Summer 2013 e-Learning Upgrade-Staging

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-	== Providing You With Greater Flexibility and More Options ==	+	== Week 3 (Last Update) ==
-	=== Greater Control of Turnitin Options in Assignments ===	+	=== The New Learning Module Tool ===
		+	Starting with the Summer 2013 e-Learning Upgrade, we'll be piloting a new tool that will hopefully make organizing course materials and directing student learning a lot easier. The new Learning Module tool gives you the ability to easily sequence content for your course. You can control access to pages in Learning Module by calendar date or even by requiring certain tasks.
-	If you use Turnitin in your e-Learning course, you will definitely benefit from some new options that enable you to specify exactly how you'd like to use Turnitin's features.	+	[Screenshot of LM release settings. Caption: In Learning Module, you control how students unlock content on your site.]
-	[[Image:Sum2013-TII.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=New Turnitin options|The new Turnitin options in Assignments give you greater control over how you'd like the system to handle student submissions.]]	+	Adding content to Learning Module is easy and intuitive. In addition to the Content Editor that you're already used to from other e-Learning tools, you can also embed YouTube videos just by copying the link into a text box, and you can upload documents, pictures, and videos just by selecting them from your local hard drive and uploading them.
-	You now have the option to indicate that you don't wish for student papers to be stored in the Turnitin central repository, and you can also select the types of sources you'd like Turnitin to compare student submissions against.	+	[Screenshot of YT dialog. Adding a YouTube video to a Learning Module page is as simple as just pasting in the link. No need to copy any HTML code!]
-	=== Grading and Setting Up Discussions ===	+	Learning Module also integrates with the e-Learning tools you've already come to depend on. You can link to forum topics, quizzes, and assignments just by selecting them from the menus at the top of the tool.
-	In the new version of e-Learning, grading discussions is much more flexible. When you select "Grade" from the "More" menu item next to every forum and topic, the system displays the new Statistics and Grading page.	+	[Screenshot of quiz integration. Learning Module integrates with the e-Learning tools you're already using in your course.]
-	[[Image:Sum2013-disc_grade.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=Statistics and Grading page|The new Statistics and Grading page in Discussions gives you more flexibility in how you grade your discussions.]]	+	=== New Question Types in Tests and Quizzes...And a Brand New Look! ===
		+	The Tests and Quizzes tool has received a facelift that will hopefully make it easier to manage your assessments.
-	If you haven't specified a default gradebook item when you created a forum topic, you'll see a red Grade icon on the right-hand side. When you click on that Grade icon, the system displays a pop-up menu where you can enter a grade for that particular student in the gradebook item of your choice. This enables you to have the option of grading students into different gradebook items from the same discussion topic.	+	[Screen capture of T&Q tabs. Caption: Tests and Quizzes now divides your assessments into two separate tabs, based on whether the assessment has been published or not.]
-	The Discussions tool now includes a new setting to require your students to post something before reading any of the other posts in that forum.	+	Your assessments are now divided into two separate tabs: Working Assessments and Published Assessments.
-	[[Image:Sum2013-post_alert.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=New Post Alert|When a student tries to read posts before they've posted their own submission, they'll see this alert.]]	+	For those who use the Tests and Quizzes tool for survey data, the tool now has support for a survey matrix question type.
-	It's now easier than ever to copy a discussion forum or topic. Under the more, link, just select the Duplicate option, and you'll get a new copy of that forum or topic, saving you some mouse clicks and typing.	+	[Screenshot of survey matrix question. Caption: With the survey matrix question type, you can collect survey data in Tests and Quizzes that shows a range of possible values.]
-	[[Image:Sum2013-disc dup.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=Duplicating discussion topics and forums|In the new version of e-Learning, you can easily duplicate discussions forums and topics.]]	+	We're also really excited to be piloting calculated questions as a question type. Calculated questions will allow you to present students with questions that have the numbers randomized just for them so that each student can have a unique calculation.
-	=== New Gradebook Options ===	+	[Screenshot of calculated questions. With calculated questions, you can allow the system to generate unique questions for your students to solve.]
-	The Gradebook tool has added some interesting features for excluding some grades from your course grade calculation. You can choose to drop the lowest grades, keep highest grades, or even drop the highest grades for a gradebook category. You specify the number of items you want to drop or keep, allowing you a great deal of flexibility in your gradebook calculations.	+	Now you can add questions that require students to record audio answers, a feature that some of our language professors have been requesting.
-	[[Image:Sum2013-GB options.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=New Gradebook options|New Gradebook options give you the ability to specify which items you'd like drop and keep in your course grade.]]	+	=== Auto-Loading Rosters and Easy Publishing of Your Site ===
		+	We're especially excited about this change because it's something that many of you have asked for. In Summer 2013, you will no longer have to associate a section roster with your course. Instead, your sections will be associated with your course when you request a new course site.
-	In Gradebook 2, UFID is now displayed as a column, and we've improved the import/export process to understand files with UFIDs and section numbers.	+	To ensure that students won't see your course before you're ready, your course will start out unpublished. However, we've also made it much easier to publish your course. In fact you can publish your course with just one mouse click.
-	=== Connecting with Other Users via My Workspace ===	+	[Screenshot of publish option. Caption: When your course is unpublished, this notice appears at the top corner of every page. Just click "Publish Now" to publish your course.]
-	In the new e-Learning upgrade, you'll be able to write on other users' profile walls, just as you're used to on Facebook and other social media.	+	When your course is unpublished, a notice will appear at the top right of every page. You can publish your course by clicking "Publish Now" from wherever you happen to be on your course site.
-	[[Image:Sum2013-wall post.PNG|border|center|frame|alt=Duplicating discussion topics and forums|It's easier than ever to find and connect with other e-Learning users.]]	+	=== Greater Control over Mail Tool Permissions ===
		+	The new Mail tool gives you the ability to set limits on who participants in your course site are allowed to send messages to.
-	We've made some big improvements to the Profile search, making it easier to find other users by name, email, or even common interests. Once you find the person you're looking for, you can even send an email to their UF business email, right from the search results.	+	[Screenshot of mail permissions. Caption: With the new Mail tool permission settings, you can control who participants are allowed to send messages to.]
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		+	This means that you can turn off the ability for students to send messages to all the participants in your course.

