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Brightspace South Carolina Connection

October 21, 2016

Orangeburg, SC

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Mike Hammond

Associate Vice President for Academics

Sr. Community ManagerBarry Dahl

Barry.Dahl@D2L.com

@D2Lbarry

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Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community (TLC)

WebinarsHosted by Barry Dahl

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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 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