Engage in this group to find some reflections/resources from our team of Instructional Designers that might be helpful in your course design.
In the Creator+ Community Group, you can follow instructional designer, Joey Stapleton, as he shares his tips and tricks for the Creator+ suite in his Developer Diaries series. Even if you haven't started using Creator+ yet, many of the best practices he shares can be applied to your own design and build processes!…
A well-designed digital platform is essential for engaging audiences and ensuring a seamless user experience. One way Learning Services helps clients achieve this is through the use of HTML Templates. However, we know that not every project has the resources for a fully custom HTML design. That’s why we’ve created the HTML…
Imagine a ship at sea that struggles against an ill-directed wind and an unfavourable current. It would be a foolish Captain that toils to change the sea and sky. Instead, a wise Captain adjusts the sails to suit the conditions. The progress may be slower than they’d like, but fathom by fathom, the ship moves forward.…
Is anyone using any add-on products to promote student attention, curiosity, interest, and self-reflection by providing opportunities for student-to-student and student-to-faculty interaction? In other words, tools that expand upon the intent of the discussion board to promote student engagement.
Hi everyone! My university is moving away from using VoiceThread in our D2L, which leaves me in a bit of a pickle. I teach an asynchronous painting class, and when students upload images of their work, I need to be able to record myself responding to (speaking) about their work while, importantly, being able to point to…
Hello all, Is anyone working in Higher Education doing an online student onboarding or orientation? We are in the process of building an online student orientation, and we are interested in the process of getting them enrolled when the are accepted as a student (not when they are registered for classes). We are also…
While online courses offer a host of benefits, instructors may find it more difficult to build student relationships when teaching remote or asynchronous courses. In this article, we will discuss several ideas to help make your online course more conducive to relationship-building. 1. Introduce yourself! You might be…
Where do you guys all have instructors place their syllabi? We are using the Course Overview area because we want to be able to put a link directly to the course syllabus in the global navbar and that was an easy option. But are starting to run into issues with it not being visible on Pulse and Yuja Panorama can't check…
Creating engaging content can be hard, but creating engaging content that truly tests and helps learners to grow is even harder. The best place to start is with the learning objectives. As most course authors know, the learning objectives inform both the learner and the course author about WHAT they will be learning and…
More explicit attention needs to be paid to the look & feel and User Experience (UX) concerns of those of us using the BrightSpace platform on a daily basis. Issues like: • Lack of white space • Too much white space • Poorly formatted elements • Too much clicking required • Too much scrolling required • Poor navigation and…
Our college is in the very early stages of embarking on our Brightspace journey. We will be fully implemented by fall 2025. I have completed the paid Brightspace Certificate training so I feel quite knowledgeable about the tool. Now I am working to figure out effective teaching practices for structuring the content area…
