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| - | ====== Content ====== | + | [[:start|{{:avenuewiki:avenue.jpg?nolink&200x50}}]] |
| + | <html><h1><b>***UPDATES: PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT AVENUE TO LEARN:***</br></br> <a href="https://avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca">https://avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca</a></b></h1></br></br></br> </html> | ||
| + | ===== Content ===== | ||
| - | The **Content** tool is a location where you can share digital files, create a roadmap for your students and link to other areas of the system, or external websites. Think of Content as the hub of your course, | ||
| - | ===== Vendor Documentation ===== | + | Watch these video's from our vendor, for a beginner's dive into the Content tool: |
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| - | - How do I add Content to my course? | + | {{youtube>g-LtyszhAGI?large}} |
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| + | The above are the basics that you should know. For an expanded dive into the content tool, there is a content playlist from the vendor at: | ||
| + | [[https://bit.ly/2P9Tu8C|https://bit.ly/2P9Tu8C]] | ||
| - | <font 9pt/courier new;;#000000;;#ffffff>o</font> [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Content|https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Content]] | ||
| + | If you are thinking about adding a video to your course, you can use [[https://www.macvideo.ca]], or Stream within the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools. Alternately, use Vimeo, or YouTube to host your content externally and embed the video on a page in Content. Remember to respect copyright and accessiblity laws when you are using other's work as a part of your course. For more information about copyright at McMaster, please go to http://www.copyright.mcmaster.ca/ . For more information about accessibility please go to http://accessibility.mcmaster.ca/teaching-accessibly . Below is a video demonstrating how to embed a video or create content from scratch in D2L which we call Avenue to Learn. The process for embedding a video from YouTube and almost any other video streaming site is the same. | ||
| - | <font 12.8000001907349px/arial;;#000000;;#ffffff><font 9pt/courier new;;#000000;;#ffffff>o</font> How to Manage Modules and Topics: | + | {{youtube>sEYVxRPLioE?large}} |
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| - | </font> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZmFN6cPuMs|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZmFN6cPuMs]] | + | <html><br /></html> |
| + | ===Adding Release Conditions to Content Items=== | ||
| - | <font 9pt/courier new;;#000000;;#ffffff>o</font> Managing Content (Part 1): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUVCBEjWy4|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUVCBEjWy4]] | + | You may want to restrict access to Content items based on other activity in the system (eg. discussion posts, enrollment in a group or completing a quiz). This video demonstrates this ability. |
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| - | <font 9pt/courier new;;#000000;;#ffffff>o</font> Managing Content (part 2): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI3JIZTbAJQ|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI3JIZTbAJQ]] | + | |
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| - | <font 9pt/courier new;;#000000;;#ffffff>o</font> [[http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/help/docs/mixed_content.pdf|http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/help/docs/mixed_content.pdf]] | + | Nothing at this time. |
| ===== Effective Pedagogical Practices ===== | ===== Effective Pedagogical Practices ===== | ||
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| + | <font 12.8000001907349px/arial;;#000000;;#ffffff>Please let us know if you have any pedagogical input for this tool.</font> | ||
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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. 23757 or by completing the intake form located at http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/support/ // | ||
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