Many of you are aware that course access to old sections, from previous semesters, can be disabled. It is likely that many of you are turning off that access in the My Edison State Portal by turning your “Edit” button back to “Luminis” (see the following tutorial - http://training.edison.edu/webct/ce6/nextsemester/enable_portal_sections.pdf). However, it may or may not be new knowledge that this is not enough to keep students from potentially accessing old courses, or confusing them with current courses or even upcoming courses that you may not want students to see yet. This occurs because of the fact that faculty AND students have access to the “My CE6 Home” Link located in the upper right hand side of any CE6 course. See below:
Students can use the My CE6 Home link to get to a “Course List” and either access courses in which they are registered for next semester (which may or may not be ready for student access), and/or access any old classes they have taken (even though have been disabled through the My Edison State Portal). This e-mail is a reminder to use a new method to disable access to a CE6 section entirely during selected periods. Please keep and bookmark/make a favorite of this tutorial link:
http://training.edison.edu/webct/ce6/nextsemester/turning_off_student_course_access.pdf
Pay particular attention to the setting “Not available before section begins/after section ends” from the tutorial linked above. The benefits of doing so:
1. By setting CE6 student access settings, the course will automatically enable or disable depending on which setting you choose (“before section begins”, “after section ends”, or “before section begins/after section ends”). This is regardless of the Portal Edit button setting (“WebCT” or “Luminis”). The Portal edit button can then be turned to “WebCT”, but the CE6 settings govern when the students have access.
2. The course listing will not be available or even viewable at all from “My CE6 Home” course list for the access period that you have chosen (“before section begins”, “after section ends”, or “before section begins/after section ends”). Students have been desiring for these old course listings to disappear. This is one sure way to make sure they do disappear from the Student’s course list.
3. If you need to provide access for students with incompletes in your class, contact us to help you make the necessary settings.
Please call us here at Edison Online with any questions. This setting can increase the quality of the CE6 overall experience for you and your students!
