Guest post by Jennifer Sorensen, RHCHP School of Nursing
HEADLINES
· The collaborative networking with other faculty as well as tech support to gain numerous tools and tips was extremely beneficial. I was energized and wanting to learn more each day that I attended the conference. These tools and tips ranged from things to enhance student learning through gamification, apps, and websites to ways D2L can enhance student learning as well as instructor efficiency through rubrics, assignment grader, etc.
· Being able to work in the sandbox of the new version we will soon be adopting: 10.2.
BEST SESSION
How to build and use competencies and rubrics within D2L.
EXPO HIGHLIGHTS
· D2L Assignment grader: This app appears to increase efficiency for grading.
· Respondus lockdown browser upgrades: We now have 200+ seats available for webcam monitored testing. This can enhance monitored testing for faculty when needed in emergent situation.
· Kaltura app – This will allow students and faculty to upload videos to D2L with the app. This can be very beneficial for multiple reasons such as autonomy and flexibility.
BIGGEST SURPRISES
· The new version of D2L is very different from our current version. It does not look like our current version at all. It did not seem intuitive at first and was difficult to find items. After working in it several times, it did get easier.
· The fact that rubrics have been available in D2L all along and I was not sure how to use them. I use rubrics in word to grade assignments; however, using them within D2L is much more efficient.
BEST IDEAS
· Seeing and hearing different methods of teaching and learning as well as tools/apps utilized. Gamification is something I am interested in utilizing. The session I attended had some good initial data to support the use of gamification.
Use of verbal recorded feedback in dropbox.
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