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Love the ID Escape Room course...could we get a copy?
Hi, All! Our team at the Center for Instructional Innovation at Augusta University explored the "Escape Room" course ( ) today, and we loved it. :) We were wondering if there's any way we could get an export of the course so we could play around with the design. Thank you for making this example of creative use of release…
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BrightSpace quiz question types inadequate
While I suppose that this forum "Instructional Design Best Practices" is intended for discussions about how best to use existing technologies to achieve our intended outcomes, I am in a quandary. Because, as it stands today, the quiz question types we have available to us in BrightSpace as well as the workflows required to…
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Finding What’s Missing – how to evaluate what’s not in your course but should be!
There’s a playground I love taking my children to. It has swings, slides, climbing equipment, a field for running around and benches for me to rest when my children tire me out! It isn’t until the hot sun is beating down on me that I think about the fact that this park needs some shade. Instructional design, as a creative…
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Creating a "Quiet" Online Space
Have you ever tried to navigate through three to four websites in search of something? Maybe a specific product or piece of information that needs confirmation. When you are going through this process of navigation, how many roadblocks do you hit? These could include broken web pages, advertisements that refuse to leave…
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A Bird, Some Berries and Lots of Branching Scenarios
Yum! Just look at those tasty berries hanging temptingly from that branch. I’d be right on that branch if I was that bird too! When I was looking for images to represent branching scenarios, this one appealed to me as much as those berries appeal to our feathered friend. What are branching scenarios? They’re like those…
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Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)
Hello, Does anyone have a RSI infographic? I like the OLC image, but I was hoping to look at a few others or possibly create my own. Best, Kathleen
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Feedback in Brightspace Quizzes
We all know the value of giving learners descriptive feedback. As educators and instructional designers, we also recognize that there isn’t always time to write detailed, individualized feedback for every assessment. Sometimes an auto-graded quiz is necessary. But this doesn’t have to be an either-or dichotomy; the Quizzes…
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Will D2L be reconsidering how students can upload images?
In my mind, there are chronic limitations when it comes to uploading students' uploading images to both WR question types (in quizzes) and "Text submission" assignments. One, the process differs significantly between the two, and two, there does not seem to be any streamlined workflow for a student to add an image…
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How to Make the Most of Your Media Budget
Have you ever looked at a page, and it's just a wall of text that immediately fills you with dread? Media is often an overlooked part of Instructional Design. What value does graphic design (GD) bring to learning design? How do you go about using graphic design within your work? Continue reading to learn how to enhance…
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Upcoming Community Event: Learning Through Story
When you think back to your educational experiences, what do you remember most? Do you remember the facts, statistics, and dates that you learned, or do you remember that one teacher who told stories that enraptured the class? The idea that our mind remembers stories more than specifics is the foundation of the Learning…
