New design, better navigation, fun times.
The syllabus page is the lynchpin of any GMAT course. It’s where you land after logging in, and it’s where you manage all the information you need to get the most out of class: homework, assessment tests, practice tests, live class, office hours. It’s the bread to your butter. The moon over your hammy. Well, you get the point.
We’ve just wrapped up an effort to make the syllabus experience a more student-centered one, and we hope you’ll find that it makes navigating your course that much easier.
Here are some of the highlights:
Macro, micro, and task-based views
Think of the syllabus as your course dashboard. Off to the right, you can see a 3-month view of your milestones in the class (including your test date). You’ve also got persistent leaderboards telling you when your next class or office hours are. When it’s time for class, you’ll find a clear and easy button to enter. Office hours in particular are a big improvement (and we have plans for better updates in the future). We’ve tagged the office hours archives with their content and teacher names so you can find the material that’s meaningful to you; just pop open the window from the office hours module.
New, easy-to-follow status indicators.
Status indicators for session and work completion
The new syllabus marks missed classes so you can quickly note any lesson gaps you need to fill. If you miss a class, it will be marked with a red exclamation point until you can make it up by watching it on demand. You’ll get a yellow exclamation point when you haven’t completed your core coursework for that session, and a green mark if you’ve completed all core work.
The task pane: a round-up of your classwork.
An action-oriented task pane
This pane suggests work to be done before and after each session. It also indicates the status of that work: un-started, in-progress, or complete. Finally, ‘extra practice’ is a separate, not-required work queue for… well, you guessed: extra practice.
Overview and Session Detail
The overview provides a high-level outline of your course: lesson subjects, live class dates, and insight into when you should take a practice GMAT. The session detail view is one long scrollable panel you can easily peruse, though we’ve bookmarked it to your current session for convenience. When you load the syllabus page, it will focus on your current session first.
Straightforward calendar export.
Export your syllabus to your own calendar
This is actually an existing feature, but it had been previously hidden behind a small icon on the home page. Now you can find it easily so you’ll never miss a class.
Session study materials
This section provides a new warm, cozy home for course-related content — including your class notes.
At-a-glance embedded scores.
Embedded scores
These are in the syllabus for completed work so you can see exactly how you’re faring in your practice.
That’s the round-up! For current students, we’ll offer a choice to try the new format or stay with the current version. Check out the updates, and take some time to look around. We hope you like the improvements as much as we do! Please drop us a line to let us know what you think.
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Brian Fitzgerald is the Vice President of Product Development at Knewton.
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