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Identify how to release content using Adaptive Release. Describe the difference between Basic and Advance Adaptive Release rules. Explore the different methods to monitor student progress. Enabling Content Review. The Performance Dashboard. The Retention Center. Review how to gather usage statistics. OBJECTIVES

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ADAPTIVE RELEASE Benefits Control when content is shown based on criteria. Create course activities that are interactive and tailored by the needs of individual students. Two adaptive release rule types Basic Advanced.

ADAPTIVE RELEASE CRITERIA CriteriaDisplays...Example Date On a date, until, or between specific date/times. Content needs to be released after topic has been discussed in class. Membership Specific user(s) or groups.Release different assignments to groups. Grade Gradable item was attempted or a certain score was met, less than, equal to, or between. Provide different material for students who earn 70% or higher OR 69% or lower. Review Status When content item is marked as reviewed. Release first unit only after the Syllabus was marked reviewed.

BASIC & ADVANCE ADAPTIVE RELEASE BasicAdvance Logic AND All criteria form AND statements within one Rule AND or OR Criteria within a Rule form AND statements while two or more Rules create OR statements between the rules Number of rules that can be applied. OneUnlimited Number of criteria for an individual rule. Up to four, but only one of each type. Unlimited Content is released when... All criteria in rule are met. All criteria in one of the rules have been met. One one rule needs to be satisfied.

BASIC ADAPTIVE RELEASE Key Notes about Basic Release Rules There can only be 1 rule created If multiple criteria are used, all must be met before content is released. More restrictions = more users will have to do to gain access.

ADVANCE ADAPTIVE RELEASE Key Notes about Advance Release Rules You can create unlimited rules with unlimited criteria for each. Only one rule needs to be met before releasing the content.

TRY IT Use your Practice Course to create a basic and advance adaptive release rules.

MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS We’ll explore these three tools: Review Status Performance Dashboard Retention Center

REVIEW STATUS – STUDENT VIEW Requires students to mark content as reviewed.

REVIEW STATUS – ENABLE Requires students to mark content as reviewed.

REVIEW STATUS – MONITOR Track User Progress to see which students have reviewed the content.

PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD View all types of user activity in your course. To access: Click Evaluation, then click Performance Dashboard.

RETENTION CENTER Easily monitor student performance and identify students who are at risk.

RETENTION CENTER TABLE VIEW

TRY IT Use your Practice Course to monitor students usage using the three tools we just explored.

VIEW USAGE STATISTICS We’ll explore two three tools: Course Reports Content Statistics Tracking

COURSE REPORTS Eight different reports to pull information from your course. 1. All user activity inside content areas. 2. Course activity overview. 3. Course coverage report. 4. Course performance. 5. Overall summary of user activity. 6. Student Overview for single course. 7. Use activity in forums. 8. User activity in groups.

COURSE REPORTS - SAMPLE Summary of User Activity Report Access/ApplicationAccess/Date

COURSE REPORTS - SAMPLE Summary of User Activity Report Access/Hour of DayAccess/Days of Week

CONTENT STATISTICS TRACKING Enable Statistics Tracking for items in a content area. The report will generate: Access/Date : shows who has accessed the material within the specified date range. Access/Hour of Day : shows overall breakdown of the hour it was accessed. Access/Day of Week : shows overall breakdown of the day it was accessed.

TRY IT Use your Practice Course to experiment with both tools to pull usage statistics.

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