Teaching & Learning Community WebinarJanuary 24, 2017
Jennifer Hendryx and Brian LedwellUniversity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Dressed to the Nines: Making Content Fashionable
Brightspace Connections
Manitoba Connection• Friday, May 26
• Red River College
• Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Registration page coming soon
Minnesota Connection• Friday, April 21
• Normandale Community College
• Bloomington, MN
London Connection• Mid-May
• Details coming soon
www.d2l.com/events/regional/
Upcoming Webinars
Build Up Your (e)Portfolio: Getting Students Using Digital Portfolios to Invest in Their Future
• Tuesday, January 31
• Amanda Keesee, University of Central Oklahoma
Feel the Love from Your Students: Brightspace Tools for Increasing End-of-Course Student Ratings
• Tuesday, February 7
• Thomas Tobin
www.d2l.com/resources/webinars/
Dressed to the Nines:Making Content Fashionable
Jennifer Hendryx
Instructional Designer, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Brian Ledwell
Multi-Media Developer, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Why use Content Templates?
Consistency Flexibility Accessibility
More interesting
They look pretty!!!
Cautionary Tales
Switching templates deletes page content
CSS Page layout can get messy
Keep an original CSS copy
Test pages in multiple browsers
CSS nav buttons don’t allow time on task tracking
Storing the files
Org level
• Organization Files
• System Admin
Course level
• Manage Files
• Course instructor
FileNaming
• Unique names
• Separate folders
Content Templates
https://goo.gl/KXd3oC https://goo.gl/UQsSm0
UWO D2L
https://brianledwell.com/d2ltemplates