* borrowed from Gwinnett Online Campus instructor training.
Student Level Reporting: As you see from above this is a "typical" grade book, where the teacher* will enter a numerical grade in an electronic gradebook. The student has access to see his/her grade and can also view it in categories of classwork, homework, and summative assessments. In order for a student to actually see mistakes or wrong answers, they will have the refer back to the reply of the teacher from the assignments within the dropbox.
Teacher Level Reporting: The teacher is able to have total management over the gradebook. Teacher can enter grades manually, or if set up to do so; the quizzes and tests can generate grades automatically to the gradebook. Teachers can view categories and percentages of weight for each area to insure compliance with the rules of the district or school. The teacher can also differentiate instruction on topics that have reported lower than average grades. Teachers can also export grades to another gradebook in the SIS set by the school or district. (This option can take a few days to synchronize, though.)
Course Level Reporting: Teachers can evaluate different lessons and assignments among each other. Teachers can link comments and revisions of lessons in the LOR in order to provide feedback on lessons and assignments. Teachers can borrow from one another through the LOR and receive new or different ideas for teaching the content.
Program Level Reporting: Teachers can compare lesson taught in F2F verses the Online lesson in a flipped classroom opportunity. Teachers can decipher which lessons work better in an online level, and can revise F2F lessons to fit the online component. The ease of use in the D2L model is not very friendly to the teacher who has little formal training and could become very frustrated by the experience. More in depth training needs to occur in order for every teacher to utilize D2L to its fullest potential.
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