http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/
New CourseWorks for P&S MCY Clerkships and Selectives
Access
Mailtool
Your New Courseworks sites can be found at http://
newcourseworks.columbia.edu. Log in with your
Columbia University UNI and password.
In addition to sending email to site members, you can
email persons who are not members of your site by adding
additional email addresses in the Other Recipients field.
Membership
Tip: Always put a subject in the subject line. If there’s
no subject, email messages will not be sent and
unfortunately there’s no error message.
Anyone with a Columbia UNI can be a member of a Sakai
CourseWorks site. Add new students and instructors in
Site Settings > Add Participants. It is recommended that
you get UNIs for any non-CU preceptors who should
have regular access to your course site.
Manage Groups
The Group tool should be used to organize students
by rotation, site, etc. Create groups in Site Settings >
Manage Groups. Look for the Display to selected groups
option in the Calendar and Announcement tools.
The group feature works with the following tools:
• Announcements: Release announcements to
specific groups
• Assignments: Create assignments for a group
• Mailtool: Send targeted email messages to a group
• Resources: Restrict access to files and folders by
group
• Calendar: Create Calendar events that are only
visible to specific groups
Announcements
This tool is recommended for sending messages to
students.
Announcements are displayed on the homepage and
there’s a log of all announcements. They can also be
sent as email messages. Select High - All participants
in the email notification option. All participants means
everyone selected to receive the announcement. The
default is no email notification.
Announcements can be resent to the same persons or
to other groups. Edit the announcement, save changes,
and it will be updated. If you choose email notification, it
will be resent as an email as well.
Calendar
Create individual and recurring events. Files and web
links can be added to events.
Files and Resources
Keep your course content organized in folders. It will
be easier for you and your students to find resources
later. Make folders for specific content such as Lectures,
Forms, Schedules etc.
Migrating Content from Previous New Courseworks
Sites
• Go to the new site
• Turn on the desired site tools: Site Settings>Edit Tools
• Start import: Site Settings>Import from site
• Select last year’s course from the list, click continue
• Select the tools you want to import, click finish
Turn on other tools in Site Settings > Edit Tools.
Getting Support
The CCNMTL’s Courseworks Knowledge Base is
available
at
http://support.ccnmtl.columbia.edu.
Here you will find our Quickstart Guides, FAQs and
walkthroughs for common tasks.
For further assistance, please contact the Educational
Technologist assigned to your clerkship or selective.
Michelle V. Hall
mhall@columbia.edu
646-772-8612
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Anesthesiology
Clinical Practice III
Medicine
Neurology
Pediatrics
Primary Care
Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Phys. Med. & Rehab
Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Steve Welsh
steve.welsh@columbia.edu
212-854-0199
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Neurosurgery
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Psychiatry
Urology
Dermatology
Pathology