2.  New website-like design with the information and tool options in the center of the screen.  Most of the icons have been removed from the system or text has been added to them to make the tool action clearer.  New Feature: Notifications  You can receive notices from the system on various things that happen in your classes – Due dates, Grades, Discussion messages, and News.

5.  New Layout:  All the widgets have moved to the center.  Background Design:  A picture of Swenson Hall is now the image behind the widgets.  Navigation Bars:  Minibar – has links to My Home, your courses, email, alerts, personal settings, and Logout.  Navigation Bar - has a Resources dropdown menu with links to programs and help guides.

6. The “Select a Course” dropdown menu and pinning important courses to the top

7. Resources dropdown menu and Logout location

9.  New Layout:  All the widgets have moved to the center like on the My Home screen.  Navigation Bars:  Minibar – has links to My Home, your courses, email, alerts, personal settings, and Logout.  Course Navigation Bar – now has three tool dropdown menus to free up space.  New Calendar Widget  News dropdown menu:  Go to the News Tool to see all the available news items for the class.

10. Materials, Communication, and Assessment

11.  Course Home  Materials dropdown – Content and Glossary.  Communication dropdown – Chat, Classlist, and Discussions.  Assessment dropdown – Competencies, Dropbox, Grades, Quizzes, and Surveys.

14.  The main Content area is now within a smaller website-like screen, with the background image showing on the sides.  New Print link in the upper right corner  When you select a topic to view, there is a More Actions dropdown menu to Submit feedback, Show/hide Map, and Open in New Window.

16.  The main Discussions area is now within a smaller website-like screen, with the background image showing on the sides.  New feature:  If your instructor requires it, you must compose a message before you are allowed to view your classmates’ messages.

19.  The main Dropbox area is now within a smaller website-like screen, with the background image showing on the sides.

22.  The main Grades area is now within a smaller website-like screen, with the background image showing on the sides.  New Print link in the upper right corner.

24.  The main Quizzes area is now within a smaller website-like screen, with the background images showing on the sides.  The Quiz Saving buttons have changed slightly.  The Quiz Submission buttons have also changed slightly.