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Updates to Creator+ Best Practices Course
We’ve recently made some updates to the Creator+ Instructional Design Best Practices course. These updates include a restructuring of the course homepage and a general reorganization of content. You can now access a unique module for each Creator+ feature and receive timely updates from the homepage activity feed widget.…
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Good Question – Can I Export a Creator+ Page?
Like any Brightspace course component, you can easily export and import pages built with Creator+. The process for exporting or importing a Creator+ course is the same as any other Brightspace course component, as detailed in this Brightspace Community article: Import, export, or copy course components. When you export a…
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Designer Diary – Break Down the “Wall of Text" with Stylized Quotes
The dreaded “Wall of Text” is probably the most incessant issue in learning design. We’ve all seen it: a content page with a title, an endless scroll of text, and nothing else. It’s an uninspired and unengaging way to present content. Why the Wall? Instructional designers know that inserting visuals is key for enhancing…
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Content Styler: Essential Guide
Content Styler is an important piece of Creator+. It lets creators set a consistent theme that is applied across all course pages. When Content Styler is enabled, every content page that you create will have the same font style, font colour, and accent colours. How Does it Work? Content Styler applies a universal CSS style…
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Let’s Collaborate on Creator+ Instructional Design Best Practices
We built the Creator+ Instructional Best Practices course to showcase Creator+ features and inspire users. We want this to be the first place you go for Creator+ advice. Our intention is to continuously update this resource with the things that our users want to know. We’re reaching out to collaborate, so we can provide…
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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…
