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Michelle T.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/22/2023

"Student engagement and community"

5/5

What do you like best about Yellowdig?

Yellowdig is easy to configure and integrates well my institution's LMS. The customer support from the Yellowdig team is top notch, truly some of the best I've ever seen.

I used Yellowdig in my online asynchronous course and also led a team of faculty using it across different disciplines and course modalities. I have been teaching the same introductory course for the past 6 years using standard discussion boards. The Yellowdig community was a game changer for my students, which was evident from the introductory discussion. The gamification and ease of use meant that students were able to create multimedia discussions with pictures, video, links, and emojiis that really added to the community discussion. Posts and replies were creative and demonstrated critical thinking skills as students engaged with the content and with each other more readily than I've observed with a standard discussion platform. Yellowdig was also featured prominently in my course evaluations because students overwhelmingly loved it. I can't imagine teaching this course without Yellowdig in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yellowdig?

Yellowdig is great, there is nothing I dislike. The biggest challenge to using Yellowdig is changing your mindset as an instructor to let the students lead the discussion. I also wish there was a dedicated mobile app with push notifications, but that's not a dislike, just a wish list item for the product roadmap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yellowdig solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating a fun and engaging community is a challenge in an online asynchronous class, especially in a larger class (50-100 students). As an instructor, it's not fun to grade discussion boards where most students are providing perfunctory responses to prompts. Yellowdig solves that issue, too. I can now spend my time engaging with students as they connect the course material to their lived experiences. Yellowdig's point earning gamification makes participation safe for my more introverted students, and students have choice in how they engage with the community to earn points. Most importantly, students are able to "find their people" in the class which helps support student retention and completion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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