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    Analysis of LMS Categories of Function

    LMS Review: Additional

    insight needed.

    LMS: Desire2Learn Integrated Learning Platform

    Instructions: URL: www.desire2learn.com

    We are interested in yourresponse in defining thefollowing capabilities of yourhosted LMS product andservice.

    Please check off if the feature is available and add adescription of the feature(if needed) in the spacesbelow:

    Customized AdministrativeRoleCapabilities With over 500 distinct permissions, the number of unique roles thatcan be created is endless. Unique to Desire2Learn Learning Suite is

    the ability to set advanced access and security permissions for roles atany level of your organization, all the way down to an individual toolor feature within a tool.

    Throughout the organizational hierarchy you set up with D2L, userscan have different roles and responsibilities as they move throughdifferent areas of the system. In addition, we provide bulk tools to

    both create these org units as well as manage the enrollmentsthroughout them.

    Banner Integration

    Yes, Desire2Learn has multiple approaches to integrating with

    Banner. The integration includes course creation, user creation,

    and user enrollments, and can also include a grades send back to

    Banner. These approaches include:

    Approach 1 Banner Adapter (requires Luminis Message

    Broker): Supports real-time course creation, user creation, and

    user enrollment. Also provides a UI for Faculty to manage thesubmission of Grades into Banner. The integration also includes a

    cross-listing interface to manage mappings for both courses and

    sections.

    Approach 2 Holding Tank: Our SIS-agnostic middleware

    approach supports real-time course creation, user creation, and

    user enrollment. Grades can be submitted back to Banner through

    a scripted bulk process. The integration also includes a cross-

    listing interface to manage mappings for both courses and

    sections.

    Approach 3 Custom API Integration: Desire2Learns extensive

    APIs can be used to build a more custom integration. Further

    scoping would be required for this option.

    Single Sign On Authentication &Publisher Content

    Course Cartridges

    Our solution supports the import of IMS or SCORM compliant ePackor course cartridges from most textbook publishers. Desire2Learn haspartner relationships with many major content publishers and is astandards compliant platform, easily allowing ePacks to be imported

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    in most major formats. Content Development Partners create onlinecourses, unique multimedia materials and custom course materials,and engage in the Desire2Learn Partner Network to ensure that theircontent is compatible with Desire2Learn Learning Suite.

    LTI Compatible

    Learning Apps

    D2L supports IMS LTI v1.1.1 and is heavily involved in the process of

    developing specifications around core LTI v2 and associated,individual services specifications. D2L is committed to the ongoingsupport and implementation of this standard.

    We have LTI-Based integrations with many of our publishers, andoften they will include deeper data exchange through our APIs. Theseinclude:

    Cengage

    CourseSmart

    MacMillan

    McGraw Hill

    Pearson

    Wiley

    Vital Source

    And more

    Desire2Learn also supports alternative authenticationmethods, including:

    The Desire2Learn API uses variable management withinthe product to accommodate external authenticationdirectories such as LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory, andcustom systems.

    Desire2Learn can also implement Single Sign-On fromdiverse systems like portals, libraries, and other contentsystems. Administrators can set up fail-throughauthentication against a secondary source like the system'sown database in the event that the primary source (forexample, the LDAP server) fails.

    Shibboleth authentication is supported by Desire2LearnLearning Environment. It is deployed and configured as acustom project through Desire2Learn Professional ServicesOrganization.

    We integrate with Central Authentication Service (CAS) as single-sign-on protocol for the web so that learners canaccess multiple applications by providing their credentials

    (such as user ID and password) only once.

    Social Learning

    Groups

    D2L has different tools to handle social groups depending on the

    use case of Cuyahoga Community College. These include:

    Course-Level Groups used for creating private

    discussion areas, shared file folders, and group

    submission dropboxes. Content and resources can also be

    conditionally released to groups within a class.

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    Wiggio Groups D2L offers a feature set known as Wiggio

    which allows for student-let ad-hoc group creation for

    hosting virtual meetings, conference calls, chats, and

    collaborative document sharing.

    Community Groups Course shells can be converted to be

    used as a community group or club. Students can be givena greater amount of permissions to manage these groups,

    and the language, branding, and toolsets can be modified

    to be more appropriate for the group.

    Opt In

    Referring to the answer above, both the Course-level groups and

    Course shell-based groups have an opt-in function. In a course,

    groups can be configured to be a self-sign-up. In the organization,

    Community Groups use our Self Registration tool to enable opt-in

    The Self Registration tool can also require the user to complete a

    form, and for the group leader to approve registration.

