Brightspace Colorado Ignite - 3 Techniques for Instructor Presence

Dan Semi – Solutions Engineer D2L

The sense of instructor presence is created through a combination of instructional design and delivery.

Videos, photos, narratives—depending on one’s comfort level with the medium—can help create this sense of presence in advance of course delivery.

“You can invest a little bit of time and energy in the design phase…” – Larry Ragan Penn State World Campus

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/creating-a-sense-of-instructor-presence-in-the-online-classroom/#sthash.ArXtrkbV.dpuf

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Dynamic fields to display applicable information

What?

How?

HTML editor, Content, Quiz, Intelligent Agents, mail templates

Where?

Using restricted list – Just type in using curly brackets {string}

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Other uses? -Instructions -Disclaimers

Video Note

Feature allows you to quickly and easily create or upload video

What?

How?

Insert Stuff or any tool that allows attachments

Where?

Using your webcam, video cam or upload from video library

Insert Video Note

No Flash? -No problem! -Renders HTML5!

Embed Rich Media

Images or video clips created or uploaded, iFrames

What?

How?

Insert Stuff, HTML editor, custom widgets

Where?

Copy/paste embed code, build iFrames, custom widgets

Embed What?

PollsVideoiFrames

Questions?

Resources:https://documentation.desire2learn.comhttps://community.brightspace.com

Dan Semi – Solutions Engineer D2L

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