Elentra can host a discussion board for faculty and students to create a forum for their courses. This session will review what the discussion board is, how to create one, and best practices for using one in a course. Learning Objectives: Locate the Discussion Boards Identify the steps to create a discussion board…
This introduction section of Elentra will cover navigation, Learning Events, and how to edit and upload resources to Learning Events and more. CETL Mania is an all-day EdTech Training Event! Training for a variety of Educational Technologies will be featured throughout the day. Each 50-minute session will focus on a different EdTech Tool allowing…
This intermediate session for Elentra will cover more advanced features as such as Exam Posting, Importing Questions, and Gradebook and more. CETL Mania is an all-day EdTech Training Event! Training for a variety of Educational Technologies will be featured throughout the day. Each 50-minute session will focus on a different EdTech Tool allowing faculty…
Feedback is an essential part of student learning. This CETL session will look at how to construct positive feedback, how feedback can affect a student performance and how to give feedback using Elentra. Learning Objectives: List the steps to create positive feedback Describe how feedback can affect student performance List and describe how to…
This CETL session will provide an overview of the Leaner Explorer feature of Elentra. The session will also cover tutor groups and how they can be implemented in your college if not already. The Learner Explorer allows you to explore a learner’s progress throughout the curriculum based on their grades that have been recorded…
The learning management system, Elentra, offers a rich exam creation tool that allows faculty and staff to create questions with the exam feature or even import them. This CETL session will cover how to get started with creating questions and posting them to your online courses. Attendees will receive a handout that will break down…
Learning Events are the cornerstone of Elentra. These events house many of the resources students will need throughout the course. Links, videos, lecture notes, and more. Just how do you add them? What are some best practices for uploading? Can you link a digital book from the library to a Learning Event? I will demonstrate…
In this CETL Session, we will demonstrate the use of Inline Grading for assignments in the gradebook to help speed up the grading process. Students can upload assignments to Elentra, and then Instructors are able to smoothly grade these assignments and provide feedback that students can access in one place. Rudimentary or complex rubrics can…
Writing rubrics doesn’t need to be a daunting task. The initial investment in time pays off when it cuts the time for grading of each individual assignment, as well as provides students the feedback they need to improve their learning. With Elentra, rubrics can be created that speed up the workflow for grading for the…
Communities are a feature in Elentra that faculty/admin can use to create a space for content and activities that may not be part of a specific course. You can use these communities to send out notices for extra-curricular activities or outside events. These communities can be a space for students to participate in as well.…