    Link to Facebook,

    Twitter, LinkedIn,etc.

    Desire2Learn also enables Cuyahogas users to add links to

    Facebook, Twitter, LinkedInand Google+ in their user profiles

    Discussion Feed

    Users can subscribe to entire categories of forums, individual

    forums, and individual threads as an email notification. These

    notifications can be sent out immediately, or just sent as daily

    digests.

    Avatars, Bio, orCustomizable Profiles Yes, Desire2Learn Learning Environment provides users with theability to create an individual user profile allowing for a personalized

    space. Users have the ability to add information to their user profile,which can be seen by other users with the appropriate permissionsset. This information can include everything from a picture andnickname to addresses, likes/dislikes, and other user-configurable

    information. Internal/External

    Access or Sharing Inside of Desire2Learn Learning Environment, files can be shared

    through a variety of different tools for file sharing. These include:

    Group Lockers shared file folders that allow users to

    submit files to a group.

    Wiggio our ad-hoc group tool also supports a shared

    files area.

    Blog the blog tool allows for sharing externally outside

    the system.

    Desire2Learn ePortfolio (separate product offering) is a

    robust social platform for sharing files to peers and

    groups. It also supports a presentation module which

    allows for external sharing. Video & Audio

    Messaging Desire2Learn Learning Environment includes both a Record

    Audio and Record Video tool. These tools can be used in many

    areas for the students to record and embed multimedia directly

    into content areas.

    Badges, Student Incentives &Retention

    Mozilla Open Badges

    Desire2Learn can integrate with badging platforms that support

    the Open Badges standard through an LTI integration.

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    Credly

    Credly supports integration with Wordpress, and D2L can

    integrate with Wordpress via LTI.

    Other

    Desire2Learn can also integrate with other Badges, Incentives,

    and Retention offerings through LTI initiatives. D2L is also

    working on a badging solution for future release.

    Mobile Abilities

    LMS App

    Desire2Learn Learning Environment includes a web-based mobileinterface built specifically for mobile access. Included withDesire2Learn Learning Environment at no additional cost, mobileusers can read content, view their grades, see the latest news, view acourses calendar, and read and reply to discussion boards. All of thestools are available in a format designed and optimized for mobile web

    browsing.

    Faculty Grading App

    Desire2Learn provides the Desire2Learn Grader app which

    supports both online and offline grading for content submitted to

    our dropbox tool. This app supports MS Office Types (Word,Excel, PPT), .PDF, Apple Iwork, TXT, RTF, HTM and HTML, PNG,

    GIF, JPG, TIFF, and iPad-supported audio/video (mp3, mp4, etc.)

    Student App

    Desire2Learn offers students the Desire2Learn Binder app for

    both online and offline viewing of content.

    ADA Compliance & Accessibility

    Video Captioning

    Desire2Learn supports Video Captioning with multiple tools:

    1. Videos uploaded into Desire2Learns content tool are

    rendered in a D2L player which supports the addition of

    captions.

    2.

    Desire2Learn Capture (additional product) is a LectureCapture solution, and this solution supports the addition

    of captions.

    3. Desire2Learn Learning Environment also integrates with

    Kaltura, which supports the addition of video captions.

    Audio Transcription 3rd partyintegration

    There is no native feature for audio transcription in Desire2Learn

    however standard audio transcription tools that support web-

    browsers. D2L does internal quality assurance testing with

    assistive technologies like JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and Dragon

    NaturallySpeaking to proactively identify and address issues.

    In addition, Desire2Learn has other Accessibility integrations

    such as ReadSpeaker for reading content pages out to users withlearning disabilities.

    Compatibility

    The Desire2Learn Learning Environment, Desire2Learn LearningRepository, and Desire2Learn ePortfolio all comply with theapplicable industry standards of Section 508 of the United StatesRehabilitation Act of 1973. D2L designs and tests web applicationsagainst the World Wide Web Consortiums (W3C) Web Content

    Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2 level AA and Section 508.In addition, Desire2Learn is Gold Level certified with the NationalFederation of the Blind.

