eLC Resources

There are several options for becoming familiar with eLC.

• Brightspace publishes their own tutorial videos on YouTube.
• LinkedIn Learning has a series of videos available called Learning Brightspace by D2L (see below).
• There is a Learning Brightspace Companion Course in eLC.

Self-directed Orientation

LinkedIn Learning (formerly known as Lynda.com) is an online learning platform composed of thousands of course videos and tutorials in a variety of different fields. Experts in those fields provide guided instruction to help users develop essential skills. UGA students, faculty, and staff have access to LinkedIn Learning through their UGA accounts.

• To log into your university LinkedIn Learning account, visit Lynda.uga.edu.
• Click the link to Login to LinkedIn Learning.
• You will be prompted to enter your UGA email. Enter your UGA email and click Continue.
• You will also need to enter your credentials to navigate through the UGA Single Sign On (SSO) process.

Once logged into LinkedIn Learning, you can search for tutorials on your chosen topics and receive recommended courses based on your interests. The Office of Online Learning and Center for Teaching and Learning have collaborated to compile a list of helpful videos for using eLC. These videos can be found within the Learning Brightspace by D2L course in LinkedIn Learning. For more information and links to the topics and videos, please see our Learning Brightspace (eLC) module below.

Learning Brightspace (eLC)

Learning Brightspace by D2L is a good introductory resource for eLC. The lists below organize videos from the course according to their usefulness in the University of Georgia context. The course as a whole is 3 hours and 10 minutes long, but using the lists below, the course can be shortened as follows:

1. Essential – 1 hour 43 minutes
2. Recommended (includes Essential) – 1 hour 59 minutes
3. Extended (inclues Recommended and Essential) – 2 hours 39 minutes

There are eight topics in total. Using the list below you can find the training for those topics broken down in the three categories mentioned above.

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Introduction to Brightspace

• Essential
  • The modular nature of D2L – 1m 40s
  • A note about D2L course organization – 1m 29s
• Recommended
  • What is a course management system? – 1m 36s
• Optional
  • Why use Brightspace by D2L? – 1m 1s
  • Mobile first display – 1m 49s

Communicating with Students

• Essential
  • The D2L content editor – 3m 6s
  • Communicate through the announcements tool – 2m 58s
  • Automate intelligent agents – 4m 28s
  • Set up a user profile – 2m 25s
• Recommended
  • What is a course management system? – 1m 36s
• Optional
  • Email students – 2m 38s

Classroom Management

• Essential
  • Set up the course content tab – 2m 37s
  • Set up submission folders – 3m 25s
  • Set up the course discussion board – 4m 38s
  • Participate in discussion boards – 4m 23s
• Recommended
  • Access and track student progress – 1m 44s
  • View classwide statistics and data – 2m 56s
  • Manage dates tool – 2m 47s
• Optional
  • Distribute D2L Brightspace awards – 3m 30s
  • Poll students through D2L surveys – 4m 45s
  • Set up student self-assessments – 3m 30s

Assessing Student Work

• Essential
  • Set up automatically graded and free response quizzes and exams – 5m 22s
  • Add question to quizzes – 2m 49s
  • Develop a question library – 4m 41s
  • Set up an assignment rubric – 6m 31s
  • Design a custom rublic – 5m 5s
  • Provide feedback within submission folders – 4m 4s
  • Set up a self-calculating gradebook – 4m 53s
  • Add gradebook items and categories – 6m 34s
  • Leave feedback in the gradebook – 4m 46s
• Recommended
  • Gain insight through quiz question reporting – 2m 8s
  • View nuanced rubric reporting – 2m 15s

Customzing Brightspace

• Essential
  • Import, export, or copy D2L course components – 3m 3s
  • Scheduling course components – 3m 21s
  • Enabling user accessibility – 3m 4s
• Optional
  • Develop a course homepage – 4m 3s
  • Customize the navigation bar – 3m 4s
  • Customize a course image – 2m 46s
  • Activate your course – 1m 30s

Using Brightspace in an Online Context

• Essential
  • Creating D2L small groups – 4m 36s
  • Set up component release conditions – 2m 43s
• Optional
  • Using online reading quizzes as study guides – 3m 19s
  • Coordinate through course and unit checklists – 3m 37s
  • Brightspace mobile applications – 1m 39s

The Student’s View of Brightspace

• Essential
  • Set up course notifications – 2m 18s
  • Submit material through submissions folders – 2m 53s
  • Taking quizzes and assessments – 4m 21s
• Optional
  • View media content – 2m 58s

Conclusion

• Essential
  • Next steps – 1m 13s

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