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DESCRIPTION:The myCourses system will be completely unavailable due to a sy
 stem upgrade on Friday\, July 26\, 2013 from midnight to 5:00 PM.\nFor ins
 tructors using myCourses this summer\, please ensure you do not schedule a
 ny assignments or quizzes for your students to complete for that day.\nWha
 t does the upgrade mean for instructors and students?\nThe upgrade will br
 ing an updated interface\, as well as multiple improvements and new featur
 es that instructors and students have requested. These include the ability
  to allow students to submit assignments late and permitting “drag and dro
 p” uploading functionality. A comprehensive list of changes and improvemen
 ts to the system is available on the LMS website.\nWhen can instructors be
 gin accessing Fall 2013 course shells?\nFollowing the upgrade\, course she
 lls for all Fall 2013 courses\, including cross-listed ones\, will be avai
 lable on Monday\, July 29. We fully understand the burden the late release
  of these courses places on some instructors. However\, providing you with
  course shells in the current version would require more work on your part
  post upgrade\, and some new elements would not get transferred.\nOn-going
  support for instructors and students\nSpecial weekend support on July 27 
 and 28 – Support services will be available during the first weekend follo
 wing the upgrade. Instructors and students who need help should submit thi
 s web form or send an email to ITsupport [at] mcgill.ca.\nWorkshop or webi
 nar on demand – Training for instructors covers the essentials you need to
  know to adapt to the new interface and learn about new tool options. If y
 ou would like to schedule a session for your unit/department\, please send
  a request to ITsupport [at] mcgill.ca. Sessions can be scheduled as early
  as July 22\, 2013.\nVideo overview – A short video introduction to the ne
 w interface and new tool options will be available soon. Look for this lin
 k and all updates on myCourses on the LMS website. \nAdditional videos are
  in development and the IT Knowledge Base articles are being revised. All 
 the training materials will be online the week prior to the upgrade. Final
 ly\, a new feature in this new version is that you will be able to access 
 contextual help from within the myCourses tools.\nAs always\, your questio
 ns are welcomed at ITsupport [at] mcgill.ca
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SUMMARY:myCourses unavailable on Friday\, July 26\, from midnight to 5pm du
 ring system upgrade
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