Learning Outcomes and External Learning tools

Question

Hi. Is there any way to automatically associate learning outcomes with completion of an External Learning Tools? We use FeedbackFruits and have grades associated with these activities. The grade achieved is the evidence the learning outcome has been met but I cannot find a way to associate a learning outcome with a grade item. Adding the learning outcome to the activity does not seem to do anything and manually assigning that an outcome has been meet for 1000+ students is not practical.

Tara.D.148 · Answer

Thank you @Ana.A.776 . I have upvoted but unfortunately it will not let me add a supporting comment with our use case examples. I assume it is because it is in the old PIE platform but I could not find it translated in the new PIE.

Ana.A.1656 · Answer

Hello @Tara.D.148,

Thank you for reaching out to the Brightspace Community!

Unfortunately, we do not have an estimate for when this planned functionality might become available.

There is a feature request in the Product Idea Exchange that aligns with your needs. Its status is “In Review”, and you can find it here:

Ability to attach standards directly to a grade item (D12584)

This is the Direct link: https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D12584

While this feature is not yet available, the Product Idea Exchange (PIE) is where we collect feedback and suggestions. Educators can submit new ideas or upvote existing ones they would like to see implemented.

We kindly encourage you to upvote the PIE item linked above or submit a new PIE request. You can follow the steps outlined here to access PIE: Community FAQ's❓

Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thanks, Ana

Tara.D.148 · Answer

Hi Piero,

Thank you for your reply. Do you have a rough estimate of when this planned functionality might be available? i.e. later this year, next year, five years? Before or after the Competency tool is retired?

Unfortunately aligning to a Brightspace rubric for use with an external learning tool assessment activity like FeedbackFruits that has its own in-built rubrics is not a viable solution. It would require extra work from teachers and confuse learners who would need to look in two different places for peer and teacher feedback. This significantly hampers our ability to move forward with the D2L Learning Objectives tool.