1. Motivis Instructor Training
Instructional Effectiveness Team, Nicolet College
October, 2018

2. Part 1: Overview of Motivis
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Curriculum Library
Course Page
Part 1: Overview of Motivis

3. Go to Nicolet College Website: http://www.nicoletcollege.edu/
Click on MyNicolet on top of the homepage and sign in
Hover on Menu at the top left and click MOTIVIS
First time user needs to enter Nicolet username and password and click Sign in button
Recommended web browsers: Chrome and Firefox (Always update to newest version)
Recommended device: Computer
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4. Navigation Menu General Section
Stream includes your feed, upcoming events, current news, and tweets
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5. Messages: Direct messages between you and another person/ group of people. These messages are private and not viewable by anyone else. 
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The number to the right of Messages Icon represents the number of new messages you have.
You will also receive an when you receive a new message.
Opt out Profile->Account Settings->Notifications
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6. Navigation Menu Community Section
Discover: Search for things you may be interested in (i.e., Community members and interests and topics)
Groups: Manage and join groups
Events: Create and follow events
Resource: Share helpful and relevant resources (Not available now)
Profile: View personal, academic, and message information, account settings, and Help Center access (Profile drop- down menu).
Search: Search throughout the product for specific information(Not available now)
Instructor Resource: Motivis resources for instructor use
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7. Navigation Menu Academic Section
Courses: Connect assignments and competencies to courses, as well as interact with students and view their progress
Evaluations: View and assess submitted student work from all courses
Curriculum: Build assignments and resources, as well as view competencies in your library
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8. Curriculum Library Academic Section
Competency Library: Viewing Competency Library (updates via Instructional Designer)
Assignment Library: Building Out the Assignment Library. Assignments must be added to the Assignment Library so that you can later add them to specific courses.
Resource Library: Resources can be added to the Resource Library so that you can add them to a specific assignment later or they can be added directly from an assignment.
Curriculum Library

9. Course Page
Home: View and interact with students via the feed, and announcement.
Roster: View a roster of students enrolled in the course.
Assignments: View and link assignments to the course, and assign those assignments to students.
Progress Report: View a progress report for students enrolled in the course.
Gradebook: Manage all students’ grades for each assignment (Traditional Course Only)
Competencies: View and assign competencies and performance indicators to the course.
More instructions on Course Page

10. Part 2: Use Motivis to Create Courses
Best Practice- “Training 1”
Two Rules: Naming Convention and Nicolet Motivis Best Practice
Step 1: Save course files
Step 2: Add competency to course
Step 3: Build a module
Step 4: Build an assignment
Step 5: Assign module to students
Step 6: Evaluation
Step 7: Gradebook

11. Best Practice
Courses List - Training 1
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12. Best Practice Orientation Model Example
1: Use Text box to deliver Module Introduction and Instructor Information.
2. Use Resource to attach Motivis Student Orientation Guide and URL of course syllabus.
3. Use Assignment to attach a Ice breaker discussion as Q&A/ Muddiest Point for students.

13. Best Practice Learning Model Example
Module Pre-req: Students must take module according to pre-req setting.
Best Practice
Module Intro
Assignments and Resources.

14. TWO RULES Rule 1: Naming Convention
All Resources and Assignments’ title should follow Nicolet Naming Convention:
[Catalog number] [name of assignment/resource]
Example: How to close the bookstore
Rule 2: Nicolet Motivis Best Practice
Motivis Course Building should follow Best Practice Motivis.
TWO RULES

15. STEP 1: Save Course Files
A. Download Files and Folders in BLACKBOARD
You can select files and folders in Course Files and download them to your computer in a zipped package. This will be helpful for reusing the selected files and folders in other course builds.
STEP 1: Save Course Files
Access the Blackboard course. Click on Files under the Control Panel.
Click on the course ID.
Note the upper right area to identify how many pages of course files exist.
Scroll down and select Show All.
Select the check boxes next to the files and folders to include in the zipped package. Note: If you want all of the files, click in the box to the left of File Type.
Select Download Package > Save.
To access the files, go to Computer > Downloads. The file name for the zipped package saved to your computer is the course ID with the .zip extension.

