STOP THE INSANITY!
STOP THE INSANITY!Three Steps to organizing your D2L classes:
Excel, Notes and D2l OptionsCherry Emerson May 17, 2012
WAS THIS YOUR SYSTEM?
MINE TOO!
DEFINITION OF INSANITY!Insanity: doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting different results.ALBERT EINSTEIN
THE START OF MY INSANITYFour classes sounded good!
Ah, not so fast grasshopper!One 15 week ANT 101One 10 Week ANT
101One 10 week ANT 225One 15 week ANT 225
No opening/closing dates were the same!$$$
STEP 1EXCEL SPREADSHEET COMBINING ALL CLASSES AND ALL DATES FOR
ALL ACTIVITIESTOOLS AND SKILLS NEEDED
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF EXCELPRINTOUT OF EACH CLASS SCHEDULEABILITY
TO FORMAT COLUMNS (date, etc.)ABILITY TO SORT BY DATE
COLUMNDOUBLE-CHECK AS CLASSES PROGRESSMAKE ANY CORRECTIONS IN
FLOW
HERE IS MY EXCEL SHEET
EXCEL SKILLS NEEDED1 BASIC SKILLS OPEN/ENTER DATA/SAVE
FILEFORMAT COLUMNS (DATE/TEXT)FREEZE TOP ROW VIEW (then choose
freeze top row)DATA SORT BY THE DATE COLUMN(then choose )SET YOUR
PAGE BREAKS (if you want)PRINT (landscape) preview/adjust as
necessary for youIN EXCEL, the HELP may be upper right
STEP 2KEEP TRACK OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT DOING WORK [notes]GRADE
THEM FIRST IN DROPBOXES AND DISCUSSIONS [keeps flow going]UPDATE
THEIR STATUS IN YOUR NOTES [use dates]GRADE REMAINING SUBMISSIONS
[more focused]SEND EMAIL TO ALL NO SUBMISSION DROPBOXSEND EMAIL TO
ALL NO POSTS DISCUSSIONS IN GRADES (hint: Set your grades to repeat
names every two columns)NO MORE POST-ITS
SOLUTION 3INCREASE YOUR EFFICIENCY WITH D2L OPTIONS
STREAMLINE YOUR DISCUSSIONS USE THE FLAG IN DISCUSSIONS BOLD
YOUR FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS MARK READ WHEN YOU READ IT SUMMARY: TITLE
AND PIN MESSAGE KEEP DISCUSSION THREADED GRADE DROPBOXES WHEN THEY
COME IN CREATE FOLDERS EMAIL FOLDERS
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Settings in D2L Discussions
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS 1,2,3,4Threaded ViewReading StyleReply
Setting OFFSAVE
10 ADVANCED Tricks & Tips1 IN F2F CLASSES USE ATTENDANCE
TOOL2 USE INTELLIGENT AGENT TOOL track in class3 USE RUBRIC TOOL
standards / grading made easy4 USE FAQs TOOL amazing how much these
help5 NEWS ITEMS make it a habit give them a carrot6 USE LINKS TOOL
help them do their papers better7 LOAD EXAMPLES students A work
(name off, ask permission)8 EMAILS should be answered promptly 48
hours maximum9 USE the Download to EXCEL option for GRADES10 USE
the Download to EXCEL option for ATTENDANCE (F2F)
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