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Sneak Peek: What to Expect in 2024
We’ve got big plans for Creator+ in 2024. The Creator+ team is working hard to improve existing functionality and add some brand-new features to boost your content creation experience. Check out the following informal roadmap for a glimpse of what’s to come this year. Data-Enabled Solutions As a creator, you want to know…
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Designer Diary: How I Use Layouts to Build Content Pages
I’m an instructional designer working with Creator+ to build content at D2L. In this series, I’ll share some of the tips, tricks, and hidden gems of the Creator+ suite. Instructional designers know that content craves structure. One of the challenges in learning design is arranging text and multimedia into an elegant,…
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Designer Diary: Build a Better Floor Plan with Hotspot
I’m an instructional designer working with Creator+ to build content at D2L. In this series, I’ll share some of the tips, tricks, and hidden gems of the Creator+ suite. It may not seem like it, but the office floor plan is one of the most important documents at an organization. It helps new employees orient themselves and…
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Upcoming Webinar: Diving into Creator+
Join us on February 21 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST for our Diving into Creator+ webinar! In this virtual session, we’ll explore what Creator+ is and how it can elevate your Brightspace content. We’ll demo the major Creator+ features, then spotlight how Leticia Velasquez of Southern Illinois University is using these tools to…
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Creator+ Spotlight – Fill in the Blanks and Dropdown Fill in the Blanks
“Fill in the blanks” is one of the most versatile assessment tools in learning design. This is because fill in the blanks can be applied to any type of content, with limited adaptation from the educator. Simply select an important phrase, replace key words with blanks, and you’ve got a rudimentary fill in the blanks…
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Accessible Hotspot: All About Micro Alt Tags
Micro alt tags are part of what makes the Hotspot element accessible. These simple text labels are applied to individual segments of an image. As a result, screen reader users will receive text descriptions as they navigate through these individual segments, allowing them to understand the full context of the image. What’s…
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A Guide to Using Images in Creator+
If you’re designing with Creator+, you should be using images to elevate your content. Not only will images increase visual appeal, but they’re often fundamental for learning to occur. To truly get the most out of images in Creator+, we need to understand how images will display in Elements and Practices. So, we’ve…
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Creator+ Spotlight – Capture Web
Capture Web lets you easily produce video presentations in Brightspace. You can use this feature to record your screen, make a video with your webcam, or create a mix of both. The video will be saved in Brightspace, so you don’t have to worry about using an external tool to record or download the video. Simply locate the…
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Creator+ FAQ
We want you to get the most out of Creator+. This means getting you the information you need to keep building engaging courses. So, we created this FAQ page to address all your Creator+ questions in one place. If you’re looking for an answer or experiencing an issue, check here first! This page will be updated regularly to…
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Creator+ Spotlight - Layouts
Have you used the Creator+ Layouts feature to improve course appeal? Layouts make configuring content easier, and faster, than ever. With this feature, creators have the option to arrange text, media, and even Creator+ Elements into panels. This opens up your content pages to a new range of design possibilities. Instead of…
