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Brightspace South Carolina Connection
October 21, 2016
Orangeburg, SC
Our Hosts
Mike Hammond
Associate Vice President for Academics
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Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community (TLC)
WebinarsHosted by Barry Dahl
Webinar Archives Available at
bit.ly/TLCwebinars
FUSION 2017
Las Vegas, NevadaMain: July 19-20 (Wed-Thu)Post-conference: July 21
Paul StisserBusiness Development Manager eLearning and
Mobility
Sponsor: ReadSpeaker• Breakout session:
• Title: Universal Design Feature of Text to Speech with D2L's LE to support Accessibility and Student Success.
• 10:15 – 11:05 AM
Josh Kamrath, YouSeeU
Sponsor: YouSeeU•Breakout session:
• Virtual Classroom with YouSeeU and D2L
• 1:00 – 1:50 PM
After the Breakouts
• Reminder - End of Event Wrap-Up
• Back to this room for a short presentation on Collaboration, Community & Staying Connected
• Drawings for some fantastic prizes
MBPTW!
The latest edtech summary from Ovum compares today’s top LMS vendors in one comprehensive study. Brightspace was ranked the #1 LMS for Next-Gen Online Teaching and Learning.
How we measure progress – Mission Metrics
New Developments in Brightspace
PIE & direct from customer features – Helping to build a better Brightspace!
AUTUMN
30%SPRING
33%SUMMER
25%
"Not" Release ConditionsFebruary 2016
Score a rubric while assessing discussion posts
May 2016
And more importantly, have the score dropped into the grade book
New Features for Intelligent Agents
Customizable From: name
and
Reply-To: email addresses
August 2016
New Features for Intelligent Agents
Customizable From: name
and
Reply-To: email addresses
Breakout SessionTime: 11:15 – 12:05
August 2016
Improved Core Analytics Enhanced User Progress AnalyticsBrightspace User Progress Analytics now have additional data elements to help instructors see how learners are engaging with content. This information can help to them intervene and improve student engagement.
Download metrics provide a more accurate view of how students are using all content. The Course Access chart provides information about how much a student accesses a course.
Badging and Certificates
Improvements to the Awards tool – including release conditions for awards!
• The learner profile has been enhanced in the Awards showcase,
• an email template has been added for Awards,
• Awards can now be triggered with a release condition
March 2016
Brightspace Assignment Grader
Available Globally
Now on Android™ tablets in addition to iPads!
February 2016
Assignment Grader for Android – use LMS login
Users can sign into Assignment Grader for Android using their LMS account, instead of a separate Edudentity account.
This already exists for Assignment Grader for iOS.September 2016
Brightspace Pulse - Read and reply to discussion threads from notifications
In Brightspace Pulse, learners can now read and reply to discussion threads in the Notifications tab. This increases awareness of course activity and engagement in learning activities with other learners.
October 2016
Quizzes and Surveys – export to ExcelYou can export quizzes and surveys data using the Export to Excel button in Quizzes and Surveys
September 2016
Grades CSV Export
When exporting grades from the Grades tool (to CSV or Excel formats), there is a new option under User Details to include the group and/or section enrollment info for a user.
This allows for more detailed analysis of grade exports outside of Brightspace Learning Environment.
September and October 2016
Improved Workflow for Multiple Choice Quizzes
We have a new streamlined and simple interface for the instructor to create a multiple choice quiz, making it easier than ever to set up this popular type of assessment.
November 2016
Paste into the HTML Editor
Copy a document directly from word, including all images, right into the HTML editor.
November 2016
D2L Mobile
MobileePortfolio
Binder AssignmentGrader
MobileWeb
Pulse
D2L Mobile
MobileePortfolio
Binder AssignmentGrader
MobileWeb
Pulse
Breakout SessionTime: 11:15 – 12:05
Introducing: The Course Adventure Pack
Learners who are engaged will be more inspired to succeed
With the Course Adventure Pack, we’ll help you create content that they won’t want to put down - from game design to development and integration
Game-Based Learning Service
Game design
Development
Integration
Story Builder
Games, or storyboards can be created to tell a story that really drives the point home
Interactive Assessment Tools
Give learners immediate feedback as they develop new skills and knowledge
Learners can apply their knowledge on the spot with fun, interactive assessments
Creative Services Expertise
One day of customized training with our expert Designers and Developers to help you enhance the design, effectiveness and aesthetic appeal of your courses
Training Services from D2L
Training Options
Private Training (Classroom, Web-based)
Live Virtual Public Training (Web-based)
Certificate Courses(Online)
Demonstrate that you know your stuff by earning a Teaching & Learning Certificate for Brightspace
Teaching & Learning Certificate• Topic: • Learning Environment Instructor Tools
• Method: • Online courses are moderated, contain
activities & assessments.
