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For Instructors and Teaching Assistants

A guide to setting up points, integrating with your LMS, managing effective communities, and following best practices.

Getting Started

  • A Brief Introduction to this Guide
  • Dr. Verdine's Quick Tips
  • Using the Main Yellowdig Functions with Your Learners
  • Conversation Starters
  • Making a Post Easy to Find by Using the "Pin to Top" Functionality
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Best Practices

  • Introduction to the Best Practices Guide
  • Gamification, Not Gradification: Use Yellowdig to Motivate Rather than Assess Student Learning
  • Do This #1: Use the Help button, and direct students to it
  • Do This #2: Make grading low stakes, but enable grade passback
  • Do This #3: Set up points
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Learning Management System Integration

  • A Note About Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
  • Blackboard Course Integration
  • Canvas Course Integration
  • Moodle Course Integration
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Topics

  • Creating, Using, and Deleting Topics
  • Requiring Topics for New Posts
  • Filtering Your Feed by Topic

Points and Accolades

  • Customizing the Point System
  • Setting the Weekly Point Max with Weekly Resets
  • Creating and Using Accolades
  • Creating, Using, and Removing Reactions
  • Revoking Points from Individual Posts and Comments
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Statistics and Data

  • Viewing and Visualizing Community Members' Statistics
  • Download User Statistics in the Points Report Page

User and Community Management

  • Creating a New Community
  • Granting Privileges to Co-Instructors and TAs as a Community Owner
  • Creating Groups
  • Inviting Guests to Your Community
  • Setting a Deadline for Course Participation: Adjusting the Community End Date
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