    Innovations, Ratings Awards

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    & Awards D2L is also the only LMS vendor that has pledged toreview their accessibility program with the National

    Federation of the Blind yearly as part of their Nonvisual

    Access Certification and is the only LMS vendor to achieve

    Gold level certification on multiple occasions (2010, 2011

    2013). On July 8, 2013, as a demonstration of our commitment to

    accessibility, D2L was awarded the Dr. Jacob Bolotin

    Award for groundbreaking work in accessibility by the

    National Federation of the Blind (NFB).

    Innovations

    Uploaded videos convert to HTML 5 player and support

    closed captioning

    HTML editor creates semantic markup by default

    Special Access - Prompts authors for alt text on adding image

    Allows for individual time limits for assessments

    WCAG AA checks for color contrast during content

    creation and warns the user

    Allows authors to add ACCMD to content

    Equation editor produces accessible output by default

    All authoring practices demonstrated in documentation areaccessible

    Founders of Desire2Learn Accessibility Interest Group

    http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/d2l/

    Additional information on Desire2Learn Accessibility Standards

    Compliance can be found at:

    http://www.desire2learn.com/products/accessibility/standards

    Upgrades & Implementation ofNew Features

    Process

    Desire2Learn is implementing Continuous Delivery which is a methoof delivering updated technology to our clients that enables rapid,incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality tousers. This frictionless model makes it possible to increasecollaboration with our clients and adapt software in line with userfeedback and needs for incremental and easily integrated changes.

    With continuous Delivery, smaller updates of new features that do no

    impact a key workflow or require retraining will be released as part ofthe regular monthly update.

    These features are loaded into the system automatically, however it isat Cuyahogas discretion as to when these features are turned on.

    When released, the features will be turned off by default in the updateallowing Cuyahoga to have the control to toggle on these features

    within a 12 month period from release before they are turned on bydefault.

    Timeline

    With continuous Delivery, smaller updates of new features that do noimpact a key workflow or require retraining will be released as part ofthe regular monthly update. When released, the features will beturned off by default in the update allowing Cuyahoga to have the

    http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/d2l/http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/d2l/http://www.desire2learn.com/products/accessibility/standards/http://www.desire2learn.com/products/accessibility/standards/http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/d2l/
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    control to toggle on these features within a 12 month period fromrelease before they are turned on by default.

    Testing BeforeRelease Procedure

    Cuyahoga will have access to a test environment that will allow

    them to test new features before rolling them out to their

    production environment.

    Training

    Documentation

    D2L documentation is provided online through the Desire2LearnResource Center website via the Community. Desire2Learn ResourceCenter is the source for the most recent user documentation. Userscan leverage the integrated search engine located in the mainnavigation bar to immediately find relevant topics and resources.

    Documentation is also offered in downloadable packages that aretargeted to three audiences: one for system administrators, one forinstructors and course designers, and one for learners. These packageare downloaded from the Community.

    Tutorials

    Implementations of Desire2Learn include access to our self-

    directed training videos, which is a library of student and

    instructor-oriented videos detailing the use of each tool. In

    addition, our Desire2Learn Community site includes help guides

    and recipes for using the tools more effectively.

    Feature Release Info.

    Yes, feature releases include training resources to help your team

    understand what is new in the system. In addition, your dedicate

    account manager can help facilitate demonstrations and Q&A

    sessions with your team to further understand the effects of the

    release.

    Face to Face Option

    Our trainers can deliver hands-on workshops onsite at our client

    locations and share best practices on teaching and learning.

    Training typically takes place in a lab setting with each participanworking from their own training course.

    Product ImprovementProcess Desire2Learn is a client-centric company focused on meeting clientneeds. Client input drives our development roadmap. Clients can

    contribute ideas and input a variety of ways:

    Community Website| This open discussion forums is visited dailyby Desire2Learn employees and used to interact in real time withclients and respond to their suggestions.

    Product Idea Exchange| Within the Community, clients can post unique idea, vote on posted ideas, add their comments, search ideas,

    view recent and popular ideas/feature request, and subscribe to ideasto be altered to any updates.

    Focus Groups| Clients can join focus groups on specific topics ofinterest to contribute ideas and innovate collaboratively.

    User Conference| Desire2Learn hosts an annual user conferencewhere clients and Desire2Learn employees can work collaborativelyface-to-face.

    Client Site Visits| Product Managers, Trainers, and anyone whovisit clients often get an opportunity to speak to administrators,instructors and even students about how they use the system and

    what they would like to see from it.

