Course Feedback (Blue) & Student Experiences of Learning (SEL): Blue User Interface

Summary 

This article will outline many of the User Interface (UI) features within Blue

 

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Content

When Students and Faculty log in, they will see their homepage.  Users that have multiple Roles in the application such as DIG User and Supervisor, no longer need to select a role upon log-in.   Roles are all combined so you get all your permissions at once.    

The two areas we will cover are:

Blue Homepage 

Blue Dig Page

 

Blue Homepage:

Blue Homepage with task bar on top of screen highlighted, with the features explained below numbered

  1.     Search bar - Allows you to perform a keyword search to locate a specific task or report.
  2.     Home - Directs you to Blue home.  
    1. Tasks - Directs you to a new page displaying all of your tasks.  
    2. Reports - Directs you to a new page displaying all of your reports.            
    3. Bookmarks - Directs you to a separate page displaying all of your bookmarked tasks and reports.
  3.     My profile - Displays your name and avatar used in Blue.
    1.         My account - Allows you to configure account settings such as display name and image, email address, and password.
    2.         Language - Set your preferred language.
    3.         Help - Directs you to the Blue Online Help Center homepage.
    4.         Sign out - Ends your session.
  4.     Task progress overview - Displays the number of tasks that have been completed. The status can be Open (not yet started), In Progress (started but incomplete), or Completed (submitted and nothing left to do).
  5.     My bookmarks - Displays a widget of all bookmarked tasks and reports.
  6.     Response rate monitor launcher - Launches a new page for the user to access the response rate monitor. To learn more, see View the Response Rate Monitor.
  7.     My tasks - Displays a widget of tasks.
  8.     My reports - Displays a widget of reports.

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Blue DIG Page:

Blue Dig Page with features explained below numbered

  1. Alerts - This column will contain an "eye" icon to identify the last row the user worked on
  2. Status - Shows the user if the row has been modified at all or if the row is in the original format from when the DIG was created.  Original = no changes
  3. Group - See the number of Instructors and Students in a course
    1. Modify Instructors or students right in the grid view
    2. Use the ellipse to expand/collapse all Instructors or Students in a course to see their names displayed right in the grid view
  4. Columns Manager - In Blue users have the ability to customize columns present on screen in order to view the information you are most interested
    1. Note some columns are required/locked and can not be removed
  5. Reset Display Settings - Use this icon in order to reset the columns back to factory default
  6. Cross-listed ID - Users can paste directly into this field in the grid view

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Need additional help?

Please fill out the Course Feedback webform with as much detail as possible, or contact the Technology Help Desk on your local campus.

For additional Training please visit the Teaching and Learning Technologies Training Website.

 

 

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