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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…
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The Art of Effortless Instruction: Leveraging Automation in Brightspace
Education has become an increasingly complex and demanding landscape, requiring instructors to juggle numerous administrative tasks alongside their core teaching responsibilities. But, lucky for you, one of the key advantages of using Brightspace to administer learning is its automation capabilities, which can…
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Auto-Generated Captions and the Media Library
The Media Library is best described as a Brightspace tool that offers media processing, storage, and streaming options for all audio-video materials. It can be used to create, view, edit, and manage all your audio-video content in a course. The Media Library can also be used to provide a necessary, but often overlooked,…
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How Much More Time Could We Spend in the Design Phase?
Creating content has never been faster…and it will only get faster! With the use of HTML templates and Creator +, authoring content within Brightspace has never been faster or easier. Now, with the coming of AI text-generating software, the ease of creating large amounts of content will greatly increase. This change could…
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Why Web Accessibility Matters
What is Web Accessibility? Most people are aware of web accessibility and the inextricable role that it plays in online learning. Simply put web accessibility ensures that our courses and tools are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. But web accessibility also benefits people without…
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Upcoming Community Event: New Content Experience Updates!
D2L is continuing to expand the options available in their different experiences, and they have exciting new updates to the New Content Experience! Note: Not sure which content experience you are using? Refer to this resource for the ins and outs of each of the content experiences. Join the Community Event on November 22…
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How Text-Generating Software Still Needs Human Guidance
ChatGPT and other text-generating software have undoubtedly appeared on your radar in some form to support your teaching practice. Perhaps you’ve heard about how quickly it can help you create a rubric for your course or how it can help you brainstorm topics for classroom discussion. Text-generating software may speed up…
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Needs Assessment – “A Compass for Effective Design"
Needs Assessment – “A Compass for Effective Design”As an instructional designer, you will no doubt be familiar with systematic approaches to design such as ADDIE or SAM and you'll also know that analysis is a critical first step in the design cycle as prescribed by these models. This article is all about the work that…
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Curious About Creator+?
If you are thinking about designing and developing your courses in Brightspace, then you might have heard about Creator+, D2L’s new authoring tool. Creator+ customers have the ability to easily create engaging content and activities right in the HTML editor. Curious to learn more? Check out the Creator+ Community Group for…
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Small changes would improve UX
I am adding a Discussion Forum in a widget and have "Render in iFrame" checked. This is what I see: So my question is: Why do we need that right arrow in a circle and the nav bar on the bottom? There is nothing over to the right to navigate to. It would be far better from a UX point of view if this iframe were responsive…
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End with a Bang!
As instructional designers and instructors, we put a lot of thought into the content of our courses. We think about the best format for the content, how to assess it, and how to make it engaging. But after learners have gone through all of our carefully crafted content, what do they do next? Often, we prioritize the…
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Share results of a survey/poll with participants
I'd like to create a poll where students can view the results automatically after they take it. Is this possible?
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Conducting Peer Evaluations in Brightspace
Has anyone used Brightspace tool(s) to successfully conduct peer evaluations? This would exclude any third-party integrations. Thanks.
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Use case examples using the D2L Learning Objectives tool
Hi Everyone, We are in the very early stages of exploring how we could leverage the learning outcomes tool for students to track their own achievement and progress against our institution's graduate learning outcomes. I would love to see if/how others are using this at a degree or programmatic assessment level please? Is…
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Generating Ideas: Bringing Design Thinking Best Practices into Instructional Design
For the past few months, I have been reflecting on how, as Instructional Designers, we can apply Design Thinking practices to support our work. For those needing a refresher, Design Thinking facilitates human-centered design, meaning designers design to address the core needs of the individuals they are creating for. There…
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This Halloween, Treat Yourself to a Brightspace Guided Training Q&A
Are you new to Brightspace? Do you have specific questions about getting started in Brightspace? Join the Community team during this session to share your questions and learn about helpful resources available on the Brightspace Community. This webinar will take place on Oct 31, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST. If you're interested,…
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Tips for Chunking Content
Broadly speaking, “chunking” is the strategy of dividing content into smaller, easily digestible pieces. This helps to lighten a learner’s cognitive load because they can store the information in these chunks instead of as individual pieces of information. But it isn’t as simple as just divvying up the content into smaller…
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The Power of Pre-Assessments
In the ever-evolving world of online education, instructors continually seek ways to enhance their teaching methods and engage students more effectively. One such strategy is having learners complete a pre-assessment at the beginning of a unit or course. Pre-assessments offer a range of benefits for both instructors and…
