diff --git a/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.spec.ts b/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.spec.ts
index 7470b04572c..c3c4a6f0f81 100644
--- a/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.spec.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export class MockTeacherService {
     });
   }
 
-  broadcastRunChanges() {}
-
   setTabIndex() {}
 
   checkClassroomAuthorization(): Observable<string> {
diff --git a/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.ts
index b009db92823..9ba3cf3c795 100644
--- a/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/teacher/create-run-dialog/create-run-dialog.component.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { UserService } from '../../services/user.service';
 import { ConfigService } from '../../services/config.service';
 import { ListClassroomCoursesDialogComponent } from '../list-classroom-courses-dialog/list-classroom-courses-dialog.component';
 import { TeacherRun } from '../teacher-run';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'create-run-dialog',
@@ -29,13 +30,14 @@ export class CreateRunDialogComponent {
   run: TeacherRun = null;
 
   constructor(
+    private configService: ConfigService,
+    @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: any,
     public dialog: MatDialog,
     public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<CreateRunDialogComponent>,
-    @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: any,
+    private fb: FormBuilder,
+    private router: Router,
     private teacherService: TeacherService,
-    private userService: UserService,
-    private configService: ConfigService,
-    private fb: FormBuilder
+    private userService: UserService
   ) {
     this.project = data.project;
     this.maxStudentsPerTeam = 3;
@@ -127,8 +129,10 @@ export class CreateRunDialogComponent {
       )
       .subscribe((newRun: TeacherRun) => {
         this.run = new TeacherRun(newRun);
-        this.dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe((result) => {
-          this.teacherService.broadcastRunChanges(this.run);
+        this.dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(() => {
+          this.router.navigate(['/teacher/home/schedule'], {
+            queryParams: { newRunId: newRun.id }
+          });
         });
         this.isCreated = true;
       });
diff --git a/src/app/teacher/teacher-run-list/teacher-run-list.component.ts b/src/app/teacher/teacher-run-list/teacher-run-list.component.ts
index 45816f344b4..30ffae67d3d 100644
--- a/src/app/teacher/teacher-run-list/teacher-run-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/teacher/teacher-run-list/teacher-run-list.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Inject, LOCALE_ID, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { TeacherService } from '../teacher.service';
 import { TeacherRun } from '../teacher-run';
 import { ConfigService } from '../../services/config.service';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Params, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { formatDate } from '@angular/common';
 import { Observable, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { UserService } from '../../services/user.service';
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ export class TeacherRunListComponent implements OnInit {
   subscriptions: Subscription = new Subscription();
 
   constructor(
-    private teacherService: TeacherService,
     private configService: ConfigService,
+    @Inject(LOCALE_ID) private localeID: string,
+    private route: ActivatedRoute,
     private router: Router,
-    private userService: UserService,
-    @Inject(LOCALE_ID) private localeID: string
+    private teacherService: TeacherService,
+    private userService: UserService
   ) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export class TeacherRunListComponent implements OnInit {
       .subscribe((runs: TeacherRun[]) => {
         this.setRuns(runs);
         this.processRuns();
+        this.highlightNewRunIfNecessary();
         this.loaded = true;
       });
   }
@@ -76,36 +78,11 @@ export class TeacherRunListComponent implements OnInit {
   private subscribeToRuns(): void {
     this.subscriptions.add(
       this.teacherService.runs$.subscribe((run: TeacherRun) => {
-        if (this.isNewRun(run)) {
-          this.addNewRun(run);
-        } else {
-          this.updateExistingRun(run);
-        }
+        this.updateExistingRun(run);
       })
     );
   }
 
-  private addNewRun(newRun: TeacherRun): void {
-    newRun.isHighlighted = true;
-    this.runs.unshift(newRun);
-    this.runs.sort(this.sortByStartTimeDesc);
-    this.populatePeriods();
-    this.periods.sort();
-    this.populateFilterOptions();
-    this.reset();
-    if (!this.showAll) {
-      const index = this.getRunIndex(newRun);
-      if (index > 9) {
-        this.showAll = true;
-      }
-    }
-    this.router.navigateByUrl('teacher/home/schedule').then(() => {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        document.getElementById(`run${newRun.id}`).scrollIntoView();
-      }, 1000);
-    });
-  }
-
   private updateExistingRun(updatedRun: TeacherRun): void {
     const runIndex = this.runs.findIndex((run) => run.id === updatedRun.id);
     this.runs.splice(runIndex, 1, updatedRun);
@@ -113,19 +90,6 @@ export class TeacherRunListComponent implements OnInit {
     this.reset();
   }
 
-  private isNewRun(run: TeacherRun) {
-    return !this.runs.some((existingRun) => existingRun.id === run.id);
-  }
-
-  private getRunIndex(run: TeacherRun): number {
-    for (let i = 0; i < this.runs.length; i++) {
-      if (this.runs[i].id === run.id) {
-        return i;
-      }
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
   private processRuns(): void {
     this.filteredRuns = this.runs;
     this.populatePeriods();
@@ -231,4 +195,25 @@ export class TeacherRunListComponent implements OnInit {
   isRunActive(run) {
     return run.isActive(this.configService.getCurrentServerTime());
   }
+
+  private highlightNewRunIfNecessary(): void {
+    this.route.queryParams.subscribe((queryParams: Params) => {
+      if (queryParams.newRunId != null) {
+        const newRunId = parseInt(queryParams.newRunId);
+        if (!isNaN(newRunId)) {
+          this.highlightNewRun(newRunId);
+        }
+        // remove the newRunId parameter from the url
+        this.router.navigate(['/teacher/home/schedule'], { queryParams: { newRunId: null } });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private highlightNewRun(runId: number): void {
+    for (const run of this.runs) {
+      if (run.id === runId) {
+        run.isHighlighted = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/messages.xlf b/src/messages.xlf
index 5d9a3e71ccc..b5971328b21 100644
--- a/src/messages.xlf
+++ b/src/messages.xlf
@@ -8383,7 +8383,7 @@ Click &quot;Cancel&quot; to keep the invalid JSON open so you can fix it.</sourc
         <source>All Periods</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/teacher/teacher-run-list/teacher-run-list.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">153</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">117</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/assets/wise5/classroomMonitor/classroomMonitorComponents/nodeProgress/nav-item/nav-item.component.ts</context>