Request a New Course Section AY 2023/24

This guide walks through the process of putting in a new course section request in MyPathway.

Step 1. Log into your MyPathway account at mypathway.wested.org, and click the Request a new course button.

Note: Only use this process to request an actual live course section for instruction. Please see the sandbox request page for testing, local trainings, etc.

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Step 2. Complete the fields as necessary.

  • Context: If you are a member of more than one context, select the context to which the course section applies from the drop-down.
  • Template: Select the appropriate course template for the course section you are teaching. Note: The same course template is used regardless of course modality; that is, if you are teaching a Quantway Core course fully-online, hybrid, or face-to-face, you'd select the Quantway Core template. Course configuration specific to modality is done in the courseware platform.
  • Name: Input a name for the course section. Please title the course in a way that will make sense to you and your students, as per your institution's norms.
  • Owner: Make sure you are the selected as the primary instructor.
  • First class date: Enter the first day your section will meet.
  • Last class date: Enter the last day your section will meet.
  • Time zone: select the appropriate time zone.
  • Delivery method: select LTI or MyPathway. Selecting LTI means that your course section will be configured to be delivered via your institution's Learning Management System (LMS). Selecting MyPathway means your course section will be configured to be delivered via the MyPathway site.

The LTI option will only be available for institutions that have had the MyPathway tool authorized as an external tool provider. If this has not been granted at your institution and you'd like it to be, please reach our to MyPathway Support at mypathway-help@wested.org. We will need to work with your LMS administrator(s) to add the tool to your LMS. If you have both LTI and MyPathway options available here, but are unsure what to select, please consult with your Facilitator.

When done, click the Create Section button.

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Step 3. The next series of pages will display questions that aim to generate data related to your course implementation.

Face-to-face = you will conduct collaborations in class;

Virtual = collaborations will be conducted online;

Hybrid = some collaborations will be in class, some will be online.

For each page, click the Submit responses and continue button.

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After answering all necessary items, you'll be taken back to your MyPathway homepage. After a few moments, refresh the page and you should see your course section populated beneath Your active courses with the status active. This indicates that the course is fully provisioned.

If your course is being delivered directly via MyPathway, you can click Launch to be taken to the Course activities page. Here, you can launch into course units, and configure visibility/open/close dates for course items.

If your course is being delivered LTI via your LMS, you can now go to your LMS class space and go through the course and unit linking process. You can find course and unit linking documentation under the Resources tab in MyPathway.

Note: LTI links cannot be copied or re-used over academic years. If you are creating a fall course, do not copy an LMS class from a previous term and do not use LTI links from a previous term. This is because for each new academic year, new versions of the course templates are released, and these templates use LTI links specific to that academic year. 

If you encounter any issues, or have any questions, please reach out to MyPathway Support at mypathway-help@wested.org.