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Revision as of 19:10, 26 April 2013

Contents 1 Week 3 (Last Update) 1.1 The New Learning Module Tool 1.2 New Question Types in Tests and Quizzes...And a Brand New Look! 1.3 Auto-Loading Rosters and Easy Publishing of Your Site 1.4 Greater Control over Mail Tool Permissions

Week 3 (Last Update)

The New Learning Module Tool

Starting with the Summer 2013 e-Learning Upgrade, we'll be piloting a new tool that will hopefully make organizing course materials and directing student learning a lot easier. The new Learning Module tool gives you the ability to easily sequence content for your course. You can control access to pages in Learning Module by calendar date or even by requiring certain tasks.

[Screenshot of LM release settings. Caption: In Learning Module, you control how students unlock content on your site.]

Adding content to Learning Module is easy and intuitive. In addition to the Content Editor that you're already used to from other e-Learning tools, you can also embed YouTube videos just by copying the link into a text box, and you can upload documents, pictures, and videos just by selecting them from your local hard drive and uploading them.

[Screenshot of YT dialog. Adding a YouTube video to a Learning Module page is as simple as just pasting in the link. No need to copy any HTML code!]

Learning Module also integrates with the e-Learning tools you've already come to depend on. You can link to forum topics, quizzes, and assignments just by selecting them from the menus at the top of the tool.

[Screenshot of quiz integration. Learning Module integrates with the e-Learning tools you're already using in your course.]

New Question Types in Tests and Quizzes...And a Brand New Look!

The Tests and Quizzes tool has received a facelift that will hopefully make it easier to manage your assessments.

[Screen capture of T&Q tabs. Caption: Tests and Quizzes now divides your assessments into two separate tabs, based on whether the assessment has been published or not.]

Your assessments are now divided into two separate tabs: Working Assessments and Published Assessments.

For those who use the Tests and Quizzes tool for survey data, the tool now has support for a survey matrix question type.

[Screenshot of survey matrix question. Caption: With the survey matrix question type, you can collect survey data in Tests and Quizzes that shows a range of possible values.]

We're also really excited to be piloting calculated questions as a question type. Calculated questions will allow you to present students with questions that have the numbers randomized just for them so that each student can have a unique calculation.

[Screenshot of calculated questions. With calculated questions, you can allow the system to generate unique questions for your students to solve.]

Now you can add questions that require students to record audio answers, a feature that some of our language professors have been requesting.

Auto-Loading Rosters and Easy Publishing of Your Site

We're especially excited about this change because it's something that many of you have asked for. In Summer 2013, you will no longer have to associate a section roster with your course. Instead, your sections will be associated with your course when you request a new course site.

To ensure that students won't see your course before you're ready, your course will start out unpublished. However, we've also made it much easier to publish your course. In fact you can publish your course with just one mouse click.

[Screenshot of publish option. Caption: When your course is unpublished, this notice appears at the top corner of every page. Just click "Publish Now" to publish your course.]

When your course is unpublished, a notice will appear at the top right of every page. You can publish your course by clicking "Publish Now" from wherever you happen to be on your course site.

Greater Control over Mail Tool Permissions

The new Mail tool gives you the ability to set limits on who participants in your course site are allowed to send messages to.

[Screenshot of mail permissions. Caption: With the new Mail tool permission settings, you can control who participants are allowed to send messages to.]

This means that you can turn off the ability for students to send messages to all the participants in your course.