Course Email Setting
Instructors can change the email address to which Ask My Instructor messages are sent. This email address will also be used when instructors email students from the Gradebook, in both the "From:" line and the new "cc:" line, which enables instructors to retain a record of what they have sent.

Custom Exercises Import
When instructors upgrade to a new edition, they will now be able to import custom exercises along with publisher-provided exercises. The custom exercises will be called out in the email summary to instructors, allowing them to associate the custom exercises to the new edition.

Advanced Exports in Blackboard and Vista/CE (WebCT) formats
Instructors working in Blackboard or Vista/CE (WebCT) will be able to specify the spreadsheet layout for Advanced Exports so that the files can be easily imported into the Blackboard or WebCT gradebooks with no further manipulation needed.

Current Course Time Display
In addition to existing time zone notices, instructors will see explicit verification of their current course time on the Create Assignment > Choose Settings page and on the Course Settings Summary page.

The following new features were added to MyEconLab^® in July 2007.

Question Pooling
When creating tests or quizzes, instructors can select a "pool" of exercises from which one question is drawn. For example, an instructor could select five exercises to create the pool for question 1 on a test. Each student answering question 1 will see one of the five pooled exercises, randomly chosen. Because the values in most exercises are also regenerated each time an exercise is viewed, exercise pools significantly reduce the likelihood that two students will see the same question and values.

Enhanced Econ Exercise Builder

	Edit publisher exercises Many of the publisher questions are available to be copied and edited so you can assign the exact question you want.
	Author essay questions (Essay questions are manually graded by instructor and can only be assigned to tests and or quizzes)
	Author algorithmic questions
	Embed Web links into questions

Upload Student IDs to Gradebook
Instructors can upload student IDs or another identifier unique to their institutions to their gradebook via the Edit Roster page. Once uploaded, the student IDs will appear in the gradebook as well as in exports of student results, thereby ensuring an exact match with the institution's learning management system.

Advanced Gradebook Exports
Instructors have many new options when exporting student data from the gradebook. These options include exporting results from all categories at once and exporting scores as points rather than percentages. Instructors can also export Study Plan results, time spent (for individual assignments as well as a total for all assignments), date worked, last login date, and weighted average of selected assignments. Because advanced exports may take time to generate, these exports are prepared in the order submitted, and instructors will receive email notification when the exports can be retrieved.

Drop Lowest Scores
Instructors can choose to drop up to the five lowest scores in each assignment category (homework, tests, quizzes, other). These dropped scores appear grayed out with the label "low score" in the instructor's gradebook and the student's results page. Lowest scores are based on student results at the time the scores are dropped.

Change Scores
From the gradebook, instructors can modify student scores based on assignment due dates. They can either add or subtract points or increase or decrease the score by a percentage. Names of students who turned in assignments past the due date appear in red on this page, and scores changed this way are marked with asterisks.

Item Analysis for Individual Students
Instructors can see at a glance how a student performed on an individual assignment by clicking that assignment's score in the gradebook or choosing Item Analysis from the Action drop-down menu on a student's results page. Student-level item analysis now includes the number of attempts a student made on each question (for homework) as well as the question order (for tests or quizzes). This data can be easily exported.