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Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook
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Mit Lesen beginnenLänge: 502 Seiten2 Stunden
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- Packt Publishing
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- Nov 23, 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781849693455
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Beschreibung
Part of Packt's Cookbook series; if you don't have the time to work your way through a long tutorial, then this is the book for you. The step-by-step recipes are independent from each other so you can dip in and out of the book or follow it from start to end to build a higher education course. If you're familiar with D2L's basic tools but want to do more with your course, then this book is for you.
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Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook
Länge: 502 Seiten2 Stunden
Beschreibung
Part of Packt's Cookbook series; if you don't have the time to work your way through a long tutorial, then this is the book for you. The step-by-step recipes are independent from each other so you can dip in and out of the book or follow it from start to end to build a higher education course. If you're familiar with D2L's basic tools but want to do more with your course, then this book is for you.
- Herausgeber:
- Packt Publishing
- Freigegeben:
- Nov 23, 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781849693455
- Format:
- Buch
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Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook - Brandon Ballentine
Table of Contents
Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Your Course Ready for a New Semester
Introduction
Copying course materials from a previous semester
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more...
Importing a publisher's course cartridge
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more...
See also
Changing many due dates from one screen
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more...
See also
Double-checking everything from the student view
Getting ready
How to do it
How it works
Configuring your web browser
How to do it
How it works...
See also
2. Personalizing Your Course
Introduction
Using your profile to add personality
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more…
See also
Customizing navbar links
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating navigation groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Customizing your homepage with background images
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using system variables to create customized content
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
3. Getting Materials into Your Course
Introduction
Outlining a new course using Course Builder
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating objects
Browsing objects
See also
Reorganizing an existing course with Course Builder
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Getting the existing Microsoft Word documents into your course
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating a PDF
See also
Working with PowerPoint presentations
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating PDF handouts on the Mac operating system
Creating PDF handouts using CutePDF Writer
See also
Updating course files without deleting the original topics
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Uploading folders to batch create course content
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Adding content from the Learning Object Repository
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Searching federated resources
Using Google Docs to allow multiple download formats
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
4. Working with Multimedia
Introduction
Finding Creative Commons licensed images
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Embedding web videos
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Working with YouTube playlists
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Recording how-to videos with Jing
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Recording and editing videos with YouTube
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Additional resources
See also
Creating audio files with Audacity
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
5. Diving into HTML Code
Introduction
Displaying external web content with frames
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using CSS to style content
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using Desire2Learn's accessible templates
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating mobile-friendly content
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
6. Managing Assessments
Introduction
Streamlining the quiz creation process using quiz templates
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Copying quiz questions to the question library
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Importing questions from the question library
See also
Giving students extra time on assessments
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Deleting a student's quiz attempt
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using question feedback to help students learn
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using submission views and release conditions to create a learning experience
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Submitting a quiz on behalf of a student
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Minimizing cheating by randomizing questions and options
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Correcting quiz questions
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
7. Collaboration and Participation
Introduction
Creating project/study groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Group discussion forums
Group Dropbox folders
Group e-mail
Adding a Groups link to the course navbar
See also
Posting content for specific groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating a technical question forum
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Setting up a review session with Google Hangouts
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Facilitating collaborative note taking with Google Docs
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Monitoring specific discussion topics using notifications
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Monitoring participation
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Setting up Intelligent Agents
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using the BCC field to keep the e-mail private
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
8. Working with the Grades Tool
Introduction
Dropping the lowest item in a gradebook category
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Displaying an on-going total or mid-term report
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Hiding grade items from students
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Setting up your grades view to minimize scrolling
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating a new letter grade scheme
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Calculating and releasing final grades
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Previewing grades from a student's perspective
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Viewing grades for students who have withdrawn from a course
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Exporting a backup copy of your grades
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Index
Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook
Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook
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Credits
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About the Author
Brandon Ballentine is an Instructional Technologist in East Tennessee. He is a D2L system administrator and provides faculty training on D2L and other educational tools. Brandon also teaches workshops on iOS Application Development and Mobile Web Design.
Prior to working in the educational technology field, Brandon developed and managed interactive technologies for a financial institution.
Brandon has a Master's degree in English from East Tennessee State University. In his free time, he enjoys travelling and photography. To learn more about Brandon and his latest projects, visit www.brandonballentine.com.
I would like to thank my wife Lia for her patience and support during the writing of this book.
About the Reviewer
Susan Smith Nash is the author of several books on e-learning, including Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques. Nash has reviewed several Packt Publishing books, including the JavaScript Cookbook and Moodle Security. Nash has developed and administered online learning programs since the 1990s, and is the publisher of an edublog, E-Learning Queen. Having obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, Susan lives in Norman, Oklahoma, where she enjoys tennis, running, writing experimental fiction, and reading texts on the philosophy of technology.
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Preface
Creating an engaging online or web-enhanced class in the Desire2Learn Learning Environment doesn't have to be difficult. The easy-to-follow recipes in this cookbook guide you through everything from getting your course ready for students to calculating final grades.
Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook offers recipes that will help you set up, customize, and conduct your online courses, whether you're new to the system or a seasoned D2L user. The recipes are written for version 10.0 of the learning suite, although many of the examples are also applicable for version 9.4.
The cookbook is organized around tasks that instructors address during a typical semester, starting with a basic course setup and working towards calculating final grades.
Early recipes focus on creating a personalized learning environment by helping you customize the look and feel of your course and its content. Other recipes in the cookbook teach you how to integrate your favorite multimedia and social networking sites. Later chapters offer recipes that help you make the most of the learning environment's tools.
Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook is filled with screenshots and detailed steps to increase your productivity when working in the learning environment, to create and facilitate your online courses.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Your Course Ready for a New Semester, focuses on the essential beginning-of-the-semester tasks, such as copying materials from one course to another, modifying assignment due dates, and previewing your course from a student's point of view.
Chapter 2, Personalizing Your Course, focuses on how to modify a course's navbar and theme to achieve a unique look and feel. Readers will also learn how to use system variables to display custom content to students.
Chapter 3, Getting Materials into Your Course, presents a collection of time-saving tips for adding content to your course, whether it's a Google Document, material from the Learning Object Repository, or a .zip folder.
Chapter 4, Working with Multimedia, is all about locating and adding videos to your course.
Chapter 5, Diving into HTML Code, explores ways you can use HTML and CSS to create content that looks great on a variety of screen sizes.
Chapter 6, Managing Assessments, discusses solutions to common issues instructors face throughout the semester. In addition, readers will learn how to speed up the quiz creation process and minimize cheating in online assessments.
Chapter 7, Collaboration and Participation, focuses on how you can use system tools and external web services to encourage and monitor participation in your course.
Chapter 8, Working with the Grades Tool, presents a variety of tips for making the most out of the Learning Environment's Grades tool, such as how to set up the tool to minimize scrolling and how to export a backup copy of the grade book for safe keeping.
What you need for this book
You will need access to a Desire2Learn Learning Environment course and a modern web browser. Some recipes require additional software tools such as Microsoft Office, or accounts on various Web services such as YouTube.
Who this book is for
If you're familiar with the system's basic tools but want to do more with your course, then this book is for you.
Conventions
In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text are shown as follows: Replacing your-school.edu with the actual URL for your organization's Desire2Learn instance.
New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: Start by accessing the destination course from My Homepage.
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Note
Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.
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