StudyMate Campus can be used by instructors and learners to create flash cards, self-assessments, and learning games.

StudyMate Campus is embedded in the Brightspace system. Selecting to go to the StudyMate area will take users to an external site which is the "My StudyMate Projects" area.

Instructors can access StudyMate Campus via Brightspace two ways as well as set up a learner share area:

Access via Course Resources

Access via Content area

Set up Learner Share area

Access via the Course Resources area

Go into a course.

  1. select the Course Resources drop down menu
  2. select StudyMate link located towards the bottomstudymate

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - course resources drop down menu with StudyMate selected

 

Selecting the link displays an "About StudyMate" page. User's select the "Continue to StudyMate" link (lower right) to go to their personal "My Study Mate Projects" area.

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - the StudyMate page that displays so users can click through to their personal StudyMate site

 

Dependent on whether the user has created StudyMate projects or not, the resulting page will display either the user created StudyMate Projects in the user's "My StudyMate Projects" area, or display the initial screen as below.

 D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - shows the initial "My StudyMate Projects" entry page with no projects created - highlights the

After projects are created users can make them available in the course.

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Access via the Content Area in a course

Go into a course.

  1. select the Content link from the course navigation bar
  2. select a module in the Content area - in this case the module is named "StudyMate Campus"
  3. select the "Existing Activities" drop menu
  4. select "External Learning Tools" from the drop menu

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - select Content from the course navigation bar.

 

A pop-up window displays. Select "StudyMate" from the "External Learning Tools" "Add Activity" area.

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - shows the module created (StudyMate Campus) and selection of the

 

The "StudyMate" External Learning Tool displays in the module that has been created. Select it by clicking on it.

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - shows the created

 

The "About StudyMate" page displays. Breadcrumbs illustrate the path.

Note: If the user wants to prevent this page from showing in the future, user can select the "Don't show this page again" checkbox in lower left.

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - displays the "About StudyMate" page.

 

Dependent on whether the user has created StudyMate projects or not, the resulting page will display either the user created StudyMate Projects in the user's "My StudyMate Projects" area, or display the initial screen as below.

After projects have been created, instructor can make StudyMate projects available to students in the course by using the "Make Available in Course" link from the dropmenu located to the right of the project.

D2L CD 20.19.9 screenshot - displays the "My StudyMate Projects" area. Select "Make Available in Course" to present any projects from this area inside the course for easy access.

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How to set up a Learner Share area in a course

Learner roles have the ability to create StudyMate Projects. Because each StudyMate project area is unique to each user, to allow sharing of StudyMate Projects between learners, it is helpful to provide a share space inside of Brightspace to facilitate the sharing of these resources.

One of the easiest ways to enable the sharing of these resources is to create a Discussion area dedicated to sharing resources.

Create a discussion share

Log in to Brightspace and access the course in which to create the share area.

  1. select "Discussions" link from the course nav bar
  2. select the "New" button
  3. from the drop menu create a Forum - in this case the forum is named "Shares"
  4. after the forum is in place, create a topic - in this case the topic is named "Sharing StudyMate projects"

CD 20.19.10 screenshot: shows the steps to create a forum and a topic for use as share areas

Select this link to access a companion tutorial which has been made available for learners.

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