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
- Top-to-Bottom Guide to Course Setup Using Proven Practices
- Telling Your Students About Yellowdig
- Conversation Starters
- Making a Post Easy to Find by "Pinning to Top"
Best Practices
- Gamification, Not Gradification: Use Yellowdig to Motivate Rather than Assess Student Learning
- STEM Best Practices
- Corporate Best Practices
- Introduction to the Best Practices Guide
- Do This #1: Set up points
Learning Management System Integration
- Blackboard Course Integration
- Canvas Course Integration
- D2L Course Integration
- Moodle Course Integration
- Open edX Course Integration
Points and Point Categories
- How to Configure Participation Points
- LTI Integration, How it Determines Grade Passback, and Allocating Points to Yellowdig in your LMS Gradebook
- Creating and Using Accolades
- Enabling and Disabling Emojis
- Revoking Points and Giving Bonus Points
Groups and Audiences
Data Analytics
Topics
User and Community Management
- Creating a New Curricular Community
- How to Add a Facilitator (Co-Instructor, TA, etc.) to your Community
- Inviting Guests to Your Community
- Creating and Inviting Learners to your Co-Curricular Community
- Making a Community "Read Only"