Delivery Space Checklist
After your Delivery Space is created, it's important to review the content, and make adjustments, to ensure a smooth experience for you and your students. This guide will walk you through the necessary checks for seamless and effective delivery.
Getting Block Ready
- When are Delivery Spaces created?
For Block units, delivery (teaching) spaces will be available two weeks before your teaching period starts, and five weeks prior for Placement units.
For details, see the VU calendar. - How are Delivery Spaces created?
After delivery (teaching) spaces are created, all content from the master (template) space is copied in.
- How long do I have to review my space?
You have one week to review your space, before students gain access. - When can students access the Delivery Space?
Students are added to the space after creation, but they can only view the space one weeks before your teaching period starts, and four weeks prior for Placement units.
Online Checklist
VU Collaborate Checklist
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Part 1 - Assessment Check |
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| Add due dates on all Assessment Dropboxes | Dropbox - due dates (external link) |
| Enable Turnitin Similarity Check, and load templates to exclude from checks (if required). | Turnitin Similarity Report (external link) |
| Create/edit required Groups for any group assessment. | Groups (external link) |
| Set due dates, and release conditions for quizzes | Quiz - dates and availability conditions (external link) |
| Review Quiz Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) settings | Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) (external link) |
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Check Buddycheck and Feedback Fruits settings – link to Groups as required, check gradebook setup, set dates. |
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Check Gradebook, Rubrics, and Dropboxes are connected. Check if the ‘out of’ (max points) scores match each other across an assessment. |
VU Collaborate Essentials (external link), in VU Collaborate |
Part 2 - Space Admin Check |
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Ensure necessary teaching staff are enrolled in the space. |
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Set up/check attendance register. |
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Set up Zoom Sessions for the entire block via Communication > Zoom Classroom (online classes). |
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Set up/check Intelligent Agents. |
Intelligent Agents (external link) |
Part 3 - Teaching Content/Material Check |
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Impersonate TEST Student via Space Admin > Classlist > TEST-Student to ensure all links or activities are available on student view. If relevant, check all activities (Videos, H5Ps, Links, Blogs, Wikis, Journals) to ensure they are relevant and accessible. |
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Reset your Padlet board and WordPress blog site - clear all posts in Padlet or wherever appropriate, recreate and share your new WordPress site. |
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Review space for any template or placeholder text. Remove or personalise where appropriate. |
E.g., in the Welcome News Item |
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Check the status of topics content – visible/not visible. |
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Check Accessibility ratings of content – use the tool to correct them. |
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Part 4 - Communication Check |
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Activate and post starter messages for discussions where applicable. |
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Subscribe to relevant discussion forums for instant notifications when a new thread is posted. |
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Delete or update News items carried over from Master Space. |
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