Getting Started

Getting Started

• Yellowdig Orientation Guide [FOR LEARNERS]
• Yellowdig Help Resources [FOR LEARNERS]
• Update your Username, Name, or Email Address
• Yellowdig Quiz for Learners
• Code of Conduct
• A Brief Introduction to Yellowdig

Joining a Community

• Creating an Account and Joining a Yellowdig Community
• Paying for Community Access with Debit/Credit Card
• Join a Community using Bookstore Access Codes

For Instructors

• Become a Certified Yellowdig Instructor
• Getting Started in Yellowdig FAQ [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Telling Your Learners About Yellowdig [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Video Introduction Script [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Create a New Yellowdig Community
• Yellowdig Communities Outside of the LMS

How To Guides & Features

How To Guides & Features

• Community Recap Feature (Beta)
• Conversation Insights Feature (Beta)
• Manual Grade Passback [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Unfollow a Community
• How to Create an LMS Assignment Link in Yellowdig
• Search, Filter, and Sort
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Posting

• Post and Comment in Yellowdig
• How Drafts Work
• Add Topics to Posts
• Mentions, Hashtags, and Reactions
• Create Polls
• Anonymous Posting
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Points & Grades

Points & Grades

• Getting Points and Passing Your Yellowdig Grade to the Course Page (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L etc.)

Pedagogy & Proven Practices

Pedagogy & Proven Practices

• Design Principles for Co-Curricular Organizations
• Gamification, Not Gradification: Use Yellowdig to Motivate Rather than Assess Student Learning
• Do These 5 Things to Set Up a Successful Yellowdig Community
• Avoid These 5 Things To Create a Successful Yellowdig Community
• Co-Curricular Best Practices
• Do These 4 Things During Your Yellowdig Community
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Community Management

Community Setup

• Creating and Using Accolades
• Creating, Using, Disabling, and Deleting Topics
• Enabling and Disabling Emojis
• Points System Page | Participation Settings
• Advanced Point Configuration [FOR INSTRUCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS]
• Inviting Guests to Your Community
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Community Management

• Managing Archived Communities in Yellowdig
• Yellowdig Community LMS Course Roster Management
• Making a Community "Read Only"
• LTI Integration, How it Determines Grade Passback, and Allocating Points to Yellowdig in your LMS Gradebook
• Deleted posts or deleted comments in Yellowdig
• Flagged Posts
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Groups

• Using Groups
• Setting Up Groups [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Automatic Group Creation in Yellowdig Using Canvas Groups or Sections

Data Analytics & Reports

Data Analytics & Reports

• Community Health Dashboard
• Organizational Reports
• Network Graph
• Community Reports
• Accessing Data via API

Integrations

Canvas

• Yellowdig and Canvas Blueprinting: Best Practices and FAQs
• Canvas LTI 1.3 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Canvas LTI 1.3 Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Canvas LTI 1.1 Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Canvas LTI 1.1 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]

Blackboard

• Blackboard LTI 1.3 Yellowdig Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Blackboard LTI 1.3 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Blackboard LTI 1.1 Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Blackboard 1.1 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]

D2L Brightspace

• D2L Brightspace LTI 1.3 Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• D2L Brightspace LTI 1.3 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• D2L LTI 1.1 (legacy) Setup Guide (Root- or Account-Level) [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• D2L LTI 1.1 (legacy) Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]

Moodle

• Moodle LTI 1.3 Yellowdig Setup Guide [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Moodle LTI 1.3 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Moodle LTI 1.1 Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]

Other

• Guide to Adding Yellowdig to your Jenzabar Course [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Guide to Installing Yellowdig in Jenzabar with LTI 1.3 [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]
• Linking and Unlinking an Existing Community to your Course Page
• Open edX Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Sakai Course Setup Guide [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Single Sign-On (Premium Feature) [FOR ADMINISTRATORS]

Organization Administration

Organization Administration

• How to Add or Invite an Organization Administrator
• Best Practices for Organization Management
• Organization Roles, Permissions, and Visibility: A Detailed Look
• Organization Roles, Permissions, and Visibility: A Cheat Sheet
• Moving Between Organizations
• Introduction to Organizations and Sub-organizations
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Security & Accessibility

Security & Accessibility

• Video Auto-Captions in Yellowdig
• Our Commitment to Data Privacy and Security
• Our Commitment to Accessibility
• Accessing Yellowdig on Mobile

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshoot Access Issues to Yellowdig from a Course Page (LMS)
• Setting or Recovering Your Yellowdig Password
• Claim your Existing Yellowdig Account on a New Course Page or App Install
• Establish Grade Passback from Yellowdig to your School's Gradebook [FOR LEARNERS]
• Is Yellowdig down?
• Configuring Grammarly with Yellowdig

Instructors/Admins

• Connect Yellowdig to Your Gradebook [FOR INSTRUCTORS]
• Learning Management System FAQ