Course Settings - Course News

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Setting the Course News

Course News appears as a series of icons next to the heading, News on the myWebCT screen. It notifies users:

  • of content additions to Assignments, Calendar, Discussions, Mail, My Grades, Quiz and Survey.
  • when quizzes, surveys, and assignments must be submitted within the next 48 hours.
  • when assignments are late but can still be submitted.

You can select how each tool's Course News is displayed.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
  2. Under Customize Course News, click Customize course news. The Customize Course News screen appears.
  3. Select how you would like each tool's Course News to display on the users' myWebCT. From the drop-down list, select from:
    • Do not display
    • Display with link
    • Display without link
  4. Click Update. The Course Settings screen appears.