All Users

General Information

• A 200-Word Introduction to Yellowdig
• Accessing Your Yellowdig Boards and Finding New Boards to Follow
• Your Data Privacy and Security
• Managing Multiple Email Accounts

Access and System Status

• Retrieving or Changing Your Yellowdig Password
• Get the Yellowdig Mobile App for iOS or Android
• Be In the Know: Sign Up for Yellowdig Product Release Announcements
• Accessibility and High-Contrast Mode
• Is the Yellowdig Service Currently Online and Working?

Students & Other Learners

Orientation

• Learner Orientation Guide
• Set Up Email Notifications About Activity Related to Your Pins, Comments, and Boards
• Using Filters to Narrow a Search for Specific Content
• Adding a Profile Picture & Updating Your Profile Page

Posting: Creating Pins and Comments

• Making a Pin or Comment in Yellowdig
• Anonymously Posting a Pin or Comment
• Deleting and Editing Pins and Comments
• Adding a Poll to Your Pin
• Attaching Content to Pins and Accessing Attached Files
• Using LaTeX for Posting Formulas and Equations

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Points, Participation Metrics, and Social Functions

• Checking Your Points and Other Metrics About Your Yellowdig Participation
• Getting Points, Your LMS Gradebook, and How Your Participation is Graded
• Viewing the Points Leaderboard
• Using @ Mentions to Call Attention to Content
• Marking Pins as Not Relevant

Filtering and Searching for Content

• Adding Topics to Pins and Using Topics to Filter Content
• Using Filters to Find Certain Posts
• Using Hashtags to Organize and Filter Content

Troubleshooting

• Things like @mentions and #hashtags are not working when I post or there are other formatting problems
• When I Click on "Yellowdig" in my LMS, I Only See the Yellowdig Homepage
• I See "Grading Not Configured" in My Learning Management System

Instructors & Professors

Orientation

• Instructor Orientation Guide
• Using the Main Yellowdig Functions with Your Learners
• Seamless Integration with Your LMS
• Editing Board Settings and Understanding What The Settings Do
• Making a Pin Easy to Find by Using the "Pin to Top" Functionality
• Telling Your Students About Yellowdig: Email or Syllabus Templates

Best Practices

• Introduction to the Best Practices Guide
• Do This - 01. Use the help menu and live chat, and point students to them
• Do This - 02. Make it low stakes, but enable grade passback
• Do This - 03. Set up points
• Do This - 04. Use the weekly points maximum with a buffer
• Do This - 05. Use the weekly participation notifications

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LMS Connections & Other LMS Instructions

• Canvas LMS: Connect to Yellowdig
• Blackboard LMS: Connect to Yellowdig
• EdX LMS: Connect to Yellowdig
• Moodle LMS: Connect to Yellowdig

Using Topic Tags

• Creating and Using Topics
• Configuring Topics for New Pins as Optional, Suggested, or Required
• Disabling or Setting Up Points for Specific Topics
• Using Trending Topics and Topic Filters
• Deleting a Topic
• Creating Smaller Discussion Groups or Selecting Only Certain Students to See Specific Topics

Points and Badges

• Customizing the Point System
• Enabling Weekly Maximum Points
• How Badges Work and How to Use Them to Award Points
• Changing "Allow Pin Removal When Comments Exist" Setting
• Revoking Points from Individual Pins and Comments
• LTI Integration and How it Influences Grade Passback and Setting Up Yellowdig Points

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Board Options and Functionality

• Learning More About Your Students and What They Know: The Dashboard and Admin Tab Metrics
• Enabling High Contrast Mode for an Individual Board
• Setting Up Weekly Participation Notifications
• Enabling Anonymous Posting
• Making a Board "View Only"
• Setting a Deadline for Course Participation: Adjusting the Board End Date

User and Board Management

• Blocking Users from Your Boards
• Inviting Outside People to Your Boards
• Granting Administrator Privileges to Co-Instructors and TAs as a Board Owner
• Creating a New Board

Organization-Level Administrators & Course Designers

Orientation

• Your Organization Starting with Yellowdig: Our Customer Success Process
• What are Yellowdig Networks and How Do They Work?
• Accessing and Using the Organization-Level Administrator Tools
• Adding Categories for Organizing and Finding Your Organization's Yellowdig Boards
• What is an Active User?

Organization-Wide Settings and Defaults

• Available Organization-Specific Customizations and Extensions
• Adding or Updating an Organization Background Image for User Profile Pages

LMS Integration & Organizational Data

• Accessing Organization-Level Data and Usage Metrics

Administrative Functions

• Blocking Users Across the Entire Organization
• Restricting Words and Monitoring Violations