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
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
Learning Management System Integration
- A Note About Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
- Blackboard Course Integration
- Canvas Course Integration
- Moodle Course Integration
- Sakai Course Integration
Topics
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
Statistics and Data
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