Documentation:Learning Environment/OLFM Workshop Feedback/OLFM Workshop Comments

Comments, Suggestions and Concerns

OLFM Notification:

Comments:

• Good idea*This is important*Awesome*So Useful*Very Importatnt*This is vital* I would love this as I work from the feed. Yeah!! :) * Yes, very important* It is important to me. Yes, I like this* Good idea *Good Idea * Assignment notification would be important * Very important...I don't like navigating out of email and then logging into LMS* I like being able to access via link* Very handy. I currently find it difficult to set to all assignments/blogs/discussions/quizzes* Good*

Concerns:

• It is easy to see assignments in Blackboard Learn. Don't know why we need to be advised multiple times. This is duplicating work and overloading other email systems.
• Outlook? Having fewer email in boxes should be a goal.
• Can this please go to course messages and NOT to outlook?

Suggestions:

• Prefer the notifications be on a landing page, similar to what the last version of WebCT provided.
• Need to also include new discussion postings
• Must be able to turn it off
• Can this be set up so that students cannot submit form their personal email?
• Need to be able to set up which quizzes I get notified about.
• Course message notification is needed
• Should provide course name in the email (example in deck does not show this)
• Should be able to turn it off for each assignment
• Include dates for paced courses

Grading Centre:

Comments:

• Streamline process so assignments are marked quickly. We are paid a fixed $,taking longer to mark an assignment is NOT ACCEPTABLE
• Flexibility is good
• Anything that highlights showing assignments and messages is Good...comments within document never seems to work well...functionality cannot be undone.

Concerns:

• Would this replace emails received from OL Registration system?
• What type of files?
• There is difficulty when students use different software and types of documents

Suggestions

• need to be able to embed feedback right in the paper-highlights and different colour ink. Save time form having to download
• Need official mark
• One page for all feedback given would be handy
• Allow ability to send back assignments for further work and allow multiple submissions easily.
• Allow re-submissions and grade changes
• Ability for iterative multiple submission for an assignment

Click to Grade from Homepage

Comments:

• Good*Much easier than the one used now

Concerns:

• n/a

Suggestions:

• I like to mark the same assignments for the multiple students, currently Blackboard Learn allows me to order the assignments, can this functionality still exist in new system.

Marking Online

Comments:

• Options are great

Concerns:

• n/a

Suggestions

• Currently system bumps you out after 20 minutes. If you are typing when the warning box comes up you lose everything
• When marking online, students don't always access all the feedback. It is not intuitive. Need in-document feedback too
• Stylus?
• Abiltiy to annotate the pdf on the screen directly
• Stylus idea :)

Marking Offline

Comments:

• Especially important in Math and Physics courses because then we can point things out "draw" on their work etc *Offline marking important * I download all essays and use MS Word and track changes *important *marking offline for large assignments of 30+ pages

Concerns:

• NO

Suggestions

• Would like to use feedback functions when marking offline.
• Would like to use the edit function in word to put comments in edit bubbles can we make this feature available for feedback
• Ensure we still have the attached document
• For COMP courses we need zip, java, vb etc. Java and vb need to load into IDE and test run as part of marking
• have to be able to upload assignments that have been marked offline

Marking using Rubrics

Comments:

• I mark off here 95% of the time*Yes important*Excellent! "Use to Mark" feature activated please*Excellent idea*Good Plan*Having Rubic online would useful*Online Rubric*Rubric and assignment instructions

Concerns:

• n/a

Suggestions"

• Is it possible to mark assignments offline and use the rubric from Blackboard Learn?

Entering Feedback

Comments:

• Excellent idea *

Concerns:

• Review in work is much more flexible

Suggestions:

• Voice activated comments would be so helpful
• Need lots of space for feedback. It is essential for success in the courses I teach
• Spell Checker
• Ensure you can go back and update, change, and or delete when a mistake is made
• Need to be able to use offline
• Stylus
• Voice Activated feedback to be inserted in type form into document
• Voice recognition software
• Stylus
• Would like ability to mark with stylus on tablet or touch screen
• Voice comments as feedback
• Must be able to upload 4-5 pages of feedback

Feedback Bank

Comments:

• I like the idea of the feedback repository * Very good idea* IMPORTANT*I like this*good idea* bank of comments sounds helpful*Feedback bank would be good*Important especially if marking is online*that would be so useful*I currently keep this as email drafts*awesome*I love this*love this feature*excellent idea

Concerns:

• Helpful but concerned that this is becoming too technocratic
• How much feedback will it hold?

