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Brightspace 101 for Site Administrators and IT Support
Overall a pretty good session. Not too much earth-shattering, but a good overview of some important admin tools in Brightspace. Things to look into: Org structure Variable naming Places for admins to get support: Community.brightspace.com Documentation.brightspace.com YouTube channel
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Leveraging D2L Learning Repository for Consistency, Scalability, and Student Success in Course Design and Delivery
Knowing the institution that the presenters are from, I hope that the session is helpful. One of the things that you can do with LOR/master shells is “link” the content to the courses. This saves space because the content itself is not being “copied” into the new course. How does this work with assessments?
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Brightspace 101: Getting Started in the Learning Environment
I’m hoping this session is more about what is different with Brightspace rather than a general overview of LMS platforms. Otherwise I may have to step of this session also… Intelligent agents Send automated/customized messages to students based on conditions (things done or not done) Can be used for students and instructors Activity feed Can…
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Check That Off My List! Engaging Students with Checklists
Checklists are an easy way of allowing students to see what requirements are needed for a period of time. You can create due dates for the requirements, as well as use Intelligent Data for release conditions. With the due dates, you can put checklist items on the course calendar, which can show on the course…
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Getting Your Feet Wet: An Introduction to Brightspace
I’m hoping that this session answers some of the questions that I have. It seems like from the show of hands, only 1/2 of the group has logged into D2L before, and I may be the only enterprise/corporate user. You do have the ability to create sub-modules. The sub-modules will appear in the content list…
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Let’s Fidget With Our Custom Widgets
The first breakout session of D2L Fusion. I have absolutely no idea what to expect and I have no idea what I plan to do with the results of this session. Not even being a D2L customer, I’m hoping to get ideas on what the course homepages can do/how they can be customized. So with…