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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 of activities for your students and link to other areas of the system, or external websites. Think of Content as the hub of your course, allowing you to organize and structure the course experience for your students. | ||
| - | ===== 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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