I thought this was a creative idea for discussion using what they are calling Digital PowerUps. It might be cool to try this in YellowDig using the #hashtag feature which gets little use. Check out the Teaching in Higher Education Podcast for some evidence based information, a nice 5 minute recap of what this is …
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Wednesday February 17, 2021 Webinar Transcript Webinar video recording
Three general videos to share with YD faculty who can then share with students: Points (1:50 minutes) Searching and Filtering (1:38 minutes) YellowDig Functions: A Quick Start Guide (2:36 minutes) If students need to create superscripts in their posts, here is a video on how to do that. Creating superscripts in YellowDig (~1:18 minutes)
Are you thinking you’d like to use YellowDig to replace your Blackboard discussions? Before you do, I would highly suggest watching the following videos and setting a time to meet with an Instructional Designer to discuss ideas. I need a discussion (2 minutes) How to Build Strong Communities (5.5 minutes) Why no assignments? (5 minutes) …
Notes from a YellowDig webinar with faculty from Fort Hayes University. Creating points creates a structure of the board and identifying value in specific types of activities. There are two types of interventions instructors can make for a YellowDig board: 1) Board settings (ie points, weekly point max), 2) instructor interventions while course is in …
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How to build a strong learning community in Yellowdig (for full details watch YD video) Time and participation Survival of strong and useful conversations Interconnected members Listening Goal of YellowDig is a single assignment without weekly assignments with weekly deadlines. It is more of an open free form conversation. YellowDig suggest that the weekly assignments …
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