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    Web Meeting/Conferencing

    Webinar Online 3rdPartyIntegration

    Desire2Learn has deep integrations with Adobe Connect,

    Blackboard Collaborate, Webex, and Microsoft Lync, and we can

    also integrate with other LTI-based tools like Big Blue Button. In

    addition, our Desire2Learn Capture (optional)offering supports

    live and archived webcasts that integrated directly into theenvironment as its native to our solution.

    File sharing

    Files can be shared using multiple different tools:

    Group Locker shared storage areas for files

    Wiggio our ad-hoc groups tool supports shared folders

    and document creation/sharing

    Desire2Learn ePortfolio our robust sharing platform

    allows users to share files from both the web and mobile

    devices.

    Video Uploading

    Video can be uploaded using the following tools:

    Video Note this tool exists in almost all content entry

    areas and supports the recording of video directly into thcontent

    Drag and Drop Video in Content our content building

    tool allows for the drag-and-drop of video directly into a

    lesson, and our system will provide an HTML-5 based

    player to make it suitable for all devices. In addition, the

    video player includes options for adding closed captions.

    Desire2Learn Capture our lecture capture solution for

    displaying live and archived video in courses. This

    solution also supports the uploading of pre-existing video

    content.

    Diverse Meeting

    Roles

    Yes, through our integration with third party tools like

    Blackboard Collaborate, Webex, Adobe Connect, and MicrosoftLync, different and hierarchical meeting roles can be controlled

    within a web conference.

    FERPA Safeguards

    Verification Options

    Desire2Learn understands the importance of regulatory compliancewith respect to the security and privacy of information. Our solutionshave been engineered to address privacy-based regulatoryrequirements. Confidentiality elements are controlled by a Cuyahogasystem administrator. The system allows administrators to flexiblydefine what information is public (e.g. directory information), what isprivate (e.g. non-directory information) and to indicate whether a

    specific role has the ability to see non-directoryinformation.

    Internal

    Desire2Learn complies with the prohibitions under FERPA: we do nodisclose any information to anyone except to those that our client-schools authorize, and those people are internal only. We provide aframework for our clients to determine what user information fieldsmay be considered appropriate for a directory, which is accomplishedthrough a User Information Privacy setting. In addition, there areadditional security permissions to control access to fields such asemail addresses and student IDs. Since our clients have takendifferent approaches to FERPA, we attempt to make the system asflexible as possible. It is ultimately up to the system administrator and

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    instructors to configure the system to best reflect their privacy (andregulatory) requirements.

    External BuildingBlock Our policy is that we do not give access to the data we handle by ourDesire2Learn Cloud offering other than to authorized personnel; we

    do not give direct access, but instead our clients ask us to providethem with specified information.

    Metrics & Data

    Course reporting

    The User Progress tool provides progress reports to learners,instructor, and auditors. The User Progress tool acts as an all-in-oneview of interactions users have with various tools and features withinan organizational unit (e.g. a course). Instructors can use the UserProgress tool to gain quick insight of usage patterns of one individuallearner and compare them to that of their peers. The User Progresstool provides a snapshot view of all activity within Desire2LearnLearning Environment such as:

    Grades

    Learning Objectives

    Content

    Discussions

    Assignments

    Quizzes

    Checklists

    Surveys

    Login HistoryIn addition, our Intelligent Agents tool can be used to createautomatic emails that send out to teachers, counsellors, coaches, orother interested individuals when certain criteria are/are notachieved.

    Student ActivityReporting Options

    Using the User Progress tool described above, the faculty member canalso see detailed information at the individual student level. At thestudent level, the reports show more specific information such as timespent on activities, submission dates, and comparisons against thegroup.

    Also, as mentioned above, Intelligent Agents can be set to check forincomplete/complete activities or for certain grade thresholds and

    automatically email invested stakeholders. Furthermore, usingorganizational rubrics, this could even be used to track activities thatare happening across the system as an early alert system.

    System reportingOptions Desire2Learn Analytics Essentials provides a useful interface throughwhich Cuyahoga can create reports detailing system activity.

    Desire2Learn Analytics Essentials enables users to select a widevariety of data to report on and to shape reports through the use offilters and other parameters. Desire2Learn Analytics Essentialsprovides three different categories of reports:

    Class and User Progress Dashboard1.

    Inline Tool Dashboards2.

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    Administrative Dashboards3.