16. STEP 1: Save Course Files
B. Copy/ Paste all your Announcements, Course Documents description text, discussion board text and tests to WORD doucment.
STEP 1: Save Course Files

17. STEP 1: Save Course Files
C. Test saved in word document should include point value, test questions and correct answers.
STEP 1: Save Course Files
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18. STEP 2: Add competency to course
Choose your course from Courses in the left menu
Click on the Competencies tab on the top right (See counter 1)
Click on the Add/Remove to select competencies. (See counter 2)

19. STEP 2: Add competency to course
More instructions on Adding competency to course
STEP 2: Add competency to course
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Search your course by course number or course name (see counter 1)
Click Add to select Competencies (See counter 2)
Click Update & Close to select competencies. (See counter 3)

20. STEP 3: Build a Module Try it!
More instructions on Creating course module
STEP 3: Build a Module
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Choose your course from Courses in the left menu
Click on Assignments (See counter 1 above)
Click on Add (See counter 2 above)
Click on Add Module (See counter 3 above)

21. STEP 4: Build an Assignment
More instructions on Building an Assignment
STEP 4: Build an Assignment
Click on Assignments in a course page (See counter 1)
Click on Add in a module (See counter 2)
Choose a type of assignment: submission, quiz or discussion. (See counter 3)
Instructor can add Estimated Completion Time for each assignment.

22. STEP 4: Build an Assignment
More instructions on Building an Assignment
Practice
STEP 4: Build an Assignment
Add an existing assignment “ Ice Breaker Activity” to your Orientation module.
Create a Discussion Assignments in your orientation module.
Create a Submission Assignments in your orientation module.
Create a Quiz Assignments in your orientation module.
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23. STEP 5: Assign Module to Students
More instructions on Assign work to students
STEP 5: Assign Module to Students
Click on Assignments in a course page (See counter 1)
Set up the due date for each assignment.
Click on Counter 2 and select student by checking the box (counter 3)
Click on Assign (See counter 4 )

24. STEP 6: Evaluation Click Evaluations on the left menu (See counter 1)
Search key words of student name or assignment name, filter certain course (See counter 2 & 3)
Click on Student Name and it will bring you to evaluation page. (See counter 4)

25. STEP 6: Evaluation Try it!
Click Student Assignment to view/download their work. (See counter 1)
Input score (See counter 2)
Provide detailed feedback/ attach file (See counter 3)
Click Submit Evaluation to send your feedback. (See counter 4)
More instructions on Evaluations

26. STEP 7: Gradebook Try it! Gradebook General instruction. (counter 1)
Weighting Assignment instruction. (counter 2)
Click to Override Grade of each Assignment. (counter 3)
Export Gradebook as CSV file to backup. (counter 4)

27. Tips of Resource Library
Follow the naming convention: Course Number + Resource Name
e.g: Course Outcome Summary
Resource cannot be deleted in the library.
You can only edit the resource that you created.
Rename your files at your own computer folder before uploading.
Identified bug: An override resource file wouldn’t replace the old file.
Tips of Resource Library

28. Tips of Assignment and Module
Be sure to assign module to students at the first day of class.
An assignment can be edited only in Draft mode.
Only module with assignment and due dates assigned can be assigned to students.
Once student submitted assignment, that module is locked.
Assignment Grading: Formative (not counted in final grade), Summative (counted in final grade)
Attach Resource to Assignment as much as possible, as assignment can be duplicated.
More instructions on Assignment Library
Tips of Assignment and Module

29. Tips of Course Home Page
Pin Items
Stick-to-top Post
@Everyone
Instructor headshot and name will display on the top banner.
Tips of Course Home Page

30. Index- Motivis Help Center
Course 
Adding Assignments to a Course
Announcements
Course Modules
Courses Overview
Setting Assignment Due Dates
Viewing and Adding Course Competencies
Viewing and Linking Assignments to a Course
Viewing Assignments Linked to a Course
Viewing Course Progress Reports
Viewing the Course Feed
Viewing the Roster of Enrolled Students
Resource Library 
Creating New Resources
Building Out Your Resource Library
Index- Motivis Help Center
Competency Library 
Curriculum Drop-down Menu
Viewing Performance Scales
Viewing the Competency Library as an Instructor
Assignments 
Assigning Work to Students
Assignment Types
Building Out the Assignment Library
Creating a Discussion Assignment
Creating a Quiz Assignment
Creating a Submission Assignment
Duplicating an Assignment
Formative and Summative Assessments
Publishing an Assignment
Removing an Assignment
Using the Rich Text Editor
Viewing Existing Assignments
Evaluations 
Assessing a Discussion Assignment
Assessing Submission Assignments
Evaluations Page
Gradebook
Weighting Assignments

31. Part3: WIDS Training What does WIDS to do with Motivis?
How to create a syllabus in WIDS and get the public URL?
How to build PAT and LP in WIDS?
Part3: WIDS Training