Professional Development (through an LMS)

IMPORTANT NOTES:
  • This feature is only available for those with institutional or enterprise licenses.

For institutions that  do not use an LMS, see this link instead.

In this article:

  1. Why use PlayPosit’s professional learning for professional development
  2. Create professional learning - administrators’ workflow
    1. Assigning Bulbs or playlists for professional learning in an LMS
    2. Assigning Peer review or Learner Made Bulb for professional learning in an LMS
    3. Broadcast with professional learning in an LMS
  3. Monitor instructors’ learning

Why use PlayPosit’s professional learning for professional development

PlayPosit's professional learning allows administrators to assign training materials to instructors and, at the same time, utilize the powerful features of PlayPosit to make professional development more intuitive and effective. By adding interactions to the training materials, administrators can transform professional development from a passive learning experience into an engaging and active learning environment for instructors who are taking the training. This will make participants more focused on the training and increase their retention rate.

Furthermore, PlayPosit’s platform supports  dual roles meaning users with an instructor account can also fully engage in the professional learning class as a learner while still being an instructor in their own classes. This benefit gives instructors a simple workflow that does not require them to operate under different accounts and makes PlayPosit a beneficial investment for all learners in your organization.
PlayPosit also provides numerous features to bring professional development to a higher level by creating a learning community. For example, administrators can add discussion interactions into a bulb to allow instructors to share their thoughts and respond to others' comments when taking the training. In addition, administrators can further assign Learner Made Bulbs and Peer Review sessions to the instructors to provide more autonomy for their training and allow them to review each other's work.
Most importantly, PlayPosit provides a convenient and detailed Monitor page with an option to sync grades to the LMS grade book. These tools can help administrators keep track of participants' learning with professional learning and gain insight into instructors' learning outcomes and any training gap that needs further addressing.

Create professional learning - administrators’ workflow

Assigning Bulbs or playlists for professional learning in an LMS:

  1. Create a new class/course in the LMS and enroll the instructors that will take this professional learning class as Students/Learners in the class/course.
  2. Follow the workflow in this article to create a Bulb, or follow the workflow in this article to create a playlist.
  3. Assign the Bulb or Playlist to the professional learning class in the LMS. Please select the LMS from this list to view the workflow.

Assigning Peer review or Learner Made Bulb for professional learning in an LMS:

  1. Create a new class/course in the LMS and enroll the instructors that will take this professional learning class as Students/Learners in the class/course.
  2. For peer review, please follow the workflow in this article to create and assign the peer review assignment. If the professional learning class is in Canvas, please follow this article for assigning Peer review assignments.
  3. For Learner Made Bulb, please follow the workflow in this article to create and assign the Learner Made Bulb to the LMS.

Broadcast with professional learning in an LMS:

  1. Create a new class/course in the LMS and enroll the instructors that will take this professional learning class as Students/Learners in the class/course.
  2. Follow the workflow in this article to create a Bulb.
  3. Assign the Bulb to the professional learning class in the LMS. Please select the LMS from this list to view the workflow. 
  4. Before linking the Bulb, please change the learner experience to Live Broadcast, and click Link to assign the Bulb to the LMS.

  5. When starting the broadcast, go to the assignment, and select Broadcast on the gray screen to start the broadcast. Please also inform the instructors to open the assignment on their devices to join the broadcast.

Monitor instructors’ learning

Administrators can monitor instructors’ progress just like the instructors monitor their learners’ learning through PlayPosit. If the grade passback is enabled, instructors’ grades will also be synced to the LMS grade book. 

To enter PlayPosit’s monitor page from the LMS, please open the assignment in the LMS and select Monitor on the gray screen.

Please also see the articles below for more information about monitoring Bulbs and playlists in PlayPosit.

Monitoring Bulbs in PlayPosit

Monitoring playlists in PlayPosit

Monitoring Learner Made Bulbs

Monitoring Peer review

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