LMS Work
kshop Fal l 2016
Gary
y Rodman, Office
O
of IT, Director of Enterprise A
Applications
Email Rod
dmanG@ripo
on.edu
Most po
opular Fea
atures of MyRipon LMS

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
Posting documents (sy
yllabi,
 Em
mailing individual or g
groups of s
students
re
eadings, ettc.)
Posting announcements of
 Trracking and
d grading a
assignmentts,
class interes
st
inccluding onlline assignments
Off
O campus access to class
 Fil e Upload A
Assignmentts
materials
m
o get startted
Tips to
Current courses appear
urses link on
o
under My Cou
left sidebar
st and Futu
ure
Pas
Cou
urses appe
ear under
the Faculty tab
b, Office off
the Registrar, All My
S Pages
Courses - LMS
Offiice Hours: Use
Pers
sonal Info to
t show this
information on
n the Aboutt
age
this Course pa
oad a pictture of
Uplo
you
urself: Use
e Personal
Info
o: Photo
ce an appealing
Plac
sum
mmary of your
y
course in the “About this
et.
Course” portle
Use Collaborattion page
Cou
ursemates
s to email
indiv
viduals or groups
g
of
stud
dents
Content
C
Organizatio
on Tips
ate Sets to
o organize
Crea
yourr Handouts
s and
Bookmarks (by
y topic, unit,
wee
ek, etc.)
ve handou
uts as PD
DF
Sav
files
s, then upload to
Handouts
oad your detailed
Uplo
syllabus as a handout
sework
Use the Cours
page
e to create
e and
grad
de assignm
ments
ee coursew
work
Thre
form
mats: Uplo
oad, Test,
Bas
sic
er you will
Decide whethe
anize cours
sework by
orga
Unitt or type
ments using
Grade assignm
ursework
Cou
Grad
debook Tip
ps t
Weiight how the
assignments contribute
c
to
t
ade using
the course gra
Gradebook
Gradebook displays
ded assignm
ments to
grad
stud
dents or to the
instrructor
e grades fo
or
Insttructors see
eve
eryone in the
t
class.
Stud
dents see their
t
own
grad
des
n export
Insttructors can
grad
des to Exce
el
Tips
s for File Upload
U
Assignmentts
signment,
Design the ass
uding due date,
d
inclu
instrructions, etc.
dents will see
s
a link to
Stud
the assignmen
nt and
instrructions
dents uploa
ad the
Stud
assignment be
efore the
due date
view the
Insttructors rev
subm
mission, an
nd optionally
prov
vide feedba
ack
n review a
Insttructors can
deta
ailed historry of all
subm
missions fo
or the
assignment
Tips for
r using on
nline discu
ussion forrums
Use Collaborattion page
Foru
ums for on
nline
thre
eaded discu
ussions
ate assignm
ments that
Crea
requ
uire posting
g response
es
to to
opics you design
d
vide class
Optiionally, div
into groups to further
man
nage discus
ssions
s respond to
Have students
h others’ posts
each
nt type, so create a B
Basic assign
nment with
h instructio
ons to use
There is no “Discussion” assignmen
the forum.
Otther Tips
mplete guid
de to the
Com
LMS
S is available on
MyR
Ripon Home
e page.
Use View box to see how
w
stud
dents will see
s
your LM
MS
page
es. Be sure
e to click
“Cha
ange View””
See the LMS FAQ feaature on Abouut the LMS paage on the Faculty tab. Allow
w others to
o access
yourr LMS page
es (mentorrs,
acad
demic supp
port
spec
cialists, etc
c.)
httpss://my.ripon.e
edu/ICS/Facu
ult
y/About_the_LMSS/