Brightspace Michigan Connection Opening Session

Brightspace Michigan Connection

October 14, 2016

Western Michigan University

Sr. Community ManagerBarry Dahl

Barry.Dahl@D2L.com

@D2Lbarry

Web: community.brightspace.com/tlc

Wi-Fi

Username: WMUGuestGuest password: waldostadium

#D2Lmich

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Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community (TLC) Webinars

Hosted by Barry Dahl

Webinar Archives Available at

bit.ly/TLCwebinars

FUSION 2017

Las Vegas, NevadaMain: July 17-18

Post-conference: July 19

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!

Ian HaugheXplorance

Sponsor: eXplorance

• Breakout session:

• How to Create Effective Assessments and Raise Response Rates with Brightspace and Blue Course Evaluations

• 10:05 – 10:55 AM

Josh Kamrath, YouSeeU

Sponsor: YouSeeU

•Breakout session:

• Virtual Classroom with YouSeeU and D2L

• 1:00 – 1:50 PM

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

BRIGHTSPACE DAYLIGHT

"Not" Release Conditions

New Features for Intelligent Agents

Customizable From: name

and

Reply-To: email addresses

Score a rubric while assessing discussion posts

*released in February, 2016

Improved Core Analytics Enhanced User Progress Analytics

Brightspace 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

Use the Awards Tool in Brightspace Learning Environment to reward your learners with Badges and Certificates.

Badging and Certificates

Breakout SessionTime: 11:15 – 12:05

Brightspace Assignment Grader

Available Globally

Now on Android™ tablets in addition to iPads!

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.

D2L Mobile

MobileePortfolio

Binder AssignmentGrader

MobileWeb

Pulse

D2L Mobile

MobileePortfolio

Binder AssignmentGrader

MobileWeb

Pulse

Breakout SessionTime: 10:15 – 11:05

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 Learning Environment

Certificate Course

Building Assessments & Grading Learnerswith Brightspace Learning Environment

Certificate Course

Communication & Engagement with Brightspace Learning Environment

Certificate Course

Teaching & Learning Program

Certificate

Brightspace Daylight Experience

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 DaylightFeedback@d2l.com.

• 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