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When Engagement Becomes a Choice : A Yellowdig Story

Alan Hecht Drexel University, LeBow College of Business   Challenge: The “post once, reply twice” model was designed for a pre-social media world. It no longer reflects how students communicate — and it is holding engagement back. “If you ask students to post once and reply to two or three classmates, it’s almost insulting now. […]
When Students Feel Something, They Stay : A Yellowdig Story

Stacy GantNC State University   Challenge: Engagement is treated as a single metric. Are students participating? But behavioral compliance tells us almost nothing about whether students actually feel connected. “Do they feel interested, connected, curious, and motivated to return? That’s where Yellowdig is really, really well suited, to spark that emotional engagement.” The human moment […]
When Online Feels Like a Classroom : A Yellowdig Story

Allison Brown Augusta University Challenge: Asynchronous learning has a reputation problem. Faculty and students assume that without live sessions, real engagement simply cannot exist. “The need for engagement hasn’t changed. When you’re online, you need the same level of engagement as in a classroom. We just need platforms that actually support it.” The human moment […]
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8 Tips for High-Quality, Open Conversations

There are two types of reactions instructors have when they switch over to Yellowdig. They either are so excited to not have the responsibility of orchestrating the conversation and letting it happen naturally or they are afraid to break the structure they are used to in standard “discussion boards” and continue to post prompts for […]
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10 things to know about Yellowdig from 2020

Yellowdig is an Education Technology Company Driving Change in Virtual Classrooms This year has been a whirlwind for the entire world, and the education industry has had its own unique challenges. Here at Yellowdig, that was no exception. Although this year had it’s clear challenges for everyone, including the EdTech space, our team was able […]
Product Updates
December 2020 Product Update - Freeform Point System, Navigation Redesign, and Plans for 2021

The Yellowdig team has been listening to user feedback and diligently working to improve the Yellowdig Engage platform. To ensure a consistent experience for our instructors and students, we have waited until after most semesters end to release our biggest improvements. We are very excited to tell you about all of the changes that have […]
Instructor Stories
Building Vibrant Learning Communities Across Borders

How can an online learning platform help bridge communication across oceans and time zones for students? Oddly enough, in a year when most of us have spent more time in our houses than anywhere else, this year has become a critical year for institutions to innovate in international learning. Below, we share 4 examples of […]
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Learning from the YAAC

Our users are the best source of insights for how to get the most out of Yellowdig. Professors and instructional designers have that real-world, day to day experience using Yellowdig that we rely on to fine tune Yellowdig and create an even better experience for you and your students. That’s why we’ve decided to give […]
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8 Things Yellowdig is Thankful for in 2020

It’s that time of year again! Although we are extremely grateful for our amazing supporters, partners, investors, and employees all year round, we’d like to take this opportunity to highlight everything we are especially thankful for this year, especially in a year when it’s extremely important to be reminded of the good that still exists. […]
A Student Perspective
Rethinking Virtual Learning With Less Zoom

Way back before a global pandemic in 2020 was nothing more than a plot to a scifi movie, one of my professors needed to host class via Zoom for the first half of the semester for health reasons. As a full time, on-campus student, I thought that was the most exciting thing. Instead of the […]
Instructor Stories
STEM Professor Succeeds using Yellowdig as a Help Forum

Dr. Vicki Hart, Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont, has been using Yellowdig for two and a half years to teach her graduate courses on epidemiology and biostatistics in the master of public health program. Classes for this program are 100% online and asynchronous, so students are never in real-time classes together. It was […]
Instructor Stories
5 Spooky Online Teaching Mistakes to Avoid

As Halloween rolls around the corner, we wanted to help you to save the spooking for the holiday by keeping it out of your classroom. We have compiled 5 common mistakes instructors make while running an online class to keep you from falling victims to these easy tricks. Read to the bottom and you may […]
Product Updates
This Fall Brings Large Point System and Grade Passback Improvements

Recent Improvements to Our Points System Feedback we have heard made it clear that there was potential confusion around two aspects of our points system: 1. Points fill one big bucket for the semester 2. There is a buffer that allows users to earn points beyond their current week’s requirement to get ahead This October […]
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Yellowdig’s Patented Gamification Approach Improves Student Outcomes

Gamification is a bit of a buzzword in education these days. We can debate the educational value of all the digital games out there, but no one can dismiss the impact (good or bad) of gaming on the formative minds of future generations. I believe game-based learning, when designed with the right motives in mind, […]
Co-Curricular Uses, Instructor Stories
Enhance Your New Student Orientation with Yellowdig

Orientation is a make-or-break experience for incoming students. COVID-19 has left many universities to reinvent different elements of the student lifecycle, and orientation is no exception. At University of Nebraska-Lincoln, orientation leaders were halfway through training when the pandemic hit. Their in-person event was all about community building and making connections to help the new […]
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Want a Yellowdig Community that doesn’t suck? Follow our best practices.

In 2020, we created a composite Community Health metric that captures four key dimensions of student engagement and achievement. Along the way, we confirmed something we already knew: instructors who use many of our best practices have Communities that perform significantly better than instructors who use fewer. Over the past 3 years, we’ve continued to […]

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Collage of higher education students studying and collaborating, including students working on laptops, talking in a group, and participating in classroom discussion.
Collage of higher education students studying and collaborating, including students working on laptops, talking in a group, and participating in classroom discussion.