Suggestions:

• Upload offline feedback (MS word files)
• Need to create a system for specific needs in some courses. Changing the regular system to fit the course
• Have phrases that can be added ahead of time to be used for any student
• Create course specific bank per instructor/course that can be used by faculty in future courses

Previous Feedback

Comments:

• Excellent idea*this would be very useful*I like the access to previous feedback*looks great. Yes, really helpful* Helpful when students repeat mistakes. Either because they have ignored or misunderstood previous feedback*feedback should build from assignment or discussion to the next*already in Blackboard Learn*Great to ensure feedback to same student is different over time*Great idea*yes, please*This would be great*Good Feature to look back at previous assignments and feedback*

Concerns:

• n/a

Suggestions:

• I mark offline but would like to be able to copy some feedback into online resource
• Definitely keep the portal available for submission of works

One Place to Enter Marks

Comments:

• Grade to go into Banner would be GREAT!* Would definitely save time* thank you!* YES* yes* This would save time* great time saver*YES VERY IMPORTANT*This is great *would be nice not to have to input*good *portal only one entry..YES* this would be nice *YEAH!!!!!! :) Please make it happen!!!* simple is better*good important feature *YES!!!* Yes *saves time, increases accuracy, decreases entry errors*time saving if marks go directly in myTRU *yes *very important *the opportunity to only enter the grade once is of significant appeal *oh please please please *yes! Please! Soon! *yes *would be awesome *yes *please /very valuable *Yes! One system would great*yes, assuming this is reliable*YES!!!

Concerns:

• Okay but not necessary
• Putting grades into banner myself is the last of my issues…not vitally important
• as long as it paid properly or automated
• must be reliable

Suggestions:

• n/a

Student Analytics

Comments:

• This may be helpful*this is helpful*all courses in one location...Hurray*

Save/Send Communication: like this, time saving*good option, saves time*important

Concerns:

• low priority
• not useful
• Don't let students send from their own personal email

Suggestions:

• breakdown of students by course would help
• start and end dates
• Average time it takes to grade assignment (example: your average marking time is 3.4 days)
• Need notification of course message In Box
• Would like to know which students have signed up for exams and when they are scheduled to write
• Communication: Want to know that student has read message. Often you hear nothing back

Integrated Communication

Comments:

• n/a

Concerns: not urgent - I have 150+ students

• current Blackboard Learn with "send only" is very confusing to students - they expect to read my reply in Blackboard Learn

Suggestions:

• For paced cohort courses, discussion forums are a core part of the experience. I would have liked to have seen something about that.
• Keep Communication right in the course where everything else course related lies
• learning environment but have the option of email pop ups notifying you that there is a communication from the student

Track Student Contacts

Comments:

• this is better, to separate from the tru email*May be easier for student but I use both methods at present*Important to keep everything about he course in one place like the older version of Blackboard*yes*yes!*I like this option as long as other options are possible*sufficient*Best not to mix student courses*Communication to normal emails most of the time are trivial*okay if students chatting back and forth as I can monitor the conversation

Concerns:

• n/a

Suggestions:

• By student by time since last contact or submission
• Send notifications of communication and assignment activity to outlook

Turn off Communications in LMS

Comments:

• Like Option B*Yes I would like this*This is great.*There are too many places to find communication from student it is all sent to one place is great*the ability to do this would be nice but not to make it necessary*like this for when I need to communication with a student or small group of students*yes*I always use outlook and feedback via word*yes*yes

Concerns:

• Is this possible?
• Email!!! Currently respond/communicate to students in 3 ways: 1) reply to emails in outlook 2) send emails (welcome letter) in Black Board 3) Send emails from my TRU - Communication.copies may all be sent to outlook but not easily tied to student also I canst see the student email if i had this I would always use outlook
• Do not turn off communication
• How would students communicate with each other
• Students want to use their regular email to stay in touch, not a good success rate with internal communication. Only use email
• Disadvantage when teaching several classes. The students get all jumbled in your inbox
• no
• clutters my outlook mail
• I would never use - individual messages essential

Suggestions:

• Get so many emails everyday as along as we can have a sub/outlook
• link email to tru.ca and sent optional email
• turn off the chat function

Other Option

Comments: Concerns: Suggestions:

• Need to archive course messages, Need to notify if we have mail and save under each student name
• Send group specific messages to students
• I like getting notifications but is it possible to make emails from @tru.ca go to internal course communication instead of going to student email. I want to respond asap but not always feasible to log into BL.
• Option for either
• I want all notifications sent to me via email I know not everyone wants this so the ability to turn this function on/off is important. *Is there a way we could activate a video conference feature to be able to have an in program platform? I like Skype but not all students have Skype
• It would be nice to have a button in a group discussion that the students can flag and notify the professor to take a look at a conversation.
• Using student activity an automatic email to student based on progress (like John O'Brien's communication tool)
• Old Blackboard let you choose between internal email and email forward to outlook. Good to let faculty choose these preference
• Outlook only for continuous enrollment
• Send all messages to both TRU and personal email
• Option of either a or b
• both send messages from learning environment to outlook too
• integration tool with one inbox and one outbox
• I communicate by email but the comments also exist in the portal for further reference…keep both places