CourseLink Tools for Effective Student Communication at Scale: Intelligent Agents, Announcements, Discussions, and Classlist

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Facilitators: Owen Wooding (Open Learning and Educational Support - OpenEd)

Description: Effective communication with students is paramount to a good teaching and learning experience, however communicating effectively with students in a large 1st or 2nd year course offers more challenges when compared to a small 4th year or graduate-level course. In this session, we will explore some of the options available in CourseLink to help instructors communicate more efficiently with large numbers of students using CourseLink’s Intelligent Agents tool, which automates the process of sending emails to students based on triggers such as course access, grades received, discussion participation, as well as several other course site triggers.  In addition to Intelligent Agents, we will explore effective use of Announcements, Discussions, and the Classlist for student communication. 

Attendees of this session will be able to: 

• Locate and access the Intelligent Agents tool and adjust settings. 

• Create agents that will automate email communication with students based on meeting or failing to meet certain conditions. 

• Produce effective announcements, pin important announcements, and use the “major edit” option effectively. 

• Utilize the discussions tool to create an asynchronous course Q&A that leverages anonymous post and vote up options to reduce repetitive emails. 

• Leverage advanced Classlist features such as Class Engagement and User Progress. 
   

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