MyCourses instructions for students
Access to courses is mainly done by integration between Sisu and MyCourses. Default process to get access to course space is just to enroll courses in Sisu. In some cases enrollment can be done in MyCourses. In these cases enrollment button is located always to course Syllabus page. Enrollment button is shown in MyCourses search results (See image 1) and on Syllabus. Syllabus page can be accessed also always from course space header (See image 2)
Image 1. syllabus and enrollment buttons in search results
Image 2. syllabus button in course space.
If you can not find you courses please check following
- Filter setting on MyCourses dashboard
a) Course Overview set to All - Check enrolment method in Sisu.
a) Standard enrolment. Student is added to MyCourses course space after participation is confirmed. This might happend after enrolment period is over. See status in Sisu
b) Enrolment with direct confirmation. Student is added to MyCourses course space in 5-10 minutes.
Learner metrics –tool has been taken into use in MyCourses
Learner metrics, a tool for reporting and visualising course activities within MyCourses, has been taken into use at Aalto University (19.4.2022). Learner metrics present aggregate data and details about course events and activities, such as completed or upcoming assigments. Its purpose is to help you monitor and plan your study progress.
Because Learner metrics has just been deployed, the information it presents will gradually become more refined. You should continue to primarily rely on the course instructions, assignment deadlines and other information set by the teachers, either in MyCourses or elsewhere.
Learner metrics are under development, and will continue to be modified according to feedback from users.
Important!
Using the Learner metrics is entirely voluntary. Teachers have a similar tool for viewing course information, supporting students and developing courses. Your teachers will not have access to information about whether or how you use the Learner metrics.
The information presented by the Learner metrics is based on the course activity data within MyCourses. In particular, it offers you information aout ongoing courses, but it will also present information about your past courses. The information displayed by Learner metrics will be deficient, if activity tracking has not been used on the courses, affecting what data is formed and collected.
Contents of the Learner metrics and user instructions
Learner metrics can be found from the menu on the left.
It contains three views: Dashboard, Courses and Grades.
- The dashboard –view gives an overview of all current and completed courses. It also provides information about upcoming course assignments.
- Courses –view displays current course statuses based on data from MyCourses.
- Grades –view displays progress in courses, such as start and end dates, completed activities and grades for completed assignments
- The different views are explained in more detail below. If you want additional information, more instructions can be found from the Intelliboard-pages. Intelliboard is an analytics tool producing the Learner metrics (Note that at Aalto we call the tool Learner metrics, but Intelliboard calls it Learner dashboard)
The dashboard –section contains an overview and details about ongoing and completed courses.
- The general information at the top of the page displays the amount of ongoing courses and their grade averages.
- The graph at the top of the page shows information about Activity progress and Course progress
- The Activity progress –graph shows the grades for the assignments in MyCourses in relation to the courses’ other students from your chosen time period. You can view the details by hovering your cursor over the graph. Your grades are shown in green, course all students' averages in blue. (Picture 1.)
- The course progress –graph shows the grades for completed assignments by course. Your grades are shown in green, course all students' averages in blue. (Picture 2.)
- From the Course progress –list you can view your courses in MyCourses, how the assignments are progressing (Progress), total grade (Grade) and the date you started the course (Enrolled).
- Assignments and Quizzes display the assignments on the courses, their grades (if graded) and due dates. (Picture 3.)
- Towards the bottom of the dashboard –view you can view information about assignment status and time spent on MyCourses.
- Course success shows the status for each course (Completed, In progress, Not started) (Picture 4.)
- Correlations shows the relation between course grades and time spend on MyCourses
- Activity participation shows the status of course activities (Total, Viewed, Completed) (Picture 4.)
- Learning shows the time spend on different activities (for tasks you have done in MyCourses)
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Courses-view shows an overview of your course statuses based on MyCourses data. You can view them in a grid or in rows. (Picture 5.)
- The view displays completed assignments (Completion), course average for all students (Class average), time spent in MyCourses (Time spent) and grades for your assignments.
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Grades-view displays additional information by courses (Picture 6.)
- When the course started (Course start date), when you enrolled to the course (Enrolled date), grade average for the assignments the teacher has set to be tracked in MyCourses (Progress), amount of completed course activities in MyCourses (Completed activities). In Activities (Activity grades) you can view assignments and completions in more detail.
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MyCourses update info