Week 2

IDL-7140

LMS Evaluation Introduction

Hello, Members of the Board,

I am here today to share the findings from this week's evaluation of D2L Brightspace and Google Classroom. I am also concerned about the social and emotional health of our students during distance learning. I assure you that both LMSs have the capabilities to engage the students and the teachers. Although each system has its own nuance, both are worth the time and effort to learn and implement. The following tutorials should give your committee some insight:

The five tools I will cover are as follows:

Create Electronic Gradebook Category/Items
Create Groups
Create Group Discussion Topics
Create Synchronous Web Conference Session
Quality Check as Demo Student

D2L LMS Evaluation

CREATE ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOK CATEGORY/ITEMS

Here is how to create an electronic gradebook in D2L.

Go to Manage Grades

Click New Tab, select

Select Numeric

Name the Grade Item

Create a Grade Category

Under Grading enter the Point value

Select Can Exceed, Select Bonus

Under Grade Scheme, use the default setting, Percentage

Add the saved Rubric

Under Restrictions, select Hide this Grade Item

CREATE GROUPS

Learners can discuss, share, and submit work in D2L Groups.

Communications, Groups, New Category
Name category
Give description
Enrollment type
Number of students per group
Number of groups
Prefix-Seminar
Enrollment date-Expiry date
Set up discussion areas
Create new topic
Check set up dropbox folders (File submit)
Click save

CREATE GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS

Go to Discussions

Click New
Select a topic
Click the down arrow, find a forum
Go to Topic Type
Select Open topic, everyone can access this topic and its contents
Name a title, optional, give a description
Options, select, Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads
No ratings for Posts
Click save
Go to Restrictions tab click, use default for date (learners have open access)
Unlock date for specific range

CREATE SYNCRONUOUS WEB CONFERENCE SESSION

Under Communications, select, Collaborate Ultra

Create New Session

Name the Session
Guest Access
Guest role, Presenter
Start and End time
No end, open session
Early Entry (15 min)
Create

QUALITY CHECK AS DEMO STUDENT

Google Classroom LMS Evaluation

CREATE ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOK CATEGORY/ITEMS

Select Grades

Click Student name
View details
Click on assignment
Grades/Point value (right side)
Add Private comment (right side)
Comment directly on document
Click return (to student)

CREATE GROUPS

Go to Topics

Add Topics

Group A

Group B

Create Assignment

Name Assignment

Click Add Google Drive

Get Assignment

Remember to make a copy for all groups

Assign Groups (drop down arrow on right side)

Uncheck other students, leave only group intended

CREATE GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS

A. Create

B. Add a question

C. Select Short Answer

D. Add description

E. Add link to assignment

F. Select students for groups

G. Default, no points

H. Select Due date and time

I. Check, Students can reply (discussion)

Click Ask

CREATE SYNCRONOUS WEB CONFERENCE SESSION

Classwork
Calendar
Create An Event
Add Date and Time
Add Conferencing
Add Hangouts Meet
Save-Link will generate

Students can see this event in their email and calendar

QUALITY CHECK AS DEMO STUDENT

Demo student's email reminder of the Google Classroom web conference.

Recommendation

This week D2L Brightspace has the most comprehensive setup and usability. The Gradebook in D2L already has all of the parameters in place. The instructor can use the many training online tutorials to learn how to setup. Once the Gradebook is set up, the rest is routine. The Web conference tool also edges out with the Collaborative Ultra add on. D2L has the reputation of dependability for many years. The creation of groups in Google Classroom was not as succinct as the D2L platform. Users found "hacks" to create groups in Google Classroom. Google Classroom is evolving, but the updates are often implemented with little warning (Francom et al.,2020). D2L Brightspace is my recommendation for week 2.

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