{"id":3071,"date":"2018-01-18T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2018-01-18T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:03:56","slug":"new-and-improved-mylesley-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2018\/01\/18\/new-and-improved-mylesley-features\/","title":{"rendered":"New and Improved myLesley Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

The myLesley upgrade brought with it several new and improved features designed to enhance the teaching and learning experience. These features are designed to save you time, improve efficiency and easy of use, provide a much improved mobile experience, improve accessibility of your content and Blackboard functionality, and enhance assessments and grade capabilities.<\/p>\n

Discussion Board “Replies to Me”<\/strong>
\nA new count and filter identifies unread replies to your Discussion Board posts, allowing you to quickly and easily keep up with large Discussion forums.<\/p>\n

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Drag and Drop Files<\/strong>
\nEasily drag and drop files from your computer to the hot spot in the Attach Files area to upload them. Students can also drag and drop files to upload their assignments.<\/p>\n

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Collaborate Ultra Available in Groups<\/strong>
\nYou now have the ability to allow Collaborate Ultra webinar sessions to Groups <\/em>pages. If allowed, students can meet online, share content and use the whiteboard, as well as record their online meetings. For more information see Group Tools<\/a> or Blackboard Collaborate Ultra: Getting Started<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Improved Mobile Device Navigation\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe new myLesley theme includes navigation improvements for both the system and course menus. When you access myLesley on your mobile device, the navigation appears a hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) for persistent access from screen to screen. Within a course, the menu opens and closes more easily with fixed location action.<\/p>\n

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More Responsive Blogs and Journals<\/strong>
\nBlogs and Journals have been better optimized for use on mobile devices. Posts and comments will render on smaller devices and options for filtering posts or navigating groups or users will appear below currently viewed posts.<\/p>\n

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New Inline Grading Tool<\/strong>
\nThe new inline grading tool, New Box View, is now available in myLesley. This streamlined grading tool accepts more file types. For more information see Grading myLesley Assignments<\/a> or view the tutorial video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n