Tag: course design

MSU IT is highlighting D2L resources to help instructors in December. Access quick tips for the D2L gradebook as well as take a deeper dive into content templates and streamlining course communication.

D2L Grading Tips

This final exam season, visit our D2L Grading Tips help page for answers to common gradebook questions. Read Full Article →

Join MSU IT for several virtual workshops in October to help leverage educational technology tools, accessibility considerations, and other technology-informed teaching strategies in your courses.

Read more about the October training offerings below and register at spartanslearn.msu.edu.

• Register by selecting Live Course Listing
• Follow the instructions to sign in (if prompted)
• In the Training Registration area, click Register for a Course
  • Select “Virtual” in the Type of Class drop-down
  • Select the course title in the Choose a Class drop-down

All workshops will be conducted via Zoom. Read Full Article →

The new D2L user interface, Daylight, has officially launched, and we’re excited to introduce it to you!

Daylight adapts to different screen sizes, so D2L is easy to use whether you’re on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. There are also visual differences, including a wider page layout, new fonts, icons, colors and more. Read Full Article →

Join us for the REAL Panel/Workshop. It’s a great opportunity to learn, question and explore new technologies for student engagement at MSU!

Open to faculty and instructors at MSU. Register via https://ebs.msu.edu for this no-cost workshop.

AGENDA

• Demonstration of the technologies available in the Rooms for Engaged and Active Learning (REAL)
• Panel discussion with faculty members who have taught in the REAL spaces
• Workshop exploring how to utilize the space and adapt your courses to it.

MSU IT will be upgrading D2L to a new user interface called Daylight on May 11, 2018.

The new interface will bring increased smartphone usability and a modern visual design to D2L. The core functionality of D2L will not be changing, and all course sites will automatically display the new look when Daylight is turned on. Read Full Article →

The REAL (Rooms for Engaged and Active Learning) spaces at MSU are a pedagogical philosophy made manifest. If the traditional lecture style classroom is the ultimate expression of the professor-focused lecture, then the REAL spaces are that for student-focused collaboration.

The REAL spaces can be a challenging environment for both teachers and students. Read Full Article →

MSU IT will be upgrading D2L to a new user interface called Daylight on May 11, 2018.

The new interface will bring increased smartphone usability and a modern visual design to D2L.

D2L will have a new look and feel that adapts to different screen sizes, providing an improved user experience on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Read Full Article →

The following is a two part blog post on prototyping used for learning design. Here in Part 1, I introduce what prototyping is and how I’ve used it as an instructional designer. In Prototyping Part 2, I highlight some ways to build and share your prototype.

I love my job as an instructional designer. Read Full Article →

MSU Information Technology has been working on several new technology services for departments, as well as faculty, staff, and IT staff.

University agreements for cloud services with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are underway. These cloud services offer exceptional compute power, database storage, content delivery features, and other functionality to fill a range of needs including servers, long-term data storage, mobile application development, and storing and analyzing large volumes of data. Read Full Article →

Check out the second episode of the student-led MSU Tech Break podcast called “Creating the Combat Veterans Course.”

In our second episode, we discuss the reasoning behind the design and creation of the new combat veterans course from the MSU School of Social Work. On the show we talk with Social Work instructors Tina Blaschke-Thompson and Glenn Stutzky, as well as instructional designers Keesa V. Read Full Article →