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Pearson LearningStudio Product Roadmap

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TopicsUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduFeature Releases Content Area Changes:

Author Mode - hide unit during developmentNotifications - throughout course

Gradebook Enhancements: Convert numeric score to letter gradeContent item “gradable” on creationAuto-zero featureDrop lowest & highest scoreUpdated student view

Threaded Discussion Improvements: Auto SaveStudent Threads Interface V2 Multimedia in Discussion threads

TopicsUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduFeature Releases (continued)

Exam Enhancements (Nov 2014)• QTI Exam Package Upload• Randomized Distractors• Display Previous Answers• Multi-take Exam

Mobile Update

Social Course Home Overview

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Hide unit during developmentReleased for production April 1, 2014Course Home > Author > Course Items > Add Week

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LearningStudio Notifications

• Release scheduled for December 2014• Configured by user in Tools Menu• Designate notifications per course and activity type• Notifications – Mobile SMS text, or two email accounts• Activity – Announcements, discussions, grades or

assignments

Pearson LearningStudio Notifications - General Availability

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Gradebook: Convert Numeric Score to Letter Grade

• Released into production October 2014• Online grading scale• Insert Final Grade Button• Final Letter Grade Summary Report• Final letter grade appears in the gradebook inline with

the numeric score

Convert Score to Letter Grade Notes

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduGradebook: Content item “gradable” on creation

Released into production April 1, 2014

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Gradebook: Auto Zero Feature

• In production October 2014• Wasting time manually entering zeroes in the Gradebook

for missing assignments?• Use the Auto-Zero Feature to quickly assign zeroes in

grade points for all non-submitted or ungraded work.

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Gradebook: Drop Lowest & Highest score

Development beginning in 4th quarterCompletion in 1st quarter 2015

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Gradebook: Updated Student Experience

• Scheduled for release December 15, 2014• Engage your students with additional communication

opportunities.• New, streamlined student user-experience. • More modern, organized look and feel along with new

at-a-glance indicators for: rubrics, grades, scores and instructor comments.

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduDiscussions: Audio-Video in Threads

With the new media icon in the visual editor, instructors and students have three media embedding options including: adding a URL for a photo, or video, or embed code for any type of media that can be viewed directly in the post; eliminating the need for attachments or leaving the discussion to view media.

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduThreaded Discussion Improvements

Auto Save – Active Automatic saves within threaded discussions solves a problem faced by students and professors when creating threaded discussions, specifically losing unsaved responses due to issues such as a browser crashes, system timeouts, or any unexpected/accidental closures of the browser.

Hide Topics – Active Instructors now have the ability to post a discussion in advance and hide topics from students until it’s time for the assignment.

Improved Interface – Dec 15 Improved user experience for students and faculty. In course mode, students will see a whole new look and feel. The tools have icons and the workflows have been optimized. All of the improvements identified in the screens below were designed to: save time, improve usability, and provide at-a-glance views to quickly navigate threaded discussions.

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduExam Enhancements Nov 2014

QTI Exam Package Upload - With this release, instructors can upload WPS, TestGen and Respondus packages in QTI format using the exam authoring tools. The Exam Package Upload tool will be available as a new button next to the Content, Tools, and Test banks buttons in Exams. Randomized Distractors - Leading up to this release, multiple choice (MC) and many multiple choice (MMC) question types presented the answer/distractors in a fixed order which can lead to cheating. With this release, the answers/distractors can be presented in a random order for each student. Instructor controls are found in the tool box. Display Previous Answers when Retaking Multi-Take ExamsPrior to this release, when retaking a multi-take exam all questions displayed as unanswered. This enhancement provides an option to display student answers to the questions from the previous attempt. Instructor controls are found in the tool box.

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Multi Take Exams

• In production July 2014• Display the Number of Attempts by the student in the

Gradebook. • Allowing students to take an exam multiple times to

better their scores • Instructors can see the number of attempts in the

Gradebook Grade Detail View

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Mobile Update

• LearningStudio Courses App• Available for Android Tablet and Apple iPad• Download from Google Play or Apple Store• iPhone and Android phone app planned for 1st Qtr 2015

Course App for iPad and Android Tablets

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduSocial Course Home

The Social Course Homepage is designed to allow greater interaction between students and the instructor right as they enter the course. The Activity Feed allows for easy viewing of course activity and the People tab allows students and instructors to get to know their classmates. There are even options to start Skype and other interactive sessions right from the homepage.

Upper Iowa UniversityUpper Iowa University www.uiu.eduCDE Professional Development ScheduleDate Topics PresenterDecember 16, Tuesday 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Syllabus - Develop your online syllabus using the Guide ID Services

January 22 (Thursday ) 2:00 pm January 24 (Saturday ) 10:00 am

Civility and Professionalism in the Online Classroom - Issues Concerning Student Participation

Dr. Shipper

February 26 Active Learning - Using Discussions Online ID ServicesMarch 26 Rubrics – Make your life easy ID ServicesApril 16 (Thursday ) at 7:00 pm CST

Blended/Hybrid Teaching - Options, Examples, Best Practices Dr. Shipper

April 29 Respondus – Few clicks to build your quiz ID ServicesJune 2015 Topic of Choice Faculty will self-nominateTo be scheduled

Turnitin – Plagiarism Prevention ID Services

To be scheduled

Panopto – Using Lecture Capture in your Course eLearning

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Education Services cdefaculty@uiu.edu Invitations to teach and course assignments

eLearning Team elearning@uiu.edu Faculty training courses, academic course access, students enrollments

Instructional Design Services idservices@uiu.edu Online course design and development.

UIU CDE Resources Website