Presentation at Minnesota Brightspace Ignite on April 24, 2015, by Dr. Deb McManimon of Riverland Community College

1. ENHANCING STUDENT EXPERIENCES
WITH D2L BRIGHTSPACE'S CALENDAR,
CHECKLISTS, AND QUICKLINKS
Dr. Deb McManimon
Riverland Community College

2. Introduction
• Dr. Deb McManimon
• Business Faculty
• Riverland Community College
• Email: deb.mcmanimon@riverland.edu
• Sections
• Part I: Explanation/Information
• Quality Matters Connection
• Part II: Hands-on

3. PART I
Explanation/Information

4. Explanation/Information
• Embed links to internal and external
items within courseQuicklinks
• Add when creating activities in D2LCalendar
• One stop spot for students in tracking
assignmentsChecklists

5. Why Use Quicklinks?
•Ease of use for students
•Multiple ways to get to
activities
•Efficient and consistent
•Student feedback

6. Quicklinks
Can be used in multiple areas
• News Items
• Course Material
• Dropbox
• Discussion
• Checklist

7. Quicklinks- News Items
•Connect to News Items
•Quizzes
•Dropbox
•Discussion
•Content

8. Quicklinks-Course Material
•Connect course material
within activities
•Dropbox

9. Quicklinks-Course Material
•Connect course material
within activities
•Discussion

10. Quicklinks- Checklist
• Connect assignments/activities within Checklist

11. Why Use Calendar?
• Alerts to items due
• Ease of use in setup of
activities
• Help students track across
multiple classes
• Allows quick visual for
instructor

12. Calendar

13. Calendar – Single

14. Calendar –Multiple

15. Calendar – Creates Link
• Dropbox
• Quiz
• Discussion
• Surveys

16. Why Use Checklist?
• Organize by sections or units
• Easy to see list of items for unit
• Students track completed items
• Helps to visually see -TTD list

17. ChecklistTool

18. Checklist example
•List of items for each Unit/Section

19. QUALITY MATTERS
CONNECTION
Rubric items 1.1 & 1.2 – Ease of navigation

20. Rubric item 1.1
Instructions make clear how to get started and
where to find various course components.
• Quicklinks
• Course calendar
• Checklist

21. Rubrics item 1.2
Students are introduced to the
purpose and structure of the course
•Course calendar
•Checklist

22. Ease of Navigation for Students
Students can easily find and navigate to needed items
Homepage give alerts to upcoming due dates
Helps keep track of things to do

23. PART II
Hands On

24. Overview – Hands on Step-by-Step
Calendar Checklist
Quicklinks Questions

25. Calendar –Dropbox Item
• Assessment
• Dropbox
• New Folder
• Restrictions
• Automatic
to calendar

26. Calendar –Quiz Item
• Assessments
• Quiz
• Sample Quiz
• Restrictions tab
• Active
• Choose end
date
• Display in
Calendar

27. Calendar –Discussion Item
• Communication
• Discussion
• New Forum –
Discussion
• NewTopic-
Sample
Discussion
• Scroll down
• Availability
• Locking options
• Display in
Calendar

28. Checklists: Step 1 – Access Checklist Menu
• Checklist
• Materials menu
• Checklist

29. Checklist – Step 2- Create Checklist
• Click on New
Checklist

30. Step 2-Create New Checklist (cont)
•Name your checklist
•Example-Opening,
closing, Unit names
•Include description
•Click to open in new
window
•Save

31. Checklist- Step 3 Create Category
• Create Categories
• Choose New Category
• Include name
• (I choose same name as
checklist)
• Optional description
• (I leave blank)
• Save

32. Checklist- Step 4 Create New Items
New item from Edit Checklist

33. Step 4 cont- New Item Quicklink or Insert Stuff
• Choose from list
• Dropbox
• Arrow

34. Step 4 (cont)
Choose item, open in new window

35. Step 4 (cont)
Choose Due date
Calendar option
• Use this option if not calendared item (xx.- responding to email)
Save
• One item
Save and New
• Multiple items

36. Checklist- Instructor view
• List of Unit One activity items
• Can reorder, edit, or bulk edit

37. Checklist- Student view
• (a)-checklist view- click on checklist
link
• (b)- Opening activities list student view
• Students can link from list
• Items can be checked when completed
(a)
(b)

38. Add Quicklink News Item

39. Add Quicklink News Item (cont)

40. News item with link completed

41. Follow same steps for other Quicklinks

42. QUICKLINKS, CALENDAR, &
CHECKLISTS- QUESTIONS