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Envision by Everspring is designed to support faculty and enhance teaching and learning through technology. Explore our resources to gain inspiration and find answers.

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We are continually updating our offerings and generating content in response to developments in our field. Stay up to date on our latest white papers, blogs, guides, and infographics here.

LMS Analytics: Supporting Your Students With Data

December 29, 2022
With the help of tools like Canvas New Analytics, faculty can leverage learning management system (LMS) data to hone their instructional techniques and improve their online students' experience. In this piece, we provide an introduction to learning analytics in online higher education and detail some analytics best practices.

Rubric Best Practices Guide

January 16, 2023
When used effectively, rubrics facilitate clear and consistent assessment, enhancing the learning experience for both students and instructors. In the online classroom environment, where students do not have the frequent, physical access that a traditional classroom provides, rubrics can provide the added benefit of increasing student engagement with course material and clarifying an instructor's expectations (Keengwe, Adjei-Boateng, & Diteeyont, as cited in Haught, Ahern, & Ruberg, 2017). In fact, according to Martin & Bolliger (2018), online learners have reported that grading rubrics are highly important for learner-to-instructor engagement. For instructors, too, rubrics simplify the grading process, promoting consistency across students and terms. Eliminating the guesswork from grade determination, well-designed rubrics can save professors precious time and energy.

Five Ways to Combat Linguistic Bias in the Classroom

December 29, 2022
Developments such as the evolution of World Englishes (WE) and African American scholars’ use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) have opened an important dialogue around academic writing standards, language ownership, and linguistic justice (Canagarajah, 2006; Young, 2010). Authors like Gloria Anzaldua who mix, for example, Native Indian, Spanish, and English in texts, are engaging in the literary tradition of code meshing, which has been shown to facilitate acquisition of English when used by multicultural students in the classroom, according to research (Canagarajah, 2006). By adopting inclusive practices, course designers can combat linguistic bias and promote writing achievement for all learners. This blog contains five recommendations for reducing linguistic bias in online education.

Plan, Build, Teach

Envision contains resources for every phase of the build process, from the outlining phase through grading and, eventually, making targeted revisions. Use the buttons below to explore our offerings by category.

Plan

The Plan phase starts with design thinking. What do you want students to get out of your course? How will you assess their learning, what kind of multimedia will you use, and what steps will you take to ensure that your course is accessible to all learners?

Build

The Build phase starts where outlining stops. It involves building framing pages, content pages, and assessments, and requires that instructors transform their on-ground content for the online modality.

Teach

Online courses may be built out in advance of the term start, but they certainly don't teach themselves! Online instructors have to navigate unique challenges such as building community and checking in with students remotely.

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Are you interested in learning more about accessibility? Are you in the middle of redesigning your assessments or updating your lecture videos, or looking for ways to customize your LMS platform or course? Click the icons below to search Envision by topic.

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