Collaboration and Communication Tools
Desire2Learn® Learning Environment enables academic networking through flexible group management options that are integrated with learning tools, and provides both real-time and asynchronous communication tools that can be customized to enforce security policies and promote engaging usage.
Synchronous Integration
Synchronous distance learning and collaboration to course work is achieved using our integrations with third party synchronous tools. This can include real-time virtual classrooms with two-way voice, multipoint video, interactive whiteboard, application sharing, file transfer, breakout rooms, and more. Additionally, Desire2Learn LiveRoom, and the integrated Chat tool are popular solutions for clients who want a simple and straightforward synchronous solution.
Calendar
The all-new calendar tool provides administrators, instructors and learners with a variety of options for managing their calendar in a single environment including the creation, printing and viewing of a clear timeline of course events, maximizing efficiency and minimizing time spent managing tasks.
A fully-featured Email tool is included in Learning Environment. Our clients can choose to configure it for send-only messaging, for internal messaging only, for sending/receiving both internally and externally, or for integrating with an existing IMAP system. The Email tool automatically associates messages and contacts with course offerings, and facilitates continuous communication with the rest of the user’s experience.
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Notifications
Users have multiple options for where and how frequently they are notified about changes and alerts within the Learning Environment. Whether they prefer email, text messages or RSS they can always stay up-to-date on the assignment dates, quizzes, discussions, news, and more.
Discussions
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Discussions provide a means for class interaction. The Discussions tool enables rating one another's message postings, allows for offering participation incentives, and empowers users to call out key contributions. Discussions can be graded with ease and supports numeric and rubric assessment types.
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Instant Messaging
Users can quickly find other users who are currently online and send private messages. This feature allows instructors to minimize the amount of email they receive, and enables learners to communicate quickly with their peers. The Instant Messaging tool can be turned off when learners are taking an online quiz.
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