Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019 Coming Soon: New D2L Brightspace Content Experience- Jonathan Werth, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Office

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D2L is starting to introduce a new look and feel to the
Content tool. The New Content Experience introduces
some changes to how content looks and interacts,
similar to quizzing changes within the past year. Come
learn about the New Content Experience and provide
your feedback and reactions.
Coming Soon:
New Content Experience

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Coming Soon: New Content Experience
Jonathan Werth
System Office ITS
April 2019

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• What is it?
• What can it do?
• What does it look like?
• How do I get started? Should I?
Agenda

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• “A clean, visual presentation” of course content.
• “A simple way to organize” content.
• Similar to the redesign of the Quiz tool: Functionality is
maintained, while simplifying options and improving
appearance.
• For more, see
https://community.brightspace.com/s/article/New-
Content-experience-Content-is-getting-a-refresh
What is the new content experience?

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Old
• Module
– Topic
– Topic
• Module
New
• Unit
– Lesson
– Lesson
• Unit
New Terminology

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ENOUGH TALK … I WANT TO SEE IT

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Current
Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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Let’s See It

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HOW DO I START USING IT?

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• The new experience needs to be enabled at your
school.
• Admins:
– d2l.Tools.Content.IsLessonsEnabled (Org) > On
– d2l.Tools.Content.ChooseContentExperience ( Role ) >
Teacher > On
– d2l.Tools.Content.NewLearnerExperience ( OrgUnit ) > On
– Tools > Learning Outcomes > On
Enablement

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• Not yet ready for prime time!
• If you still need or want:
– HTML Templates
– Printing
– Bulk Edit
– Date restrictions
– Statistics, Tracking
…then don’t do it
• But, you can always jump back-and-forth.
However…

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ENOUGH WITH THE CAVEATS…

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Opt-in Experience
When you turn it on, it’s on for the course:
instructors and students.

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STUDENT NEW EXPERIENCE

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‘New Learner Experience’

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‘New Learner Experience’

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‘New Learner Experience’

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‘New Learner Experience’

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‘New Learner Experience’

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• 10.8.11 Improvements for Students
– Enhanced table of contents
– Full screen viewer for content
– Completion tracking
– End of module experience
• Caveat: ‘Preview as Student’ does not show the
improvements above
• Color is the organization’s color; default blue
Newer Features

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QUESTIONS? … OR DEMO?