Overview of classlists in myCourses
- Jacqueline Kort Mascort (Deactivated)
The Classlist tool in myCourses provides a list of all users in a course, including Students, Teaching Assistants and other roles. This list is automatically populated according to enrollment in Minerva, however, some students may appear under a different name in myCourses if they have set a Preferred Name.
The Classlist link is not visible to students.
You can view users' pronouns in the Classlist. They have to manually enable it in the Account Settings menu which appears after they click on their name in the top-right corner of the window.
You can quickly view groups and sections for a specific learner by going to to the Classlist tab in the Navbar. Click on the arrow next to the user name and select View groups and sections.
Students who are waitlisted in Minerva for a course are added as regular students to the course in myCourses. There is no indication in the Classlist in myCourses that these students are waitlisted; however, students are aware of this status because it appears to them in Minerva. They are added as regular students in Minerva as space becomes available for them in the course.
At the end of the course add/drop date, if there is no space available, all waitlisted students are dropped from the course in myCourses.
In this article:
Access the Classlist tool
On the Course Home page in myCourses, click Classlist on your Navigation Bar.
Actions
Add Participants: Allows you to enroll existing myCourses users in your course who are not registered in Minerva. See Add students and change roles in myCourses for more information.
Class Engagement: Shows a student's current grade, when they last visited your course, and their activity in the Discussions tool.
Enrolment Statistics: Shows a summary of how many users have enrolled or withdrawn from the course. Also shows a list of students who have withdrawn.
Email Classlist: Allows you to email your entire class (or all users shown on the selected Classlist tab).
Print, settings and help
Buttons are found in the top-right corner of the Classlist page.
Print: Prints the Classlist page.
Help: Access links to Classlist instructions (e.g. adding users, viewing progress).
Classlist tabs
The tabs along the top of the Classlist page allow you to show only users with a specific roles in the list.
These include:
All: Shows all students in the classlist.
Instructors: Shows only Course Coordinators, Instructors, and Course Designers in the list.
Teaching Assistants: Shows only teaching assistants in the list.
Students: Shows only Students and Guests in the list.
View By filter
Allows you to filter the Classlist by:
User: Shows all users of the course.
Sections: If your course is crosslisted, you can select this option and select a section to view only users enrolled in that section.
Groups: If you set up Groups in your course, you can select this option and select a group to view only users enrolled in that group. See Create and manage groups in myCourses for more information.
Search for
Allows you to search for a user in your Classlist by name, username or McGill ID. Click on Show Search Options for more advanced search options.
Actions for selected users in the list
Select the checkbox beside one or more users and click the following:
Email: Opens a pop-up window to send an email message to the selected users. You can also click a user's name to send an email to a single student.
Print Opens a pop-up window for a printout that lists the selected users.
Enrolment: Allows you to change the course role of the selected user(s).
Unenroll: Allows you to remove students from your course if you manually added them.
Flag users
Click the Flag indicator to mark a user as important. The flag will turn red and the user will stay flagged until you click the flag icon again to turn it off.
Sort the classlist
Click a column heading to sort the list. You can sort by First Name, Last Name, McGill Username, McGill ID, Role and Last Accessed (to arrange your list by the last date and time users logged in to the course).
Display more users per page
Depending on the number of users added to the list, you may also see Page 1 of ? at the top of list of users. Select a higher number from the per page drop-down list in the top right corner of the page to adjust the number of users displayed on each Classlist page.
View who’s online
A green indicator will appear to the right of student's name if they are currently logged in to myCourses.
View progress, group enrolments and blogs
Click the arrow beside a user’s name and select one of the following:
View progress: Track student activity and performance, as described in Track student activity in myCourses.
View group enrolments: View which groups a user is enrolled in.
View blog: View the selected user's blog. You can only view entries the user has made public.
Use the Accommodations tool
The Accommodations tool allows you to grant students additional time for all quizzes from the Classlist. You can also permit students to right-click during quizzes. This tool provides an efficient way to address student accommodations, but it is currently limited to the Quiz tool.
Select Classlist on your course Navigation Bar.
Click the down arrow beside a student's name and select Edit Accommodations from the drop-down menu.
Enter appropriate accommodations for the student; you can opt to change the Timing or Controls of a quiz.
Click Save.
Students with quiz accommodations will have a gear icon next to their name in the Classlist.