    The data available for Desire2Learn Learning Environment to reporton is contained in datasets. Once a dataset is chosen to report on, arender type can be selected (render types define the format of areport). Custom filters can also be added to reports to constrain the

    information to only show specified and relevant results. The availablerender types are as follows:

    Area Graph Pie Graph

    Bar Graph Table

    Line Graph

    In addition, our additional offering Desire2Learn Insights is essentialfor administrators, steering committees, information technologypersonnel, system auditors, financial analysts, and many other

    stakeholders who want to make informed, organizational, and cross-organizational decisions without purchasing expensive businessintelligence software or hiring a large team of business intelligenceand database analysts.

    Desire2Learn Insights provides on-demand access to data related toyour Desire2Learn instance to help improve your organizationsunderstanding of how your eLearning solution is used. Desire2LearnInsights is a flexible solution to create your own reports or createexport files without having to extract raw data or understandStructured Query Language (SQL). In some cases you may have someadditional user-based information that you want to incorporate intothe academic solution.

    InterventionReporting

    Inside of Desire2Learn Learning Environment, our Intelligent

    Agents tool can be used to trigger emails and flags based on

    learning objective performance happening across the system.

    Using this tool, Cuyahoga can build a framework to evaluate key

    metrics and indicators and flag students for intervention as they

    progress through multiple courses.

    In addition, Desire2Learns Insights (optional) Student SuccessSystemmodule provides a more in-depth platform for identifyingat-risk users. Desire2Learn Insights empowers institutions withpredictive analytic tools to improve student success, retention,completion, and graduation rates. Student Success System usesstatistical analysis to generate predictive models that enable Cuyahog

    to identify at-risk students and intervene appropriately to improvetheir rate of success and increase institutional effectiveness.

    The predictive analysis is used by the Student Success System isadaptable to the instructional approach of each course enabling themonitoring of student engagement and achievement expectations percourse. Weekly predictions are based on five possible domains:

    Course Access| The course access domain compiles Desire2LearnLearning Environment logins as well as accesses of course-specifichomepages as a demonstration of a students engagement in a course

    Content Access| The content access domain describes engagementby tracking access of content material for the course.

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    Social Learning| The social learning domain uses data capturedwithin Desire2Learn Learning Environment discussions to show thelevel of student engagement. The sociogram visualization is critical inidentifying students that may be performing well in terms of theirgrades, but may be disconnected from the class socially which could

    present a risk for dropping out or transferring.Grades| The grades domain describes student performance onassessments. The grades predictive chart provides a compact

    visualization of student performance across all course assessmentswhile also comparing student performance relative to classmates.

    Preparedness(optional component) | This domain consists of a setof data elements from a Student Information System (SIS), includingadmission scores, overall institution performance and demographicsto provide a view on a students level of preparedness for the course.

    Implementation

    Implementation Plan

    Document

    Please see the attached sample implementation plan included

    with this document.

    Any Other Advantages

    Predictive Analytics

    One of Desire2Learns biggest differentiators is our focus on deep

    analytics, learning outcome assessment, as well as predictive

    modeling to provide valuable insights that will improve learner

    success. These offerings include:

    Insights and Learning Objective Reporting

    Desire2Learn Insights allows you to see the results of learning by

    reporting on the assessments and mastery of skills. Desire2LearnInsights fills in the gaps as it measures how the student and instructoused the learning suite to transform the educational components intoknowledge and the mastery of skills. The reports of Insights allow forfiltering at program, department, course, and student levels to helpCuyahoga access to the effectiveness of your programs. In addition,other reports help identify at-risk students, grade trends, quiz itemanalysis, and much more.

    Student Success System

    The Student Success System the early intervention system inDesire2Learn Insights that empowers institutions with predictive

    analytic tools to improve student success, retention, completion, andgraduation rates. Student Success System uses statistical analysis togenerate predictive models that enable Cuyahoga to identify at-riskstudents and intervene appropriately to improve their rate of successand increase institutional effectiveness.

    Degree Compass

    Degree Compass is a personalized, web-based course

    recommendation tool that uses predictive analytics to guide

    learners course selection in a way that not only enhances the rat

    of academic success but also drives on-time completion of their

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    degree or training.

    Personalization and Adaptive Learning Paths

    Also unique to Desire2Learn is our focus on creating a truly

    personal experience for both students and faculty members.Without courses, faculty members are able to create courses that

    selectively release content based on the users past performances

    In addition, the courses themselves can be restructured to suit

    each delivery model, including blended, purely online, or even a

    gamified course.

