Delta College eLearning Update
October Newsletter
Knowmia Going Away Party!
Friday November 5th, 12:00pm
https://delta-edu.zoom.us/j/85665606827?pwd=LytGNXB4ZWdWQUZXWDhoUE9pdzRPdz09
When is Knowmia going away?
You will no longer be able to create new content after November 5th. The migration process will start on this day and will take a minimum of 10 weeks.
You will still have access to existing Knowmia content through March 14th. We are hoping to extend this date to the end of summer. After this, the Knowmia site will be shut down and existing links to content will not work. Once your videos have been transferred, please work on updating links in D2L to be YuJa links.
What can I do to prepare?
Now would be a good time to delete content from Knowmia that you do not wish to have transferred.
Migration Process
Access to updated YuJa links is anticipated to be available at the end of January.
If you would like to complete the process manually ahead of this date, you can download and upload content yourself using this video as a guide. However, once the migration process is complete you will have duplicate videos in your library so changing the name on manual uploads is recommended.
Instructional Design Package for Fall 2021 now available
Introducing Delta Diner
View details about the entree choices on the FeLC.
Upcoming Training Sessions
YuJa Tier 1 Training
- Accessing YuJa
- Video Capture
- Review settings and captions
- Publish and Share media
- Adding content to D2L
Please have YuJa Software Capture downloaded prior to this session. We will be clicking through together.
https://delta-edu.zoom.us/j/89857546502?pwd=OFZzaTcxdGZucTBjUWpSM1AydExHZz09
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021, 03:00 PM
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YuJa Tier 2 Training
- Creating a quiz
- Linking to gradebook
- Analytics
This training will be most productive if you have a video with student views so we can look at the analytic data together.
https://delta-edu.zoom.us/j/89857546502?pwd=OFZzaTcxdGZucTBjUWpSM1AydExHZz09
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021, 02:00 PM
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RSVPs are enabled for this event.
YuJa Tier 2 Training
- Creating a quiz
- Linking to gradebook
- Analytics
This training will be most productive if you have a video with student views so we can look at the analytic data together.
https://delta-edu.zoom.us/j/89857546502?pwd=OFZzaTcxdGZucTBjUWpSM1AydExHZz09
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021, 02:00 PM
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RSVPs are enabled for this event.
YuJa Open Help Session
https://delta-edu.zoom.us/j/89857546502?pwd=OFZzaTcxdGZucTBjUWpSM1AydExHZz09
Friday, Oct 29, 2021, 12:30 PM
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Teaching Tip Spotlight
Alternatives to Traditional Grading
Mastery Grading
This approach to grading is based on how well students demonstrated mastery of the desired learning objective. It provides clarity for students and places the emphasis on learning using a growth mindset. Learn more about how to use the Mastery gradebook in D2L to implement this strategy.
Contract Grading
Students work collaboratively with their instructor to determine what type of work is expected to earn each type of grade. For example, to get a B in this class students must attend most sessions, submit all but one assignment, demonstrate original thinking on assignments, and participate often. This blog offers more tips and resources for contract grading (also called labor grading).
Ungrading
This approach greatly reduces and sometimes eliminates grades completely from assignments and instead focuses on providing feedback on the work itself. In many cases, students evaluate themselves or each other with guidance from the instructor. Jesse Stommel, a leader in the field, has two blog posts “Why I Don’t Grade” and “How to Ungrade.” Jesse argues that grades aren't a good incentive, don't give good feedback, are not a good marker of learning, and aren't fair. "If you're a teacher and you hate grading, stop doing it."
So what now?
In his ungrading presentation for Talk Math with Your Friends, math professor Spencer Bagley provides a helpful explanation of his whole process, how he went from specs grading to simpler contract grading to a student-mediated ungrading process. His whole talk is worth watching, but near the end, he shows how he started the semester with a blank table in the Grading section in his Google Doc syllabus, and the class discussed what behaviors and work should determine each grade.
It can be overwhelming to think about revamping a structure as foundational as grades, and our disciplines and departments may not allow complete ungrading. Nevertheless, even faculty in contingent positions or with other restrictions find they have some freedom to reframe the role of grades and how they are determined.
- Start small by ungrading one project or assignment.
- Simplify grades. Rather than determining whether a paper is an 82 or 86 you instead communicate that the work is solid but could have a few improvements.
- Allow revision, which emphasizes a growth and mastery model.
These small steps might help guide where ungrading can go next. While ungrading is not challenge-free, faculty find they can finally enjoy reviewing student work and students get more creative and take more risks.
References
Alternatives to Traditional Grading: CETL Teaching Tip from Oakland University
Bagley, S. (2020, August 13). TMWYF: Ungrading as resistance (Spencer Bagley). Talk Math with Your Friends [YouTube Channel].
Inoue, A. (n.d.). Labor-Based Grading Contract Resources. Asao B. Inoue’s Infrequent Words [blog].
Stommel, J. (n.d.). Jesse Stommel Blog. (includes multiple posts on ungrading). Foundational pieces include Why I Don’t Grade and How to Ungrade.
What's new in D2L?
Navigation Bar Defaults
Intelligent Agent Templates (September)
- Do you have a student that hasn't logged in for a week? Have the system send them a check-in email.
- Do you have a deadline approaching and lots of missing work? Have the system send a reminder to complete email.
- Did a student score poorly on an assignment or quiz? Have the system send an email with some study tips or ways to recover.
Check out the new pre-built templates that you can copy paste to create these automatic reminders.