Use of the Adaptive Release tool of the Blackboard Evgenii Prosolupov

Agenda 1.Introduction 2.Adaptive Release 3.GTP and AR 4.Adaptive Release Advanced 5.Special Situations 6.Problem solving 7.Conclusion

Teams distribution Divide into teams Choose captain

Expectations What are your expectations? Important moments? Your practical problems?

When Access Restrictions can be helpful Date and Time in future Limited period of availability Individual Assignments Show material if some test passed

Add/Edit element of content

Adaptive Release additional capabilities Give access for a list of students or groups of students Set conditions on students grades Check students revision of other content Combine some criteria

Example of situation March 11 - Live Assessment If the score > 60, can see Next Module If the score < 60, need to pass Online Test If the Online Test score > 60, can see Next Module also.

Sequence of testing

Adaptive Release Criteria For Online Test: Date criterion (March 12) and Grade criterion (Live Assessment) For Next Learning Module Grade criterion (Live Assessment) or Grade criterion (Online Test)

Schema of criteria

Adaptive Release The practice of using the tool

Road to a content

Contextual menu option

Date criterion After a date Until a date Within a timeframe

Date criterion

Membership criterion Membership in groups List of usernames

Membership criterion

Grade Center criterion Score is grater then Score is less then Score is equal to Score is between two values Execution attempt

Grade Center criterion

Review Status criterion If a review status for the student is set

Review Status criterion

Adaptive Release page One condition for every criterion Can see the content if all met

Using handouts TaskElementRuleDescription 1An ItemShow until 9:30 12/03 If Test A grade > 70 Test BOnly for Group A and if An Item is reviewed

Solving problems Adaptive Release

Chickering and Gamsons Good Teaching Practices

Good teaching... 1.encourages contact between students and faculty, 2.develops reciprocity and cooperation among students, 3.encourages active learning, 4.gives prompt feedback, 5.emphasizes time on task, 6.communicates high expectations, and 7.respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques Interaction with learning system Grade center criteria Review status criteria

Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback Grade Center criteria Give additional help Open access to further information

Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task Date/Time criteria Become disciplined

Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning Individual assignments Different content for different groups

Adaptive Release: Advanced

Multiple roads to a content Can see the content if any of rules met

ARA contextual menu option

Adaptive Release: Advanced page

Manage Criteria page

Advanced Adaptive Release One Date criterion and one Membership criterion per rule Multiple Grade and Review Status criteria

Solving problems Adaptive Release: Advanced

Special situations What you need to remember when using Adaptive Release

Empty Rule

Restrictions priority Availability/Visibility of the element or Adaptive Release rules?

Two Date conditions A way to set two Date restrictions?

Two Date error message

Groups intersection in Group A and in Group B

No negation of criterion To hide A if B is Reviewed?

Cyclic conditions Test 1 is available if Test 1 is passed

Copy, Archive and Export Rules and User Progress included during Full course copy Archive / Restore Not included during Copy of course materials Export / Import

Solving Problems Complicated problems & Additional situations

Conclusion Adaptive Release purpose Capabilities Good Teaching Practices Limitations Exercises

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