Best Practices
Recommended ways to take advantage of Yellowdig functions based on prior instructor and learner feedback and data amassed from our 150,000+ daily active users.
- Gamification, Not Gradification: Use Yellowdig to Motivate Rather than Assess Student Learning
- Introduction to the Best Practices Guide
- Do This - 01. Use the Resources drop-down and Help button, 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
- Do This - 06. Require Topics for Pins and create them before the course starts
- Do This - 07. Be the model for your learning community
- Do This - 08. Introduce yourself
- Do This - 09. Use “Pin to Top” on your pins
- Do This - 10. Gamify your participation
- Avoid This - 01. Do NOT make weekly Yellowdig assignment links in your LMS
- Avoid This - 02. Don’t constrain participation with narrow requirements
- Avoid This - 03. Don't delete Topics
- Avoid This - 04. Don't expect disruptions
- Avoid This - 05. Don't worry
- Save Time - 01. Encourage class-related questions
- Save Time - 02. Quickly give good feedback
- Save Time - 03. Again, don’t constrain participation with strict requirements