    Release Conditions

    Instructors can create custom learning paths and provide a personallearning experience by attaching release conditions to items within acourse. For example, learners can be prevented from accessingspecific items until they meet the associated condition such as arequired score on a quiz or viewing a certain amount of coursecontent. In this case, access to aspects of a course is fuelled bysuccessfully meeting an objective. Another example of customizinglearning paths with the Release Conditions tool is that a releasecondition can be set up to trigger additional resources for learners

    who receive a low score on a quiz (i.e. under 50 per cent) and wouldbenefit from additional help.

    Desire2Learn LEAP

    In our commitment to provide instructors and learners with the toolsand technology that personalize the learning experience, D2L

    acquired Knowillage Systems, Inc. in September 2013. KnowillageSystems is the creator of the dynamic adaptive learning and semanticengine technology called LeaP derived from the phrase LearningPath.

    LeaP strives to improve learner engagement and achievement byusing a language processing engine and an adaptive analyticsalgorithm to systematically determine gaps in a learners skill set andthen provides the right tools, content, and techniques to address thos

    weaknesses right at the moment of learning. By combining alearners scholastic profile with learning objectives, activities,assessments, and information regarding their content mastery, LeaPguides the learners on a personally, optimized learning path, in real-time, according to their individual learning pace and style.

    At the heart of LeaP is an adaptive engine that is designed to increaseefficiency in the content-mapping process. In the past, creatingpersonal learning pathways for each learner required a significantamount of labor to create the personalized map, search for the rightcontent, and input learning activities and assessments to address eachindividual learners areas for improvement.

    Flexible Branding

    Many aspects of our solution can be tailored by your administratorsand course designers to align with your organizations vision and

    brand:

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    system variables

    organizational units andstructures

    roles and permissions

    languages colors

    navigation bar layout

    homepage layout

    presentation andnavigation settings

    interface development(widgets)

    features toaccommodateaccessibility

    In addition, the Homepage tool enables complete customization forhome pages at the organization, course, and any level in between. Forinstance, a department can have its own unique color and scheme,look and feel, department news, and department events. Widgets can

    be positioned and sized to fit individual homepages. Some of thewidgets available include: bookmarks, calendar/events, contentbrowser, Google search, my courses, my settings, news, picture

    library, role switch, and updates.

    The flexibility of these course pages allows Cuyahoga to be

    creative with your course delivery. For example, a course shell

    could simply start in the content tool to encourage user adoption,

    course shells could have a dynamic landing page made from othe

    web-based languages, or you could have a course land on a

    virtually captured lecture accompanied by a twitter feed.

    Pervasive Offline Capabilities

    Lastly, Desire2Learns mobile apps have the advantage of being

    offline enabled. Our apps are free to use and integrate directly

    back into Desire2Learn Learning Environment, and all support

    offline features.

    Desire2Learn Binder (offline supported)

    The Desire2Learn Binder platform has been designed to helpeducators world-wide make the transition from print to digital bysimplifying the discovery and acquisition of publisher content througeTextbook integration into the online learning experience.Furthermore, the Desire2Learn Binder platform includes engaging,intuitive cross-platform mobile, and desktop applications that allowlearners to consume purchased eTextbooks, course content

    originating from Desire2Learn Learning Environment as well as othepersonal learning objects all in a single location with the tools theyneed to stay productive and organized.

    Desire2Learn Assignment Grader (offline supported)

    Desire2Learn Assignment Grader for iPad is available from theAppleApp Store for free. With it instructors can grade and leavefeedback wherever they go even offline. Desire2Learn AssignmentGrader enables offline, mobile access to assignments in the Dropboxtool in Desire2Learn Learning Environment and the ability to gradethose assignments from a tablet device.

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    Desire2Learn ePortfolio App

    Our immersive social sharing app also supports the offline

    creation of learning artifacts, and once reconnected to wifi this

    app will synchronize with the web-based server. With

    Desire2Learn ePortfolio users can:

    Take photos, record video, record audio and add them to youportfolio. Add content (image, audio recording, reflection, orlink) to Desire2Learn ePortfolio directly from your device.

    Create items and share, tag, or add them to collections in onelocation

    Share items with peers, mentors, and instructors.

    In addition, Desire2Learn also supports a lifelong ePortfolio calle

    MyDesire2Learn for when the user leaves Cuyahoga Community

    College.