Five D2L Tools to Increase Student Engagement and Instructor Presence
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Barry DahlSenior Community Manager, Desire2Learn
Five D2L Tools to Increase Student Engagement and Instructor Presence
D2L Binder
Five D2L Tools to Increase Student Engagement and Instructor Presence
D2L Video Note Custom Widgets
D2L WiggioReplacement Strings
What is Student Engagement?
Source: bit.ly/D2Lengage
•Stovall (2003) suggests that engagement is defined by a combination of students‟ time on task and their willingness to participate in activities.
•Krause and Coates (2008) say that engagement is the quality of effort students themselves devote to educationally purposeful activities that contribute directly to desired outcomes.
What is Instructor Presence?Based on Community of Inquiry Framework Theory, by Cleveland-Innes, Garrison & Vaughn (Athabasca U.)
Source:bit.ly/D2Lpresence
A Tool for Students• D2L Binder• Free app for iPads,
Android tablets, Windows 8 tablets, or in a web browser
Desire2Learn Binder• An extension of
Desire2Learn Learning Environment, Desire2Learn Binder provides learners with anytime, anywhere access to course content, personal learning objects and eTextbooks.
Personalized Mobile Content
Keep Learners CONNECTED with all course content in one place
• Course content through Send to Binder
• Personal content via Fetch: Dropbox and Microsoft SkyDrive
• eTextbooks and more!
Desire2Learn Binder
Gives learners an EDGE with annotation and organization tools
• Annotations (highlights, underline, text notes…)
• Prioritize• Tag• Archive• Email, print
Desire2Learn Binder
Help learners stay PRODUCTIVE
Binder for iPad
Binder for Android
Binder for Web beta
Web and Mobile apps
D2L Video Note• Integrated into the
Learning Environment• Use Insert Stuff or Video
Attachment menus
Promote social learning and increase engagement
Custom Home Page Widgets•Customize the information on your course home page
•Lots of info available at Widget Central in the Brightspace Community
•Short URL
Three Contest Entries
Three Embedded Polls
Replace strings
Countdown Widget using a Spreadsheet
Anything that you can build with an online spreadsheet could be made into a custom widget.
Step-by-step instructions at Widget Central in Brightspace Community
Some Problems with Widgets
• Mixed content blocking in most browsers– Check out the Firefox extension
• Lack of “https:” embed code for widgets• Widget-building sites come and go:
– Google Gadget– WidgetBox
Personalized Text with StringsNot Personalized Learning
That’s a big topic – a whole day by itself.
Let’s look at how you can make the learning space feel a bit more personal to the students
Adding Names in the LE• {FirstName}
– Each user’s first name• {LastName}
– Each user’s last name• {OrgName}
– College/District org name• {OrgUnitName}
– Course name
Tools where this works:• News: (Headline, content)
• Discussions: (subject and message)
• Content Topic: When you create a new file
• Dropbox: Folder instructions & feedback
• Quizzes: all custom boxes
• Checklist: Name and Description
• Groups: Description
News Item – with Replace String
News Item – with Replace String
In Quiz Introduction
In Quiz Introduction
In Quiz Introduction
In Quiz Footer
In Quiz Footer
In Quiz Footer
In Quiz Questions
In Quiz Questions
Group Collaboration with D2L WiggioWiggio is an easy-to-use web app that facilitates student collaboration and working together in groups.(WIG stands for Working In Groups!)
Wiggio Versions Wiggio LE Integration
Features• Single Sign On with LE
Credentials• Classlist pass through for
creating new groups• Custom branding and URL• Sits on a private web
domain
•Wiggio Free•Lightweight version of Wiggio•Open to anyone
•Wiggio Premium•Includes custom URL •Custom Branding •Administrative Analytics•Integrated with the D2L Learning Environment
Wiggio is different
Student Collaboration with Wiggio
Wiggio News Feed
Wiggio Shared Documents
Wiggio Event Scheduling
Wiggio Virtual Meetings
Wiggio Polling
community.brightspace.com
Introducing the Brightspace Community