including “Model Answer”, “Private Note” and “All Purpose Item”.
Assignments - “Model Answer” Option Added
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• Ability to provide a model answer, either as in-line text and / or as an attachment, and customizable display ability to “Show to students”.
Assignments – “Private Note” Option Added
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• Ability to customize to whom you wish to share that private note with.
Assignments – “All Purpose Item” Option Added
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• Ability to offer customized display of information.
Assignments – Customized Attachments(for “All Purpose Items”)
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• Ability to customize the visibility of an item by date to whom you wish it to be visible to.
Assignments – Student Submit Reminder
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• Now students have a reminder to “Save” or “Submit” an assignment when creating and /or uploading to Assignments tool.
Assignments – Download All
• Enhanced “Download All” Options (similar to “Upload All” with better descriptions)
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Assignments – Enhanced “Upload All” Options
• Enhanced “Upload All” options based on the type of submission, and clearer release options.
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Assignments – Released Grade Notification Email
Options• Instructors can choose to send an email to
students when the grade is released.
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Drop Box - Notification Options
• Ability to adjust email notification options. Default is set to “Allow email notifications to be sent.”
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Recording Assessments: Gradebook
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GradebookSorting in “Gradebook Items”
(Instructor’s Interface)• Instructors can now customize the display order for
items and save the current settings after selecting the “Sorting” column. ”
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Gradebook – Add Another Gradebook Item
• Now able to add multiple items at a time with the “Add Another Gradebook Item” link.
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Gradebook – Import Grades Screen
“Download Spreadsheet Template”
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• There are now two file formats available to download as templates for working on grades in a spreadsheet program external to CLEW.
Gradebook – eGrade Exporting
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• eGrade Drop-down Exporting options – Exporting to eGrade now appears in a drop-down menu.
Gradebook - Processing
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• “Save and View Previous Gradebook Item” or “Save and View Next Gradebook Item” or “Return to the Items List” navigation buttons now available.
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Gradebook – “All Grades” Screen File Export Options • There are now two file format export options
available.
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Site Customization
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Throughout Site - Enter / Exit Student View
• This link, when selected, will enable Instructors to view as a student would see the site. Select Exit Student View to return to the Instructor Interface.
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Throughout Site - Permissions Display Improvements
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• Available in Resources, Drop Box, Announcements, Calendar, Chat, Polls, Site Mailing List, Glossary, Assignments, Forums and Discussions. Now has an improved display and the ability to edit is more intuitive.
Manage Groups – Auto Groups
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• Auto create groups by roles such as TA-Grader, Teaching Assistant, etc. now available.
Manage Groups - Create New Group
• There are now more intuitive interface labels to create new groups.
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My Workspace – Preferences
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• “Customize Tabs” is now the default page when entering Preferences.
My Workspace - Notifications
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• New notifications now available to indicate which site has new postings in a Forum.
My Workspace – Memberships
• Search function now available.
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Site Stats – Options in Interface
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• Now more intuitive and has several frequently used statistical reports available.
Site Stats - Reports
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• Several common predefined reports are now available along with the ability to add, customize and save a report.
Site Stats – Report Wizard
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• Customizable wizard available to help generate reports.
Site Stats- Export Options
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• Three file formats are now available for exporting reports.
Want to learn more?
• Many sources are available to learn about the features and functions in CLEW including:– In person at a CLEW workshop, available at
http://www.uwindsor.ca/clewworkshops– CLEW information site with tip sheets online at
http://www.uwindsor.ca/clewhowto– Inline CLEW help within each tool. Press the blue
question mark for help – CLEW Support web link in each site
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