communication buffet at d2lregional, by sarah nicholl
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Communication Buffet, 3 quick ways to increase student engagement, presented by Sarah Nicholl of D2L at the D2LRegional in Burlington, Ontario. 9/19/14TRANSCRIPT
Communications Buffet: Three quick ways to increase engagement with BrightspaceSarah Nicholl, M.Ed.Senior Solutions Engineer, D2L
Agenda
• Engaging students in the learning process online• Demonstration:
1. Providing Audio and Video feedback2. Utilizing the D2L Intelligent Agents tool effectively3. Personalizing the learning space through replacement
strings• Activity: Small group discussion• Wrap up
• By the end of today’s interactive 1 hour session, through demonstration and interactive discussion, you will be introduced to Audio and Video feedback, Intelligent Agents and Replace Strings in Brightspace and their applicability to your professional practice.
Session Objective
We believe progressis about people.It’s about equipping a generation of
inventors, dreamers, and creators to
tackle new opportunities of the future.
• Turn to the person next to you and share:• Your name• Your role• What you’d like to get out of today’s
session
Introductions and Expectations
Personal: Built for the way teachers teach
• Customized settings to create a personalized experience
• Unique learning paths
• Advancing the learning experienceand outcomes with insights
• Flexibility to meet the unique needsof any course or instructor
• An engaged, collaborative community of users
Audio and Video Feedback
• Record audio or video for quick feedback• Available in grader app or within the Learning
Environment• Provides a quick way to give personalized
feedback
Audio and Video Feedback
Audio and Video feedback in Grader App
Audio and Video feedback in LE
Audio and Video Feedback
•Where can I find more information?
•https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/leaving-feedback-grading-dropbox-submissions
Intelligent Agents
Add alerts with Intelligent Agents
•Plan your alert by identifying:• Purpose
• Agent
• Audience
• For example:
• Purpose: To prompt a learner to reach out to instructor, and let the instructor know, when a learner is falling behind in a course.
• Agent: Notify the learner and instructor when a learner has not logged in for 5 days AND has not achieved a passing grade on his/her biodiversity assignment.
• Audience: Learner and Instructor
Let’s have a look…
Add alerts with Intelligent Agents
•Where can I find more information on how to use these features?
•Documentation site:• https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Intelligent%20Agents
• https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/replace-strings-for-intelligent-agents
•Videos:
•Intelligent Agents - Introduction - Instructor•Intelligent Agents - Create New Agent (Part 1) - Instructor•Intelligent Agents - Create New Agent (Part 2) - Instructor
Replace Strings
Personalize with Replace Strings
•You can use replace strings to personalize the site and email messages for learners:
•For example:
{FirstName} First name of the user. {LastName} Last name of the user. {Email} User's internal email address.
Let’s have a look…
Personalize with replace strings
•Where can I find more information?• https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Replace%20Strings
Activity
Small Group Discussion
In groups of three, number off and each take a sentence to share/discuss:
1. I will use audio and/or video feedback in my (subject/grade) course to help with …
2. I will set up an intelligent agent for ….. because ….
3. I will try out a (name a replace string) in my (subject/grade) course because …
Then we’ll come back together and share highlights
Wrap up