LE 8.2 Resources Area
Community members are busy exploring what's new in Learning Environment 8.2, using a new resource area as their guide. Log into the Community today to hear Desire2Learn CEO, John Baker, speak about the research, consultation and design process behind the development of our latest release. See a product demonstration provided by Lead Product Manager, Kenneth Chapman before viewing the additional resources provided.
Advanced New ePortfolio Product Announced at Educause
Desire2Learn introduces new ePortfolio at EDUCAUSE 2007 conference enabling users to collect, organize and share information.
To keep up-to-date with Desire2Learn News releases, visit the D2L in the News widget in the Community Updates area of the Community.
Regional Training Is Coming Your Way
Thank you to everyone in the Community who participated in the Regional Training Events survey. With your feedback, we were able to identify several additional training locations and planning for regional training is full steam ahead. Watch the Community for the arrival dates for your area.
Future Directions
Watch for upcoming opportunities to sign-up for these design projects in the near future:
- Manage Users – will need feedback on our prototype and proposed new functionality
- Quizzes – help us make quiz creation and maintenance less time consuming!
- DOME – will need feedback on our prototype and proposed new functionality
- Competencies – how can we make this tool easier to use and even more powerful?
- LOR – Your chance to help shape the direction for the LOR for coming releases
New Showcase
You've read Laura Gibbs' article on creating custom homepage widgets. Now you can log into the Schoolhouse Widgets course from the Share area of the Community to see dynamic custom widgets in action!
Group Collaboration
With the advent of 8.2, Discussion postings can be rated. The Community is currently discussing how this new feature can most effectively be applied in our extremely active Discussions forums. To make your voice heard on this topic, jump into the Community Peer Ratings thread by following these steps:
- Log into the Community.
- Click the Discussions link on the Navigation Bar.
- Scroll to the Community Wide Discussions forum at the bottom of the page.
- Click the Discussions topic link and read the "Community Peer Ratings" messages.
Watch for your opportunity to help shape a Community Learning Repository that is overflowing with resources. We will soon be looking for your feedback in this area.
In Response
In Discussions you asked:
"I am looking for the ability to MOVE discussion postings to another Forum/Topic when a learner has incorrectly posted."
Messages can be moved to other forums or multiple forums in 8.2. To find out how we will be leveraging use of this feature in the Community:
- Login to the Community.
- Click the Discussions link on the Navigation Bar.
- Click the Feature Requests topic link from the Product Enhancements forum.
- Type "move discussions" in the Search bar.
Contribute to Your Desire2Learn Community
If you would like to contribute an article to an upcoming issue of 2gether, we'd like to hear from you. We are also always happy to listen to your ideas for the Community or 2gether. Drop the Community Coordinator a line at Community@Desire2Learn.com
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