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Welcome to CourseMill administration

Learn what you need to use CourseMill and where to find each administration task.

CourseMill is a Web-based framework for managing and delivering online courses. This article introduces administrator responsibilities, what you need to use CourseMill, and where to find each administration task.

Administrator responsibilities include managing organizations, managing users within organizations, and managing the CourseMill application. The tasks that you can complete vary based on the privileges configured by the main administrator, known throughout as the global administrator.

What's new

Here are the latest CourseMill release notes.

What you need

To use CourseMill, you need:

  • A PC or Macintosh® that is connected to the Internet (broadband recommended)
  • An Internet browser. CourseMill works best with Google Chrome®, but also supports Microsoft® Edge®, Mozilla Firefox®, and Apple Safari.
  • Minimum 2 GB RAM

Optionally, students can use smartphones and Web-enabled mobile devices to access courses that are mobile-enabled and monitor their progress.

Where to start

Beginning users should start with these articles to get the most out of their CourseMill experience:

Administrators should start with these articles for more advanced CourseMill featuresL
  • Managing administrators – View the list of administrator IDs, add and remove administrator IDs, edit administrator information.
  • Managing organizations – View organization details, add, edit, and delete organizations, and manage locations, resources, notifications and Activation Codes.
  • Managing curriculums – View the curriculum list, add, view, and delete curriculums, add, remove, and assign courses, and manage curriculum notifications.
  • Managing courses – View the course list, add and remove courses and sessions, view and edit course details, manage course instructors, course content, course resources and course discounts, and view course gradebooks and class rosters.
  • Managing user access – View the user list, add and delete users, view and edit user details, import and export user data, and manage course reporters and approval requests.
  • Communicating with users – Learn how to communicate with users using email and the discussion board.
  • Generating reports – Generate status reports and interaction reports.
  • Managing system properties – View, add, update, and delete system properties.
  • Managing scheduled tasks – Run tasks automatically in the background at regularly scheduled intervals.
  • Using the Logged-In Users list – Global administrators can view the list of users that are currently logged in. Learn how to use the list to log users off the system, send messages, and temporarily restrict access to the system.
  • Appendix – Contains additional information that you will find helpful.

Getting help

To access the Help, click the Help link where available.

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