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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

  • Freeform Points
  • 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
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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
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Learning Management System Integration

  • A Note About Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
  • Blackboard Course Integration
  • Canvas Course Integration
  • D2L Course Integration
  • Moodle Course Integration
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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
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Data Analytics

  • Community Health Dashboard
  • Network Graph
  • Community Reports
  • Accessing Data via API (beta)

Topics

  • Creating, Using, and Deleting Topics
  • Filtering Your Feed by Topic

User and Community Management

  • Creating a New Curricular Community
  • How to Add a Facilitator (Co-Instructor, TA, etc.) to your Community
  • Creating Groups
  • Inviting Guests to Your Community
  • Creating and Inviting Learners to your Co-Curricular Community
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