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eClass - Past updates

Winter 2021 updates

Fall 2020 updates

Course management and organization

New Menu/Tab course format for enhanced organization of course materials.

Easier access to turn editing on and return to top of page. 

Ability to add a demo student so you have a true experience of course as your students see it.

Quick mail

A new Quickmail functionality allowing you to send emails to course members through eClass.

New functionality to allow students enrol themselves into groups. 

Enhanced search filters for the course participant list.

Course content 

H5P

Easily create and embed interactive content using the enhanced H5P integration.

Improvements to the Atto text editor to allow for changing text colour and prevention of auto-linking of activities.

Support for Emojis :blush::wink::open_mouth:

Activity improvements  

Improved activity chooser menu, that allows you to favorite those activities and resource types you use most frequently.

Improved activity chooser, that allows you to favorite the activities and resources you use most often.   

Forum

Forums can now be submitted for grading, exported and come with an intuitive summary report.

Improvements to the Zoom plugin to account for recurring meetings and align more closely with the external Zoom experience.  

A new Questionnaire tool that allows you to set up a wide range of questions for student feedback.

Innovative tools

Innovative tools tailored to science courses, such as a Virtual Programming Lab (which allows live coding exercises in eClass), and MATLAB grader.

New question types (Algebra, Formula, Ordering, Pattern Match, Word Select).