Getting started for instructors
Getting started for instructors McGill University
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Getting started for instructors
Step 1: Verify your web browser
To use myCourses successfully, you will need to ensure that your web browser is configured appropriately. Please use the integrated Web Browser Checker to verify that your browser is valid. For each category, you need a green checkmark. If you get a red cross, follow the instructions in the category to change its setting.
We are currently running Blackboard Vista 8.0.2. For specific browser and operating system recommendations on this release, please see the Browser Tune-Up Page from Blackboard Inc.
Step 2: Sign in to myCourses and verify your courses for the upcoming term
At the top left of the myCourses homepage, click on Sign in. In the pop-up window, enter your:
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McGill ID number (9 digits)
(example: 260999999) - Minerva password (6 characters)
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McGill Username - Your McGill email
(example: john.smith@mcgill.ca) - McGill Password - Email password (8 characters)
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Note: The ID and password are the same as for signing in to Minerva.
Once signed in, click on the myCourses link under 'Go to myCourses' on the right to enter the system.
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Certificate pop-up (click to enlarge)
The first time you enter myCourses, you may see pop up windows similar to the one on the right. For each window, click the "Always trust content from this publisher" checkbox and then click Run.
Are you having trouble signing in?
If you are having trouble signing into WebCT, contact ICS
Service Desk.
Step 3: Decide to copy your course content and structure or to start building a new one
You are now able to copy your course content and structure from term to term inside myCourses. The first time you access a course, you will be able to choose if you would like to start from a template, from a blank section, or copy content from another course section in myCourses. For instructions, please see the following:
- Overview - Setting up course sections for a new term
- Start from a blank course.
- Copy content from another course.
Step 4: Recommended - Sign up for myCourses workshops
For course descriptions, schedules, and links to registration, click on Workshops.
At any time, you may consult the Index of documentation for instructors using myCourses, which is organized by topics such as "Content", "Group Activities", "Assignments", and so on.
