Use of the Adaptive Release
tool of the Blackboard
Evgenii Prosolupov
[email protected]
Agenda
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Introduction
Adaptive Release
GTP and AR
Adaptive Release Advanced
Special Situations
Problem solving
Conclusion
Expectations
• What are your expectations?
• Important moments?
• Your practical problems?
When Access Restrictions
can be helpful
• Date and Time in future
• Limited period of availability
• Individual Assignments
• Show material if some test passed
Add/Edit element of content
Adaptive Release
additional capabilities
• Give access for a list of students or groups
of students
• Set conditions on student’s grades
• Check student’s revision of other content
• Combine some criteria
Example of situation
• March 11 - Live Assessment
• If the score > 60, can see Next Module
• If the score < 60, need to pass Online Test
• If the Online Test score > 60,
can see Next Module also.
Sequence of testing
Schema of criteria
Adaptive Release
The practice of using the tool
Road to a content
Contextual menu option
Date criterion
• After a date
• Until a date
• Within a timeframe
Date criterion
Membership criterion
• Membership in groups
• List of usernames
Membership criterion
Grade Center criterion
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Score is grater then
Score is less then
Score is equal to
Score is between two values
Execution attempt
Grade Center criterion
Review Status criterion
• If a review status for the student is set
Review Status criterion
Adaptive Release page
• One condition for every criterion
• Can see the content if all met
Using handouts
Task Element
1
An Item
Rule
Description
Show until 9:30 12/03
If Test A grade > 70
Test B
Only for Group A
and if An Item
is reviewed
Solving problems
Adaptive Release
Chickering and Gamson’s
Good Teaching Practices
Good teaching...
1. encourages contact between students and
faculty,
2. develops reciprocity and cooperation among
students,
3. encourages active learning,
4. gives prompt feedback,
5. emphasizes time on task,
6. communicates high expectations, and
7. respects diverse talents and ways of learning.
Good Practice
Uses Active Learning Techniques
Interaction with learning system
• Grade center criteria
• Review status criteria
Good Practice
Gives Prompt Feedback
Grade Center criteria
• Give additional help
• Open access to further information
Good Practice
Emphasizes Time on Task
• Date/Time criteria
• Become disciplined
Good Practice
Respects Diverse Talents
and Ways of Learning
• Individual assignments
• Different content for different groups
Adaptive Release: Advanced
Multiple roads to a content
• Can see the content if any of rules met
ARA contextual menu option
Adaptive Release: Advanced page
Manage Criteria page
Advanced Adaptive Release
• One Date criterion and one Membership
criterion per rule
• Multiple Grade and Review Status criteria
Solving problems
Adaptive Release: Advanced
Special situations
What you need to remember
when using Adaptive Release
Empty Rule
Empty Rule
Restrictions priority
• Availability/Visibility of the element
• or Adaptive Release rules?
Two Date conditions
• A way to set two Date restrictions?
Two Date error message
Groups intersection
• in Group A and in Group B
No negation of criterion
• To hide A if B is Reviewed?
Cyclic conditions
• Test 1 is available if Test 1 is passed
Copy, Archive and Export
Rules and User Progress included during
• Full course copy
• Archive / Restore
Not included during
• Copy of course materials
• Export / Import
Solving Problems
Complicated problems
&
Additional situations
Conclusion
• Adaptive Release purpose
• Capabilities
• Good Teaching Practices
• Limitations
• Exercises
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