Instructor Documentation (Higher Ed)

Generate assignment ideas using D2L Lumi Idea

You can use Lumi Idea for Assignments to assist in creating a new assignment or to modify and uplift an existing assignment.

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Note: Ideas for assignments are generated from sibling topics within the same content module. The following content topics are supported:

Pages
Assignment topics (source drawn from instructions field)
Quiz topics (source drawn from description field)
Discussion topics (source drawn from description field)
Media Library topics (both audio and video are supported but must have existing transcripts in English)
Most file topics excluding PDF (.doc, .docx, .odt, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, .txt)

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Tip: D2L recommends input submitted to D2L Lumi be in English. Brightspace does not prevent non-English language content from being submitted as input.

To generate ideas for assignments

Navigate to Content.
1. Select a module that contains existing course material like HTML files, assignments, quizzes, and discussions.
Click Create New > Assignment.
Click Generate Assignment Ideas.

Figure: On the New Assignment page, click Generate Assignment Ideas.
Select the Number of Ideas you want to generate.
Optionally, select a Bloom's Taxonomy level appropriate for your assessment goals. If you do not want to use Bloom's Taxonomy, leave the field as Select Level.
Select a Content Source from the following options:
- Include all supported activities in the current module when generating an idea for a new assignment
- Select only certain activities when generating an idea for a new assignment
  - Selecting this option allows you to choose which activities are included for the idea generation.
Click Generate.

Figure: Select the Number of Ideas, a Bloom's Taxonomy level, and a Content Source.
In the Prompt Ideas dialog, a list of assignment ideas is generated. Select the idea you want to use for your assignment.
Click Insert.

Figure: Select an assignment idea in the Prompt Ideas dialog and click Insert.
Enter a title in the Assignment Title field, add a Grade Out Of value, and select a Due Date.

Figure: Enter the details for your assignment on the New Assignment page.
Click Save.
In the Browse Learning Outcomes dialog, search for and select available outcomes to align to your assignment. Learning objectives must already exist in the course to align them to an assignment.
Click Save.
Click Save and Close on the New Assignment page.

Video: Generate Assignment Ideas with D2L Lumi

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