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| Welcome to the Avenue to Learn Communication Tools workshop. This is a blended workshop - meaning that before you attend the in-person session, you will have viewed the resources on this page, tried some of these tasks in a course shell and then attended our face-to-face working session where you will put what you've learned into practice. We strongly encourage you to bring materials that you might use for your course to the session, that way you will be able to use that time for developing your actual course. If you do not have all your materials prepared, that's fine, bring what you can to the session. The outcomes for this course are: | Welcome to the Avenue to Learn Communication Tools workshop. This is a blended workshop - meaning that before you attend the in-person session, you will have viewed the resources on this page, tried some of these tasks in a course shell and then attended our face-to-face working session where you will put what you've learned into practice. We strongly encourage you to bring materials that you might use for your course to the session, that way you will be able to use that time for developing your actual course. If you do not have all your materials prepared, that's fine, bring what you can to the session. The outcomes for this course are: | ||
| - | * You will be able to post a News item in your course. | + | * You will be able to post an Announcement item in your course. |
| * You will be able to create a Discussion forum and topic. | * You will be able to create a Discussion forum and topic. | ||
| * You will be able to configure the Discussion tool to best suit your particular marking and reading style. | * You will be able to configure the Discussion tool to best suit your particular marking and reading style. | ||
| - | * You will be able to use the Online Rooms tool to create a Blackboard Collaborate session. | ||
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| + | ===== Announcements ===== | ||
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| + | This tool is one of the most effective in communicating with your students as it is the first thing they see once they access your course. You can provide announcements, course updates and important information through this tool. | ||
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| + | How to create an announcement item: [[https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/le/announcements/instructor/create_announcements_item.htm|https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/le/announcements/instructor/create_announcements_item.htm]] | ||
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| ===== Discussions ===== | ===== Discussions ===== | ||
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| For more information about designing discussions, please visit the following link: | For more information about designing discussions, please visit the following link: | ||
| - | [[http://www.online.pitt.edu/faculty/documents/PittOnlineDiscussionBoardBestPractices.pdf|University of Pittsburgh's Online Discussion Board Best Practices]] | + | [[http://online.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Best-Practices-for-Creating-Effective-Online-Discussion-Activities.pdf|University of Pittsburgh's Online Discussions Best Practices]] |
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| - | The Disucssions tool is located within your course, under the Communication menu (Communication > Discussions). For a brief overview of the Discussion tool, please view this short video below. | + | The Disucssions tool is located within your course, under the Communication menu (Communication > Discussions). |
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| For more information about creating Forums, or to visually see the steps described, please watch the embedded video below. | For more information about creating Forums, or to visually see the steps described, please watch the embedded video below. | ||
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| For more information about creating Topics, or to visually see the steps described, please watch the embedded video below. | For more information about creating Topics, or to visually see the steps described, please watch the embedded video below. | ||
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| For more information about creating forums and topics, please see the following links: | For more information about creating forums and topics, please see the following links: | ||
| - | [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/creating-discussion-forums-topics|Creating Discussion Forums and Topics]] | + | [[https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/semester_start/-/instructor/faq_discussions.htm|Discussions FAQ]] |
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| - | [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/creating-replying-to-discussion-threads|Creating and replying to discussion threads]] | + | |
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| ==== Configuring Discussions ==== | ==== Configuring Discussions ==== | ||
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| [[https://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-onlinelearning-mastering-online-discussion-board-facilitation.pdf|Edutopia's Guide to Facilitating Online Discussions]] | [[https://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-onlinelearning-mastering-online-discussion-board-facilitation.pdf|Edutopia's Guide to Facilitating Online Discussions]] | ||
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| - | [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/sites/default/files/documents/How%20to%20assess%20Discussions%20submissions.pdf|D2L PDF Handout on Marking Discussions]] | ||
| - | The embedded video below, shows two different ways to mark discussions, by assessing the thread or assessing the student. Using Assess Topic takes you to a screen where you can assess each students participation in this Topic (as long as you have a linked Grade Item in the Grades tool). This is useful when you have read all the responses within the Topic and want to grade all students at once. A discussion based rubric may be useful to speed up and standardize marking. | ||
| - | If you prefer to mark as you read, Assess Student allows you to grade one student in the context of the thread. For more information on marking discussions, please view the two videos below. | + | ==Grade a Topic== |
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| - | ===== Online Rooms ===== | ||
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| - | **Online Rooms** is a University wide connection between Avenue to Learn and our web conferencing tool, Blackboard Collaborate. Online Rooms allows you to create a web conferencing space in Blackboard Collaborate without needing an additional set of login credentials or requiring any additional training to configure the space. Please go to [[https://wiki.mcmaster.ca/avenue/online_rooms#setting_up_an_online_room|Setting Up an Online Room in Avenue]] to configure your Online Room. | ||
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| - | Additional support resources for Blackboard Collaborate: | ||
| - | [[http://miietl.mcmaster.ca/site/web-conferencing/|http://miietl.mcmaster.ca/site/web-conferencing/]] | ||
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| - | {{:avenuewiki:moderator_best_practices.pdf|Blackboard Collaborate Moderator Best Practices}} | ||
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| - | ===== News ===== | ||
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| - | This tool is one of the most effective in communicating with your students as it is the first thing they see once they access your course. You can provide announcements, course updates and important information through the News tool. | ||
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| - | How to create a news item: [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/creating-news-item|https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/creating-news-item]] | ||
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| - | //For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 22911 or email support.avenue@cll.mcmaster.ca.// | + | //For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 23757 or email support.avenue@cll.mcmaster.ca.// |
