eCourse

An eCourse is an eCollege AU+ course shell used for teaching online.

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Architecture - eCollege AU+ ensures a flexible, usable and supportive teaching and learning environment.

• CourseFlex Navigation SM - Gives you the option of organizing your course the way you want: by sequential unit (e.g. week 1,2,3, etc.); feature/category (e.g. threaded discussions, readings, exams, etc.); or a combination of both.

Activity - eCollege AU+ provides maximum personalized interaction between you and your students.

• Threaded Discussions - Provides the most advanced discussion tools available, allowing students and faculty to read an entire discussion on one page, as well as email directly from a thread.
• Gradebook - Synchronizes student submissions in one easy-to-use location.
• Gradebook Calculator SM - Calculates grades based on possible points and assigns a "grade to date" for each student.
• User Activity - Lets you view, to the minute, how much time each student has spent in each area of the course.
• DropBox - Serves as the central student submission area organized by assignment, and integrates with the Gradebook.
• Document Sharing - Allows students and instructors to post documents for the entire class or for specific groups of students.
• ClassLive SM - Provides a synchronous suite of tools, including extensive mathematic capabilities such as graphing and equation toolbars, to facilitate live problem solving, as well as application sharing.
• Webliography SM - A resource of Web links posted to the course by both instructor and student.
• Journal - Allows students to keep an online journal that can be shared with the instructor or kept private.

Authoring - eCollege AU+ makes building your course easy and flexible.

• Visual Editor - Allows for robust online editing and original content creation without using HTML code.
• Equation Builder - Offers an easy-to-use symbol palette for creating and editing complicated math and science equations. eCollege is the only courseware provider to offer this technology automatically to all faculty without plug-ins or integration requirements.
• Content Connector SM - Links together any specified areas of the course to allow for directed self-gating, remediating and exam feedback references.
• Exam Builder Plus SM - Enhances exam functionality with features such as kick-out options, password protection and time-specific scheduler.
• Microsoft Upload Tools - Automatically uploads and converts Microsoft Office® documents to HTML for online course display.

Administration - eCollege AU+ promotes ease of use and superior functionality.

• Style Manager SM - Gives you the ability to customize the look and feel of your course.
• Group Manager - Automatically generates an email alias, chat room and Document Sharing area for each group.
• Announcements - Allows you to post messages for your students to see when they log into the course.
• What's New - Tells you which students posted work and where since the last time you logged on.
• Course Scheduler SM - The centralized scheduling point for start/end access dates of course content and activities.
• Coursework - Provides an overview of all units and content items as well as assigned due dates.
• Calendar - Offers an integrated and downloadable calendar that displays course, as well as personal, events.
• Syllabus Builder - Utilizes templates for common syllabus items, and allows you to upload your own.

Accessibility - All eCollege AU+ applications and support services have achieved unprecedented levels of accessibility and usability for blind, deaf and mobility-impaired faculty and students. eCollege has exceeded standards set forth by Section 508, the U.S. Federal Accessibility Standard for electronic and information technology.

AU+ CMS for Full Online, On-Campus, and Blended Solutions: eCollege AU+ CMS is offered for full online distance course delivery as eCourse SM , a course supplement to fully face-to-face courses held on campus as eCompanion SM , and to support courses offered in a hybrid fashion of face-to-face teaching blended with distance.