• Schedule: • Check with your Account Manager for
upcoming dates.
The fully online course accommodates individuals’ diverse learning preferences and schedules.
Teaching & Learning Program Certificate
Developing Course Materials with Brightspace
Certificate Course
Building Assessments & Grading Learners with Brightspace
Certificate Course
Communication & Engagement with
Brightspace
Certificate Course
Teaching & Learning Program
Certificate
BRIGHTSPACE DAYLIGHT
What is Daylight?
What is Daylight?The Brightspace Daylight Experience is a visual redesign of our product offerings.It brings a modern, unifying aesthetic to create an engaging and responsive experience for users regardless of the device they’re using.
Enter the
Daylight Design System.• New Typography• New Iconography• Fresh Colour palette• Common components• Responsive grid system for new
designs to utilize
Daylight Design System.
Daylight Design System.
Simple, responsive navigation.Navigation has been simplified, creating a positive experience on any device.
Responsive Homepages.Multi-column homepage layouts will collapse to a single column on mobile devices
In the works: My Courses widget
FUSION 2016
We are building a new tile-based My Courses widget that allows you to feature engaging images or photography.
In the works: My Courses widget
FUSION 2016
And of course, the new widget will responsively adapt to different device sizes.
Released in 10.6.5 (Sep)Course selector is now available at the org level
Course selector is also available in the mobile menu
Released in 10.6.5 (Sep)Visual updates have been made to the Content tool focusing on the Table of Contents.
Released in 10.6.6 (Oct)A few key defects have been addressed:
• Navbar menus were cutting off long link items
• Quiz matching questions• Rubric descriptions were not wrapping
Released in 10.6.6* (Oct)How do I set a course image? You can:
• Add your own image• Use images from the Shared
Files• Set the image through the API
And coming soon: (10.6.7/8)
• Select images from a curated library
• All courses without images will be assigned a random image from our curated library* For 10.6.6, the new My Courses widget is available for limited testing by contacting your Technical
Account Manager
Coming in 10.6.7 (Nov)Course search revisions:
• Multiple sorting options (last accessed, course code, pinned date, etc)
• Filter by one (or more!) semesters and departments
Coming in 10.6.7 (Nov)Cleaning up Class / User Progress, and making it work for mobile devices:
Mobile - Before:
Coming in 10.6.7 (Nov)Cleaning up Class / User Progress, and making it work for mobile devices:
Mobile - After:
Coming in 10.6.7 (Nov)Responsive Table of Contents page: Mobile -
Before:
Coming in 10.6.7 (Nov)Responsive Table of Contents page: Mobile -
After:
Turn Daylight ON in TEST
You are now able, and encouraged to turn Daylight on in your TEST environment.
d2l.System.BrightspaceDaylightExperience
How do I learn more about Daylight changes each month?• Good news — now that we've reached Milestone 1 and Daylight is available in
your test environments, we are making every effort to document known issues, fixed issues, and functional changes in the usual way.
• Feature-related information can be found in Preview and Current Release Notes.
• Known Issues and Fixed Issues are published as part of the Platform Release Notes document. Each PRB is marked with “(Daylight)” for easy spotting.
• Brightspace Daylight Visual Design Getting Started Guide is available, offering consolidated information on Daylight.
Where should I send inquiries?
• If something is broken or you're unable to complete a workflow, report this through Support in the usual fashion. This allows us to track Daylight Incidents centrally, and to create and address Problems in the usual way.
• If you have general feedback or questions about the Daylight program, feel free to reach out to us via our Daylight email address [email protected].
• If you have a specific idea or suggestion, you can submit an idea to the Product Idea Exchange (PIE) with "Daylight" in the name and with "Daylight" as a tag.
Keep up with all our seasonal releases at
www.D2L.com/seasonalrelease