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Showing posts with label 01 Student_help. Show all posts

To Hide or Move Courses in Your Course List


1. Log in to Compass, and from your Course List page (the first page you get to, before entering any course site), and click the Edit Course List button:


2. You will see a list of all of the course sites you have access to in Compass. From this page you can click the Hide Link button to hide any courses you no longer need to access. After you hide a course, the Hide Link button will change to a Show Link button, so at any time you can go back and show a course again.


3. You can also reorder the courses in your course list by using the Move buttons on the same page. First, check the checkbox to select the course you would like to move, and then click the Move button next to the course in the list where you would like to move the selected course, and then choose to either Move Selected Above, or Move Selected Below:


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Re-submit an assignment


If you have submitted an assignment but realize that you need to make changes to it, you can check if the instructor has enabled the system to allow you to resubmit before the deadline. You will find out either by asking to the instructor, or it will be indicated by an icon in the top right corner of your assignment screen.


This is how you take back the assignment to resubmit:

1. Open the link of the submitted assignment by clicking on its name

2. Click on the top right icon and edit the assignment

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This movie show step by step instructions on how to resubmit an assignment:






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Calendar settings in IL Compass(preferences, views, data entry)

The calendar tool is a robust application that allows users to see in one view all the calendars from the different courses that he is participating in, or that allows them to customize the calendar and even add personal information
This video show to set up the Calendar tool in IL Compass(WebCT)

Click on the image to open the instructions

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Problems opening a document (IE Browser issues)

If you are having problems opening a file (.doc, .xls, etc) in Illinois Compass, it may be related to your browser settings. Follow these steps in the video below to solve the problem, also if you prefer to print the instructions, click here: Problem to open or download a document embeded in IL Compass (WebCT)

Step 1: Solve the problem as it occurs



Step 2: Configure your browser so that you don't have the problem again

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Mail Tool in IL Compass (WebCT)

The Mail Tool in WebCT is very useful because it allows communication between all the participants in a course, and the users can configure the settings so that they receive the messages in their e-mail mailbox whenever new messages are posted in WebCT.
This document explains how to configure the Mail TooL, (Click on the image to open instructions)

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Set up Users Profile in IL Compass (WebCT)

The user's profile is created once and it is displayed in all courses or sites that are using the same Compass (WebCT) server. It is important for the users to show updated information in their users profile so that other users in the system can see.




This video shows how to configure the user's profile, upload user's photo ( and add more information that will show in user's profile in the course rosters):

For a text version of this tutorial, go HERE





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