The old course edit screen was so much more intuitive. The new UI requires so many more clicks to perform simple tasks. The overview is confusing. The grading tab only pertains to standard grading. There’s now a separate tab for assessment grading and "Print on Report Card" and "Print on Transcript" aren't on either of the 2 grading screens, but rather live on the "Details" tab, along with the GPA, credit and transcript category settings.
Department is required, regardless of whether or not your school level is set to organize by department or grade level. The department picker is no longer a simple check box field where you can select multiple departments. It’s a search feature and you need to know the exact department title or “view all” which is just more clicks. There's no option to "Add New" if the department doesn't exist.
The ellipsis doesn't have an "edit course" option, just like all of the other ellipsis do throughout the system, so that's a minor inconsistency. But it gets me every time.
There are now so many different tiles that you need to edit in order to make simple changes. Prior to the update, you could make all changes in any tab in a single edit click and save with a single Save click. There are now 16 different edit options per course. Add that to all of the clicks needed to find your way around, since again, the interface just is not intuitive.
I strongly agree. This is a step backwards.
I agree with Kristen that the new interface is a serious setback to what Course Editor was before! I used to be able to edit classes in a single department, and be able to scroll easily from one course to the next. Not only is that functionality gone, but I have to re-select my filters after each and every class I view or edit. With so much data to be entered for courses, I really miss a simple data entry worksheet that lets you see and edit ALL the data for the class on one screen instead of having to click into all of the separate tiles.