MyAccountingLab®, the leading accounting technology, is about to get even better!  On June 27th 2010, MyAccountingLab will be updated with the new features that you have been asking for!  Read below to learn about the new features and the release details. This new release is filled with easy-to-use features that give students more "I Get It" moments, while providing you more options and flexibility for your course!

Mark Your Calendars

To add these new features, we have scheduled a release starting on: Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Estimated downtime: Saturday, June 26, 12:01 AM to Sunday, June 27, 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time 05:01 26 June to 04:59 28 June BST (GMT +1)

The actual downtime may be shorter. Please do not schedule any tests or other assignments during this time. MyAccountingLab courses will be temporarily unavailable during the upgrade.

Note: CourseCompass will also be unavailable during this upgrade. Engineers will make improvements to ensure consistent and reliable system performance and availability. More information will be announced on the CourseCompass website as we get closer to the release date.

New Features

• Freeze Correct Answers
• When choosing the settings in homework, instructors now have the option to freeze the correct answers, so that after each try, the student will only have to edit what they have answered incorrectly.
• New “Dashboard” Display for Students
• A new home page – based on the current Announcements page – uses simple bar charts, an improved calendar, and other visual motivators to let students know their current grade performance in the course, how much work they still need to complete, and when their upcoming assignments are due. Instructors decide to show or hide depending on their preferences.
• Automated Late Due Date Grading
• Allow students to submit homework past the due date by setting a penalty for late submissions. Deductions can be applied in points or percentages and per day from the final score. Instructors can specify a final submission date, beyond which assignments can no longer be submitted. Assignments submitted late with a penalty will be clearly marked in the Gradebook.

MyAccountingLab®, the leading accounting technology, is even better! On December 29, 2009, MyAccountingLab was updated with the new features that you have been asking for! This includes the ability to set the number of tries per part, to have homework factor into the Study Plan, to hide the Study Plan altogether, and for Coordinators the ability to see results from all their member courses at once.

New Features

• Ability to Adjust Number of Tries within Questions
  
• Instructors can now choose the number of times students can work each answer field within a question, changing the default of three tries to any number between 1 and 99. They do this either at the question level from the Preview & Add or Remove window or at the assignment level from View Question Details.
  
  
• Homework Affects Mastery in Study Plan
  
• Instructors now have the option to allow Homework to affect the Study Plan. In addition, they can control which assignment types affect the Study Plan and determine mastery. On the Mastery Options page in the Study Plan Manager, they can include Homework, exclude Sample Tests or Quizzes, and specify the percentage score needed for mastery in each assignment type.
  
  
• Ability to Hide the Study Plan
  
• Instructors who do not use the Study Plan in their course now have the option of hiding it completely (the button is not shown). Other instructors may choose to hide the Study Plan until after students have taken a test or completed an assignment; both options can be found on the Select Coverage page in the Study Plan Manager.
  
  

On August 28, 2009, the MyAccountingLab^® release included updates to make it easier to create assignments by adding a new filter, informative tooltips, and the ability to add tips to individual questions. This patch release gives students more “I Get It” moments, while providing you with more options and flexibility for your course!

New Features

• Instructions for Individual Questions
  
• While creating assignments, instructors can add instructions to individual questions, giving students tips or reminders on how to work a particular question.
  
  
• Additional Assignment Manager Filter
  
• When selecting questions for assignments, instructors can use a filter to show only questions that are in the Study Plan.
  
  
• Informative Tooltips for Questions
  
• Instructors viewing the list of questions in the Assignment Manager can now see tooltips showing the question name and learning objective.
  
  

The newly designed MyAccountingLab.com was released at then end of July 2009. The updated MyAccountingLab web site incorporates a cleaner design that allows new and existing users to easily navigate and find what they are looking for.

What is available with this new design?

On June 27, 2009, MyAccountingLab was updated with the new features that you have been asking for! Read below to learn about the new features and the release details. This new release gives students more “I Get It” moments, while providing you more options and flexibility for your course!

New Features

• Assignable Media Learning Aids
• You can now assign media learning aids within MyAccountingLab, including videos, Demo Docs, PowerPoints or ebook. These media assignments can be used as prerequisites for other assignments or as stand-alone assignments for a grade.
• Customizable Study Plan
• You can now customize the Study Plan to fit your students’ needs. Simply select the objectives and questions that students need to work and set the percentage level that constitutes the mastery of a topic. Students who successfully complete "Needs Study" questions will see a new icon that reminds them to retest to prove their mastery.
• Ability to Rename the "Other" Category
• You can now rename the "Other" category in the Gradebook allowing you more flexibility in your column headings.

On March 19, 2009, Microsoft made Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) part of its update system. We are working to make MyAccountingLab® compatible with IE 8, and in the meantime it will work using the Compatibility View option You will not need to take any action to enable this.

Check out a demo of the many new features released this past December for MyAccountingLab and more.

The December 2008 release of MyAccountingLab™ included a new player providing support for Macintosh® and Windows® platforms. The new player adds to previously released features like auto-graded problems and interactive Help Me Solve This questions, and more.

After this past December 23 ^rd , a new MyAccountingLab Player was released that adds to previously released features like auto-graded problems and interactive Help Me Solve This questions, with:

The July 2008 release of MyAccountingLab™ updated the homework and test player and added a number of enhancements designed to make teaching with MyAccountingLab even easier. These updates included an enhanced email capability to send customized messages to students who need help the most, a streamlined process for importing assignments, and more.

The updated MyAccountingLab™ Player (4.6.4.0) was released successfully 07/27/08 as scheduled. Highlights of the release included:

The December 2007 release of MyAccountingLab™ included a new player with support for future course, answering, and grading improvements, Instructor Resources now in every course right where you need it, advanced gradebook exports, and more.

The updated MyAccountingLab™ Player (4.5.0.3) was released successfully 12/23/07 as scheduled. Highlights of the release included: