{"id":17073,"date":"2021-08-20T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=17073"},"modified":"2021-08-20T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:30:03","slug":"brightspace-tip-248-drip-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-248-drip-feeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #248: Drip-Feeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\"Drip-feeding\" is a term you will likely hear in association with online and hybrid learning. While the term \"drip-feeding\" is new to many people, most are familiar with the concept. <\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/97856361@N00\/240230832\" title=\"slow drip\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/86\/240230832_93543440d7_z.jpg?resize=320%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"drop of water dripping slowly from a faucet\" height=\"480\" width=\"320\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Drip-feeding is \"scheduled lesson delivery.\" Essentially, instructors can determine when they want certain content in their courses to become available. Instructors can configure their course content and then set-up the sequential delivery of that content. Once set-up, the Learning Management System (LMS) will auto-drip the content to students without any more work by the instructor.<\/p>\n<p>Utilizing date\/time restrictions allow instructors to create content at a time that is convenient to them and make it visible to students at the appropriate time. This can be very handy because instructors can set-up their course content well in advance of when they want it to be available to their students. For example, create all the course content at the beginning of the semester, set the date\/time restrictions, and then let Brightspace auto-drip the content. <\/p>\n<p>The availability dates in Brightspace control when items are available to students. There are three types of availability dates, they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start dates:<\/strong> These dates specify when a student can see the item. Students will see that the item exists, but they cannot open it beforehand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Due dates:<\/strong> These dates specify when a student should complete an item. The dates will appear in the course calendar and students will be able to see and submit their work after the date has passed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>End dates:<\/strong> These dates restrict access to the item. They remove all access once the date has passed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some instructors may be hesitant to set date\/time restrictions for the entire semester because assignment dates\/times may need to be adjusted as the semester progresses. This means, the instructors would have to go into the content items to adjust the dates\/times when necessary. The <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-74-manage-dates\/\">Manage Dates<\/a> tool can simplify this process. The Manage Dates tool allows instructors to easily change due dates and availability dates at one time (all on one page). The Manage Dates tool will save instructors some time as they will not have to edit each individual item to adjust the dates\/times.<\/p>\n<p>Drip-feeding works well for courses that contain complex material that students need time to digest and complete. In this case, drip-feeding content may help your students not to feel overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<h3>Want More Information?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.vanderbilt.edu\/knowledge-base\/knowledgebase\/how-to-add-dates-and-release-conditions-to-a-module-sub-module-or-topic\/\">How to Add Dates and Release Conditions to a Modules and Topics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-74-manage-dates\/\">Brightspace Tip #74: Manage Dates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-189-educator-share-showcase\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Photo credit: \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/97856361@N00\/240230832\">Dripping faucet<\/a>\" by Albert Lynn is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Drip-feeding\" is a term you will likely hear in association with online and hybrid learning. While the term \"drip-feeding\" is new to many people, most are familiar with the concept. Drip-feeding is \"scheduled lesson delivery.\" Essentially, instructors can determine when they want certain content in their courses to become available. Instructors can configure their course <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-248-drip-feeding\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #248: Drip-Feeding\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[33,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-17073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-availability","8":"tag-brightspace","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-4rn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22024,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-568-drip-feeding\/","url_meta":{"origin":17073,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #568: Drip-Feeding","author":"Janice Florent","date":"January 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Drip-feeding\" is a term you will likely hear in association with online and hybrid learning. 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