New CourseWorks is based on Sakai, an open-source learning management system (LMS) and the successor to CourseWorks/Prometheus. A four-semester phase out of the original CourseWorks began in the fall 2011.

Faculty and instructors can use New CourseWorks to:

• Inform students about the classroom location, meeting time, and instructors' contact information
• Present the course introduction and overview
• Add and edit basic course information such as a weekly syllabus and reading lists
• Facilitate online discussions
• Disseminate documents, assignments and short readings to the class
• Present film clips, slides, maps, animations or audio clips.
• Provide links to online library resources including library reserves, reference tools and electronic books.