Teacher’s Handbook
This handbook contains practical information for a teacher on teaching at Aalto University.
MyCourses digital learning environment
MyCourses is the learning environment for Aalto University courses. With MyCourses, teachers can share course material, resources and other content. A teacher can set up and grade assignments, quizzes and workshops. MyCourses also provides tools for collaboration and interaction with students.
Key features
- You can communicate with course participants.
- You can share course material, resources, links and other content.
- You can set up and grade assignments, receive submissions and track completion progress.
- You can manage groups and facilitate discussions.
- You can organise remote exam and quizzes with assessment tools.
- You can operate Zoom, Teams, Panopto and Turnitin on MyCourses.
Important links
Q&A on MyCourses
MyCourses interface https://mycourses.aalto.fi
You will need an Aalto ID for logging into MyCourses.
MyCourses workspaces are automatically generated based on student information system Sisu information. Workspaces are created only at night, so new courses created on Sisu will not have workspace in MyCourses until the following day.
Students get access to the workspace after after their registrations are approved.
At Aalto University, these two systems are integrated together. The Sisu page is automatically created for each course confirmed in the curriculum.
MyCourses workspaces are automatically created based on the Sisu information of each course.
When the students have registered for the course in Sisu and the teacher has confirmed the registrations, then the student information is automatically transferred from Sisu to MyCourses.
Read more:
Sisu and MyCourses, the core systems and their connections | Aalto University
Course space will be available to teachers and students for two academic years. After that, the space will be removed from the system. There is no need for teachers to clean or delete any content from a course space unless there is content that needs to be removed sooner.
Yes, you can use a personal workspace to advise or supervise theses. Order the personal workspace by filling form on this page.
More info: Thesis supervision workspace in MyCourses - Aalto University Wiki
Yes, there are couple of options:
1: You can request for a sandbox workspace for yourself and start exploring the activities.
Send a request: MyTeaching support
If you already have a sandbox that is created earlier, e.g., trainings or orientation, you will find it in MyCourses>My own courses listing.
2: Get to know how MyCourses works through MyCourses Basics self-study course.
https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=42245
Teaching and learning
A landing page for teachers to help them find services and support related to teaching and learning.
This service is provided by:
Learning Services
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