Announcements – Email a copy of an announcement to your Classlist | New
In response to multiple Product Idea Exchange (PIE) submissions, when Instructors create a new announcement in a Course Offering, they can now choose to send a copy to all users in their Classlist as an email, sent as if from the instructor themselves.
In the user interface for creating or editing an announcement, a new Send Email Copy checkbox now appears when an instructor creates or edits an announcement.
This feature implements the following Product Idea Exchange (PIE) items:
- D1923 (Email Notification Option when Creating New News Items)
- D3817 (Default email notification when publishing a news item)
When an instructor selects the new checkbox, the system emails the content of the announcement to all users in the Classlist on publishing.
Users who are not subscribed to receive a notification for announcements will also receive an email, ensuring that important information contained within the announcement is delivered to every learner.
For announcements scheduled to publish at a later date, clicking the Send Email Copy checkbox emails the copy to users in the Classlist at the time that the announcement is published.
Falcon Online – Progress bar for uploading files | New
With this release, Falcon Online improves visual consistency and accessibility by updating progress bar indicators across several tools. These improvements enhance support for screen readers and assistive technologies.
Visual indicators have been updated in the following areas:
- Quizzes – Add Existing Question
- Import Quiz Questions – Upload a file
- Generate Question – Choose a file to generate a question
- Content Uploader – Upload a file
- Manage Groups – Export progress bar
- Upload File (Content) – Upload a file
Figure: An example of the progress bar updating as a user adds a module to the Table of Contents in Falcon Online, indicating the step-by-step progress.
Grades – Bulk edit now supports excluding items from final grade | Updated
Instructors can now use the Exclude from Final column when bulk editing grade items in the Grades tool. Selecting this option excludes the grade item from the final grade calculation.
Previously, this setting was only available when editing individual grade items. This enhancement helps instructors manage large grade books more efficiently by allowing them to update multiple items at once.
Figure: In the Bulk Edit Items and Categories page, select Exclude from Final for each item to omit from the final grade.
This feature implements the following PIE items:
- D1773 (Bulk Edit Grade Item)
- D9984 (Course-level configuration to include/exclude grade from Final Grade)
- D8386 (Gradebook – Bulk edit)
- D8515 (Add a category in the bulk edit)
This continuous delivery update is scheduled for November 28th.
Please refer to the Falcon Online for Faculty InfoGuide for additional information on all the Falcon Online tools.
Faith Testerman
Coordinator IV - IT Instructional Resources
Faith.Testerman@DaytonaState.edu
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