{"id":19631,"date":"2023-08-23T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=19631"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:33:10","slug":"brightspace-tip-400-my-courses-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-400-my-courses-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #400: My Courses Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"

The My Courses widget enables users to access their favorite courses by pinning them to the top of their course list. The updated sort logic in the My Courses widget is intended to better organize the courses in the widget. The updated sort logic presents both pinned and unpinned courses in the My Courses Widget, promoting the pinned courses to be displayed first in the widget.<\/p>\n

The updated sorting logic in the My Courses Widget does not auto-pin courses, and allows the end-user to pin and rearrange courses in an order that makes sense to them. The updated sort logic tries to populate the widget with up-to 12 courses, starting with the user\u2019s pinned courses, then pulling in unpinned courses by enrollment date until the widget contains 12 courses. The result is that most users get a sensible My Courses Widget with no intervention on their part, while pinning and customization is still available for the users who need it.<\/p>\n

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The Pinned tab appears in the My Courses widget when users pin courses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Pinned<\/strong> tab now appears in the My Courses widget. The \u201cPinned\u201d tab displays only the courses that a user has pinned<\/em><\/strong>, similar to the old sort logic. The Pinned tab allows learners and instructors to create a curated view of their pinned courses. Clicking on the push pin to the right of the course name in the Course Selector will pin\/unpin the course.<\/p>\n

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Pin\/unpin courses from the course selector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pinned tab appears in the widget only after a user pins a course in the Course Selector. The tab remains in view until all courses are unpinned. The My Courses widget remembers the last viewed tab and shows that same tab the next time the homepage is viewed. This makes it easy for instructors and learners who only wish to view pinned courses to see those courses upon login.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The Pinned tab only appears when a user has one or more course pinned \u2013 tabs are not displayed to the user that contain 0 courses.<\/p>\n

The View All Courses<\/strong> navigation drills down into the courses by showing manually pinned courses, followed by current enrollments, then future enrollments (if available and visible to the user), then past enrollments (if available or visible to the user) as the default sort. If the user changes the sort order, the filter does not separate pinned courses from other courses based on sort order, filters, and search terms.<\/p>\n

Want more information?<\/h2>\n

About the My Courses Widget<\/a><\/p>\n

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Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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