Learn Core & Security
Course Access user experience improvements – 3900.112
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Page: Course Settings, Managing Course Terms and Access
We have improved the user interface for managing course access for users. We have clarified the labels for hiding a course listing on the instructor view of the Courses page. We have also clarified the functionality of Course Status within Course Settings. No changes have been made to the underlying functionality of course access. These improvements make it easier for instructors to manage course visibility and access for users.
Instructors
Course Settings page
In Course Settings, the previous toggle switch for opening or closing a course has been replaced with radio buttons labeled Open and Closed. This change better indicates course status for enrolled students.
Image 1: Course Status is now controlled by radio buttons labeled Open and Closed within the Course Settings page.
Courses page
On the Courses page, the label Hide course has been changed to Hide course from me. This change clarifies that the action only hides the course from the instructor on the Courses page, not from enrolled students.
Image 2: On the Courses page for instructors, the option to hide a course within the Courses page is now labeled Hide course from me.
Once a course is hidden from instructor view on the Courses page, the dropdown menu for Filters lists Hidden from me as an option. Selecting this option makes any hidden courses appear again on the Courses page.
Image 3: When a course is hidden on the Courses page, the dropdown menu for Filters now lists Hidden from me as an option.
Administrator
Availability: This feature is available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.