Technology – Learning Design for Deep 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

VIULearn Looks Different! Updated to a Modern Responsive Design!

When Vancouver Island University students and faculty members log in to VIULearn for the first time this Fall 2017, they will experience a change in the look and feel of the learning environment. On April 30, 2017 VIULearn was upgraded… Read more ›

Aug 04, 2017

Liesel Knaack

D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning Design, Online learning, 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

VIUTube moves to a New Location at UBC

VIUTube, VIU’s streaming video platform for uploading and watching videos in a secure and private location is being upgraded (and moved to a new location). VIU is now part of a centralized shared service for post-secondary institutions in BC for… Read more ›

Apr 02, 2017

Liesel Knaack

Emerging technologies, General, Teaching & Learning, Technology

Daylight is Coming! VIULearn Upgrades to a Modern Responsive Design April 30

On April 30th, VIULearn (VIU’s learning management system) will be changing its look to a more modern and cleaner interface – called Daylight. Daylight is a brighter and more stream-lined environment with emphasis on faculty and student activity. The way VIULearn… Read more ›

Feb 07, 2017 3 Comments

Liesel Knaack

D2L Tips & Tricks, General, Learning Design, Online learning, Technology

Best Practices for Facilitating Online Learning: VIU Community of Practice Recap

We hosted our first fully online VIU community of practice discussing best practices for facilitating online learning last Friday over lunch. While the initial group was small the session went very well. We had established some structure to and prompts… Read more ›

Sep 26, 2016

Michael Paskevicius

Blended Learning, Emerging technologies, Online learning, Professional Learning Networks, Teaching & Learning, Technology

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

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

Self-Paced Fully-Online VIULearn Orientations for Learners

VIULearn is a learning management system. Some teaching faculty members use it to upload files for you (like your course syllabus or their PowerPoints), create Discussions or Quizzes, and have you upload assignments or view grades. Some teaching faculty members… Read more ›

Aug 12, 2015

Stephanie Boychuk

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

Blackboard Collaborate Modernization: The Ultra Experience

I am quite excited about the upcoming release of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Blackboard Collaborate is a synchronous communication tool that has been available at VIU for some time now. It is most similar to familiar programs such as Skype, which… Read more ›

Jun 25, 2015

Michael Paskevicius

Blended Learning, Emerging technologies, Software, Technology, Video in education

Blackboard Collaborate, online learning, synchronous communication, Tool

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D2L FUSION Conference: Key Take-Aways for Higher Ed

VIULearn Looks Different! Updated to a Modern Responsive Design!

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

VIUTube moves to a New Location at UBC

Daylight is Coming! VIULearn Upgrades to a Modern Responsive Design April 30

Best Practices for Facilitating Online Learning: VIU Community of Practice Recap

What’s New in VIULearn? (Summer 2016)

Exciting Ways to Use the New “Not” Release Conditions

Self-Paced Fully-Online VIULearn Orientations for Learners

Blackboard Collaborate Modernization: The Ultra Experience