Discussion Forums in LEARN

Access the LEARN discussion forum by clicking “Communication” and then “Discussions”.

For detailed instructions on using the Discussions tool in LEARN please view these tutorials on the Brightspace community:
https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/le/discussions/learner/discussions_intro_1.htm

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Export Grades to Excel

You’re able to export the LEARN gradebook to a CSV or Excel file to save for your records, or to transfer grades from one term to another.

• Access the Gradebook by clicking “Assessments” (1) and “Grades” (2).

• Click “Enter Grades” (1) and “Export” (2).

• Go through the “Export Options” selecting the various settings you with to export.

• Next, select what grades you wish to export.
• Clicking the top “Grade Item” select box (1) will allow you to deselect or select all grade items.
  Tip: Deselecting all grade items and exporting will give you a spreadsheet with student names and usernames without any grade items.
• You are able to select or deselect indevidual grade items (2).
• When ready clicking “Export to CSV” or “Export to Excel”

• The system will prepare your download. When ready click “Download” (1)

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Description:You can easily copy course components from a Master, or any other course you are enrolled in as a Developer, into an empty course shell.

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Evaluating written submissions in the Dropbox tool is now even easier. In addition to the existing bulk download of student Dropbox submissions, you can now evaluate and annotate submitted work using the desktop software of your choice, and finish the process by bulk uploading these files.

Downloaded Dropbox submissions are assigned a unique identifier, enabling the system to recognize the files upon upload.

See the full feature list here: Learning Environment 10.2 Features Guide.pdf

i>Clickers have been integrated with LEARN. You can access your class roster, student’s can register their clickers in LEARN, and you can update your gradebook from the clicker software.
You will first have to update your i>Clicker software.

In the folder where your existing i>Clicker software exists create an “archive” folder. Drag your existing i>Clicker software into this folder. You can keep that for records and reference.

Next download the appropriate .zip file located below. Save that .zip file to your i>Clicker flash drive. Unzip, and then configure following the instructions found in this video.

• Download for PC: i>clicker Windows
• Download for Mac: i>clicker 7.4.5 – Mac

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Many publishers have questions banks that are easily imported into your LEARN course. You can import these into the Question Library and then select or customize the questions for your needs. Don’t worry if your publisher doesn’t list “d2l”, or “desire2learn” as a supported format, “Blackboard”, “scorm” as well as others will work just fine.

An association allows the grades from the dropbox or quiz tool to be automatically transferred over to the gradebook. This is especially useful when marking assignments in the dropbox, or when items are auto-graded in the quiz.

You create the association from the gradable item. Either as you create the gradable item, or by editing it.

Dropbox:

1. Go to an Assignment you need to link to a grade item.

2. Click on the drop-down next to Assignment and choose “Edit Folder“.

3. Use the Grade Item dropdown to select the gradebook item:

4. Click “Save and Close“.

When an association is set up correctly, you will see an icon when viewing the Assignment and the association will be listed in the gradebook:

Quiz tool:

1. Go to the Quiz you need to associate with a grade item and click “Edit” your Quiz.

2. Click the “Assessment” (1) tab.

3. Click the “Allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion” (2) if you want grades to be automatically sent to the grade book, and for the default submission view to be released to users when they complete an attempt.

4. Use the Grade Item dropdown (3) to select the gradebook item.

5. Click the “Auto Export to Grades” (4) button.

Don’t forget to “Save and Close“.

When an association is set up correctly, you will see an icon when viewing the Quiz and the association will be listed in the gradebook:

LEARN Competencies

The Competencies tool in LEARN is a great way to track Competencies, Learning Objectives, Outcomes, or Standards across your course, multiple courses or the college as a whole. You can tie activities (such as selected questions on a quiz) to learning objectives and auto track the students progress through these objectives.

To access the competencies tool enter your course, click “Edit Course”, “Competencies”, and then you can use the “New” button to begin creating your competencies and learning objectives.

For detailed instructions and explanation of the competencies tool please see the info on the following page:
https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/le/competencies/instructor/about_competencies.htm

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It’s a good idea to keep your uploaded files organized in LEARN. Just like on your computer it’s much easy to make changes and update items if they are organized well. This video outlines how to do this in version 10.1 of LEARN.