Learning management systems – Learning Design for Deep Learning

Join us for the New Faculty Orientation to Teaching!

Join us! Meet with VIU colleagues, learn more about the students we have at VIU, and connect with the staff who are ready to help with your teaching questions. The event is built around lively discussions with other new (and… Read more ›

May 14, 2018

Tine Reimers

engagement, Learning management systems, Learning Sessions, New Faculty, Pedagogy, Student Learning

Cleaning Up VIULearn: New Process for VIU as of July 2018

New Process for VIULearn Course Cleanup Status: Currently we have over 40,000 courses dating back to Intersession 2012 when we began using D2L’s Brightspace software (branded VIULearn). Many of these courses were never used or are not used anymore. The accumulation of… Read more ›

Feb 28, 2018

Liesel Knaack

General, Learning management systems, Student Learning, Teaching & Learning, Technology

Final Daylight Details: Updating VIU’s Digital Learning Environment to a New Responsive Design Interface

It’s been six months since Vancouver Island University (VIU) flipped the switch to Daylight (D2L’s new responsive design interface for their learning environment, Brightspace) on April 30, 2017 – and our story stays the same – all is well! Seriously,… Read more ›

Nov 11, 2017

Liesel Knaack

General, Learning management systems, Online learning

D2L FUSION Conference: Key Take-Aways for Higher Ed

D2L’s annual FUSION conference (Reach Every Learner) for its customers was held July 19-20 in Las Vegas. This is a summary of the key take-aways for higher education faculty and support staff with a focus on Brightspace (D2L’s learning environment). Much… Read more ›

Aug 05, 2017 2 Comments

Liesel Knaack

Collaborative Learning, D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning Design, Learning management systems, Teaching & Learning, Technology

‘Daylight’ Has Come and Gone: VIU’s Experience Moving to D2L’s New Responsive Design Interface

On April 30, Vancouver Island University switched its learning environment, called VIULearn, to the “Daylight Experience” from D2L. Daylight is a change in the look and feel (colours, buttons, icons, text), but it really updates the learning environment to one… Read more ›

Jul 16, 2017

Liesel Knaack

Blended Learning, D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning Design, Learning management systems, New Faculty, Online learning, Teaching & Learning, Technology

Enhancements to VIULearn: My Home, Course Home and Nav Bar (April 30)

On April 30, VIULearn will undergo a change in terms of look and feel as we upgrade to a new version called Daylight. We are also going to slide in a few enhancements to the My Home, Course Home and the… Read more ›

Apr 19, 2017 1 Comment

Liesel Knaack

Blended Learning, D2L Tips & Tricks, Emerging technologies, General, Learning management systems, Online learning, Teaching & Learning

Maxwell Stevenson joins the Centre as new Associate Director

The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning welcomes Maxwell Stevenson to the new role of Associate Director. Maxwell hails from Victoria where he grew up and attended the University of Victoria. After his undergraduate degree he headed to England… Read more ›

Mar 19, 2017

Liesel Knaack

Learning Design, Learning management systems, Learning Sessions, Online learning, Teaching & Learning

What’s New in VIULearn? (Summer 2016)

This summer, there have been changes to the names of some of the tools you use in VIULearn. For instance, “Dropbox” for submitting assignments has been creating some confusion with the internet storage service “Dropbox”. Additionally, there have been a… Read more ›

May 25, 2016 1 Comment

Stephanie Boychuk

D2L Tips & Tricks, Emerging technologies, General, Learning management systems, Online learning, Technology

10.6.1, brightspace, Change, Content, D2L, Language, Navigation, Terms, viu, VIULearn

What’s New in VIULearn this Month? (March-April 2016)

Every month, VIULearn is updated by our software provider D2L. Most of the time you won’t even notice the changes, because they are behind-the-scenes improvements. An example of a behind-the-scenes improvement was an improvement to the Import / Export /… Read more ›

Apr 18, 2016

Stephanie Boychuk

D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning management systems, Online learning

10.5.7, Content, D2L, file, html, learn, Rubric, viu, VIULearn

Exciting Ways to Use the New “Not” Release Conditions

You may have seen my previous blog post where I talked briefly about the new “not” release conditions. If you were wondering what these conditions could be used for, I’m here to give you a few ideas to get you… Read more ›

Mar 08, 2016

Stephanie Boychuk

D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning management systems, Technology

agents, brightspace, conditions, D2L, desire2learn, faculty, intelligent, learner, news, not, notifications, Release, VIULearn

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Join us for the New Faculty Orientation to Teaching!

Cleaning Up VIULearn: New Process for VIU as of July 2018

Final Daylight Details: Updating VIU’s Digital Learning Environment to a New Responsive Design Interface

D2L FUSION Conference: Key Take-Aways for Higher Ed

‘Daylight’ Has Come and Gone: VIU’s Experience Moving to D2L’s New Responsive Design Interface

Enhancements to VIULearn: My Home, Course Home and Nav Bar (April 30)

Maxwell Stevenson joins the Centre as new Associate Director

What’s New in VIULearn? (Summer 2016)

What’s New in VIULearn this Month? (March-April 2016)

Exciting Ways to Use the New “Not” Release Conditions