Using a highly customizable LMS solution can be like going down a rabbit hole. With many different measurements of success, where do you start in order to move the needle? Time, in terms of productivity and engagement, has been a focus for many organizations. Although it can be difficult to pinpoint the various factors within your LMS that directly affect the measurement of time, honing in on one area can improve success rates considerably. Let’s start with productivity. Find out about the methods you can easily apply to your LMS that can increase user productivity.

1. Erin Melvin - Presenter
Learning and Development Manager
Jordan Charette - Moderator
Learning and Development Specialist
Block ‘n Roll
Plugins to Increase Productivity
Ben Young - Presenter
Director of Learning Solutions

2. Pain Points
No centralized view of
● Learner Progress
● Assignment submissions
● Time spent learning

3. Productivity
● Who doesn’t benefit from knowing more?
● Does knowing more lead to productivity?
● What happens when you’re caught up trying
to find the things you want to know?

4. Why Use Blocks?
Why?
- Expand on functionality
- Display extra information
How?
- Roles and Permissions
- Admins and Instructors

5. Agenda
● Progress Bar
● GradeMe
● Time Spent Learning
(Course Time Tracker Block)
● QA

6. Poll Question
At the moment, do you find it easy to identify the status of
your users’ learning?
● Yes, I know who is doing what, who did what, and when!
● Sometimes, but it takes time for me to figure that out.
● No, I don’t know where to find that kind of information.

7. Progress Bar
Completed
Activity
Activity Icon
Displayed on
Rollover
Incomplete
Activity

8. Why Use the Progress Bar?
● Time Management
(students)
● Progress monitoring
(Instructor)

9. Where to Use the Progress Bar?
Where to use
● Course home page
● Dashboard page

10. Grade Me
Toggle all the
collapsed/expanded
view of the activities
The course
shortname
Collapsed Activity
Expanded
Activities

11. Why Use Grade Me?
Instructional tool
to help speed up grading

12. Who Should Use Grade Me?
● Teachers
● Instructors
● Facilitators
● Administrators

13. Where to Use Grade Me?
● Dashboard page
● Course home page

14. Time Spent Learning
Accumulated time in
course in Minutes
Minimum Time
Required in a
course
Instructor can
override
Activity time
requirements
Total accumulated
time allowed in a
course

15. Why Use Time Spent Learning
● Track time
● Expectations
● Regulation
Add Value - Zoola Insights
● Measure effectiveness of learning
● Budget time for training
● Identify learners who require support

16. Who Should Use Time Spent Learning
● Instructors / Teachers
● Students / Learners

17. Where to Use Time Spent Learning?
Course home page

18. Progress Bar Takeaways
Who? Students and Instructors
When to use it? Help monitor progress
And time management
Where to use it? Course home page
and Dashboard page

19. Grade Me Takeaways?
Why use it? Speed up
grading
Who should use it? Instructors,
Admins, Teachers
Where to use it? Dashboard,
Course home page

20. Time Spent Learning Takeaways
Why use it? Track time, Expectations,
Regulation, Measure effectiveness,
Budgeting time for training,
support for learners
Who should use it?
Instructors, Students
Where to use it?
Course home page

21. Poll Question
What kind of information are your learners able to see on
their dashboards or courses?
● Activities to be completed
● Time left to complete activities
● Expected time needed to complete an activity
● Progress of activity completion in a course
● Other

22. Resources
● Lambda Learning Space (Dashboards and Blocks course)
● Video recording
● Handouts
● Questions

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