Instructional Design & Online Course Support – Page 3

Copyright and Fair Use in the Online Classroom

April 10, 2017 by Julia Lehman Caldwell Leave a Comment

The following is our interpretation of copyright and fair use as it applies to our online courses. We don't want to limit your use of material or make more work for you; … [Read more...]

How to Improve Performance

April 3, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

In this TED Talk, Eduardo Briceño talks about how people improve their performance of a task--and the answer is not to perform that task more often. The answer lies in … [Read more...]

Color Blindness and How It Affects Your Learners

March 27, 2017 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

Color blindness is a condition where someone can not distinguish between certain colors, often between greens and reds, and very rarely, yellows and blues. One common … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Checking a Student’s Login History

March 20, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Knowing when a student logged into your course can be useful to keep students on track and confirm information. For example, if a student claims to have submitted a quiz … [Read more...]

Extra Points on an Assignment in D2L

March 13, 2017 by Jeri Weiser Leave a Comment

Extra credit. Some instructors love it, others not so much. If you’re in the former camp but don’t know how to change the settings in D2L, this is the blog post for you. … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Using the Collapsible Side Panel

March 10, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Did you know there's an easy way to navigate your course, without having to back up to the main table of contents? The collapsible side panel can be found towards the top … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Print Multiple Pages Per Sheet

March 1, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Many students and faculty want to know how to save paper when printing materials for offline viewing. For PDFs viewed with Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, this can be … [Read more...]

Writing Smart Learning Outcomes

February 20, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

All of our courses start with learning outcomes—short statements identifying what the student will be able to do after the course or the lesson. Learning outcomes are … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: The Dog Ate My Quiz

February 16, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

All the studying in the world won't help a student if they have poor Internet connectivity when taking a quiz. Unfortunately, sometimes it does happen that a student … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Inline Document Viewer

February 10, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

The in-line document viewer displays course documents such as PDF and Word files directly in Content rather than requiring users to download and open the files external … [Read more...]