View content in myCourses
This articles explains how students view Content in myCourses.
Students who are waitlisted on Minerva have access to view course content on myCourses in order to ensure they are not behind on course material.
View content
Current content experience
Students can access course materials by selecting the Content tab on the navigation bar.
The numbers beside the Table of contents and each Module denote unviewed Items. The progress bar at the top of each Module indicates how many files students have accessed within that Module. A checkmark to the right shows that students have viewed a Module or Item.
Click Overview to view the welcome message, attachment, or description that you've added.
Click Bookmarks to show a list of bookmarked Items.
Click Course schedule to show a list of due dates and other course-specific events from the Calendar.
Click Table of contents to go to the main listing of Modules.
Click on a Module in the sidebar to view the Items within it.
Click on an Item to view it.
Use the document viewer
After clicking on an Item in the Table of contents or main Content page, students will be taken to the Document viewer.
Click the breadcrumb links at the top-left of the page to return to the Table of contents or Module.
Click the
Viewing content in a new window icon to show the Item in a new window.Click the arrows in the top-right corner to go to the next Item in the course.
Click the floating side panel tab to expand it:
After expanding the side panel, select an Item in the list to navigate to a different Item within the same Module or click the arrow at the top-right to go to the next Module.
New content experience
Students can access course materials by clicking the Content link on the Navigation Bar.
There are no Course Overview, Bookmarks, or Course schedule in the new Content Experience, also missing are the progress bar and notifications concerning unviewed Items. The new Content Experience is a simplified interface with an emphasis on the Table of contents sidebar.
Click on a Unit in the sidebar to view the Lessons and Items within it.
Click on a Lesson in the sidebar to view the Folders and Items within it.
Click on a Folder to view the Items within it.
Click on an Item to view it.
Clicking on an Item will open the file or activity without collapsing the Table of Contents. As such, it can be easier for students to navigate between course materials.
Click the
Viewing content in a new window icon to show the item in a new window.Click the
Download icon to download the file.
There are no arrows to move forward or backward through course material. Instead, students will have to select a new Unit, Lesson, Folder or Item in the Table of contents.
The new Content Experience does not permit you to embed certain myCourses activities in the Content tool. For example, self assessments, surveys, quizzes, and assignments that are added to Content will appear as links to a new browser tab.
Bookmark content
Bookmarking is currently only available in the current Content Experience. See here for instructions about how to switch between Content Experiences.
After students bookmark content items, they can easily access them from the Bookmark page in Content or the Bookmark tab of the Content browser widget.
Add a bookmark
Click the name of an item in Content or in the Content browser widget on the Course home page.
Click the Bookmark icon in the top right corner of the page.
The bookmark icon will turn black when the bookmark is successfully added.
Remove a bookmark
Click Content.
Click Bookmarks.
Click the arrow beside the name of the bookmarked item you want to remove and select Remove bookmark.
Download content
Current content experience
Students can download all course materials uploaded to the Content tool. They can save all content or individual Modules as a .zip file, or they can download individual Items.
Download all content
Click Content.
Click Table of contents.
Click the arrow beside Table of contents at the top of the page and select Download.
In the pop-up window that appears, open or save the .zip file to your computer.
Download a module
Click Content.
Select a Module from the sidebar.
Click the arrow beside the name of the Module at the top of the page and select Download.
In the pop-up window that appears, open or save the .zip file to your computer.
Download an item
Click the name of an Item in Content or in the Content Browser widget on the Course Home page.
Click the arrow beside the name of the Item at the top of the page and select Download.
New content experience
Students can download all course materials uploaded to the Content tool. Unlike in the current Content Experience, student cannot bulk download entire Units, Lessons, or Folders, but they can download individual Items.
Download an item
Click Content.
Select the name of an Item in the Table of contents.
Select the
Download icon at the top-right to download the file.
Rate content
Content feedback is currently only available in the current content experience. See here for instructions about how to switch between content experiences.
Students have the ability to rate and leave feedback for any Content item in myCourses that they have access to. Only the instructor can see these ratings and comments.
Click the name of an Item in Content or in the Content browser widget on the Course home page.
Click the arrow beside the name of the item at the top of the page and select Submit feedback.
The Submit feedback window will open.
In the pop-up window that appears, students can do the following:
Click the stars to select a Rating out of 5.
Enter Comments.
Select the checkbox under Anonymous to remove their identity from this rating and/or feedback.
Click Submit.
Students cannot delete any ratings or comments they submit, but they can edit them by repeating the steps above for any Item they've already rated and/or for which they've submitted feedback.
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