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
- Quick Guide to Course Setup Using Proven Practices
- Dr. Verdine's Quick Tips
- Using the Main Yellowdig Functions with Your Learners
- Conversation Starters
Best Practices
- Introduction to the Best Practices Guide
- Gamification, Not Gradification: Use Yellowdig to Motivate Rather than Assess Student Learning
- STEM Best Practices
- Corporate Best Practices
- Do This #1: Use the Help button, and direct students to it
Learning Management System Integration
- A Note About Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
- Blackboard Course Integration
- Canvas Course Integration
- D2L Course Integration
- Moodle Course Integration
Topics
Points and Accolades
- How to Configure Participation Points
- Creating and Using Accolades
- Creating, Using, and Removing Reactions
- Revoking Points and Giving Bonus Points for Individual Posts and Comments
- LTI Integration, How it Determines Grade Passback, and Allocating Points to Yellowdig in your LMS Gradebook
Statistics and Data
User and Community Management
- Creating a New Curricular Community
- Granting Privileges to Co-Instructors and TAs as a Community Owner
- Creating Groups
- Inviting Guests to Your Community
- Creating and Inviting Learners to your Co-Curricular Community