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Join one of our dynamic 30-minutes sessions this semester!
Semester Wrap-up & Fall Updates
May 8, 2025
11:30 am
In this wrap-up presentation, we'll review the concluding semester and explore Distance
Education updates, focusing on important reminders and the latest advancements with our tech tools and LMS.
Join us as we reflect on the past term's achievements and set the stage for an even
more engaging and successful future!
RECORDINGS
Spring 2025
Getting Started Right (recording to come)
This insightful session provides essential resources to help students get started
successfully by highlighting key strategies and resources to enhance your D2L course.
This session explores techniques for adapting course requirements and assignments
to either incorporate or deter AI usage, along with ideas for leveraging AI in course design.
This webinar focuses on key elements of setting up a Gradebook in D2L while highlighting
best practices that will simplify grading workflow, ensure accurate grade calculation,
and enhance students鈥 understanding of their course grades.
AI detectors are not the single golden solution to combat unapproved AI usage in written
assignments. They are one piece, one data point contributing to the overall puzzle.
The Distance Education staff discusses other pieces in the AI puzzle including suggestions
for addressing AI writing in your courses, the Turnitin AI writing detector tool,
and exploring the detector鈥檚 results.
Our Customer Success Manager, Nataly Lopez, returns for a comprehensive training session
and provides updates on the proctoring solution!
The Instructional Design team discusses the importance of accessibility in digital
content. Gain an understanding of the essential requirements for making digital content
accessible and watch some demonstrations of some of the most effective tools for evaluating
and enhancing accessibility. This interactive workshop equips faculty with knowledge
and skills to meet accessibility standards.
Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Distance Education courses is a federal
requirement. In this session, Dr. Anna Carrie Webb provides an overview of RSI. She
also addresses faculty questions and scenarios regarding the regulation.
Distance Education created the APSU Online Quality Fundamentals (AOQF) to promote
continuous improvement of online course quality, capitalize on faculty expertise,
and increase participation in course reviews. Learn more about the five fundamentals,
being an AOQF Peer Reviewer, and the success of the program's launch.
The Instructional Design team demonstrates how to increase student engagement with
a more personalized course using the Awards and Replacement String tools in D2L.
The Instructional Design team demonstrates how rubrics help to make grading more streamlined
and provide your students will clear expectations. Watch this recording to learn about
creating, applying, and grading with the Rubrics tool in D2L.
In this wrap-up presentation, we delve into Distance Education updates, focusing on
the latest advancements in Instructional Technology and the utilization of D2L Brightspace.
Our LMS Administrator and Assistant Director reflect on the achievements of the past
term and pave the way for an even more engaging and successful future in distance
education.
Media Library offers simple features for media creation, storage, and streaming to
any of your courses from a centralized repository in D2L. This native D2L tool can
be used to record audio, screen capture, and/or camera inputs for course content,
assignment directions, feedback to students, and more. Alexandra Rotzer, Instructional
Technology Specialist, demonstrates how to create recordings, organize media with
effective naming conventions, and generate captions 鈥 all without leaving D2L or downloading
an application.
Our LMS team explores the latest updates within D2L Brightspace, specifically the
Locker tool within Groups, the revamped Enrollment Experience and the functionality
for assigning Grade Exemptions. This presentation offers valuable insights into leveraging
these updates to optimize your teaching and learning workflows.
In this session, we cover the Insights Dashboard available to instructors and administrators. Brightspace Insights, integrated with the D2L Brightspace Data Platform, offers user-friendly reporting visualizations for a comprehensive overview of users within the learning environment. This empowers instructors to effectively track, assess, and monitor student progress.
The D2L support team covers the nuances of the D2L gradebook and answer any questions
you may have about this complex but helpful tool. Also, learn about Turnitin and
how the tool can help with academic integrity and expedite paper and other text-based
assignment grading.
This session demonstrates how you can increase student participation and active learning
in your online course by using the Group tool in D2L. In addition to fostering collaboration
and increasing engagement in your online course, explore other strategies for incorporating
partnered and small group opportunities, like peer reviews using the Discussion Boards
tool.
In this concluding presentation for the Spring term, our LMS team delves into the
latest developments in Distance Education. They discuss how instructors can request
D2L Course Combines, Sandboxes, and Course Copies. Additionally, they cover Course
Design and Delivery Support, along with updates on other instructional technologies.
Plus, you can get a peek at the D2L Brightspace Creator+ authoring tool!
This Tutor.com session covers best practices, outreach resources, a live demonstration
of the Tutor.com learning environment, and the benefits of online tutoring in improving
student success.