D2L Fusion 2020
Sessions
Fusion is action-packed with a lot to learn—even for a learning superhero! As you prepare for your virtual adventure, our interactive schedule will help you personalize your experience. Whether this is your Fusion origin story or the latest installment in your ongoing Fusion saga, our program has everything you need to power up your knowledge.
Duty calling you somewhere else? Have no fear, we’re recording each session, so you won’t miss a single BAM, BOOM, or POW.
While all sessions are shown in Eastern Time (ET), we welcome heroes from all around the world! Find your nearest time zone.
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| Date | Time (ET) | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 12–12:45PM | WELCOME KEYNOTE- John Baker, D2L President and CEO |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 1–1:20PM | Redesigning Education at Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 1:25–1:45PM | Strategy to Reality: Leveraging D2L to Enhance Customer Value |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 2–2:20PM | Accessible and Affordable Learning Powered by Brightspace |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 2:25–2:45PM | OUI!! 97% Success Rate Is Possible in Online Courses |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 3–3:20PM | My Korowai |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 3:25–4PM | Hero Hangout: Trivia |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Diversifying the Online Learning Experience: Why It's Important to Go Beyond Virtual Classroom |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: TurnItIn |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 12–12:20PM | Accessibility Welcome |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 12:25–12:45PM | Introduction to Instructional Design Driven by Accessibility |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 1–1:20PM | Learning Online with a Disability #OnMyTerms |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 1:25–1:45PM | How Are Programs Utilizing ReadSpeaker Remotely to Speech Enable Quizzes and Content in Brightspace? |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 2–2:20PM | Don't Fear the WCAG |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 2:25–2:45PM | Universal Design with Visual Appeal: Daylight HTML Templates for Accessibility and Aesthetic Value |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 3–3:20PM | Accessibility and Accommodation in a Fully Virtual Learning Environment |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 3:25–3:45PM | Five Easy Wins for Making your PowerPoint Slideshows More Accessible |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Hero Hangout: Stretches with D2L Moose |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Equity and Access in Course Design: Pillars of Inclusion |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Bb Ally |
| Tue, Jul 21, 2020 | 4:25–4:45PM | Tips for Using Video While Moving Your Campus Online |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Accessibility Open Lab |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: Unicheck and Bb Ally |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 12–12:45PM | D2L SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT- feat. Nick Oddson, D2L CTO, April Oman, D2L Sr VP Customer Experience, David Koehn, D2L Sr VP Product Management |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | What's New and Coming in Corporate |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | What's New and Coming in Higher Ed |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | What's New and Coming in K-12 |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2–2:03PM | Five Minute Flare Intro |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:03–2:10PM | All You Need Are Skills |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:10–2:17PM | Small Tool. Big Results: How the Video Note(TM)Tool Revamped Student Engagement |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:17–2:24PM | Quick Data Reports for Non-Techies |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:24–2:31PM | Improving the Student Experience with Custom Login Logic |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:31–2:38PM | The Road Back to Analytics |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 2:38–2:45PM | D2L's UX Research Program |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 3–3:45PM | Inside the Product Idea Exchange |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Superpower Spotlight |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Ensuring Online Training and Examination Integrity While Streamlining User Experience and Improving Access |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Unicheck and Bb Ally |
| Wed, Jul 22, 2020 | 4:25–4:45PM | Online Exam Proctoring: How 1,000 Universities Got Started Over 3 Weeks |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | D2L Open Office Hours with John Baker, D2L President and CEO |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: Intelliboard, Bongo, and TurnItIn |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 12–12:20PM | Competency-Based Learning Network Meet and Greet |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 12:25–12:45PM | Using Brightspace for Competency-Based Learning |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | How To Support and Sustain Quality Competency-Based Learning Programs |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 2–2:20PM | Embracing the Feedback Loop: How SNHU Gathers and Applies Feedback to CBE (And How You Can Too) |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 2:25–2:45PM | Balancing AI With Human Intelligence to Promote Student Success in Corporate Education Partnerships |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 3–3:45PM | Pedagogical Strategies for Better Education Through Improved Technology: Taking a CBE Approach |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Hero Hangout: Yoga and Meditation |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Intelliboard |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | D2L CBE/CBL Office Hours |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: TurnItIn, CourseMerchant, Intelliboard, Respondus, and Harmonize by 42 Lines |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 12–12:45PM | Intro to the Data Access and Analytics Lab |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 1–1:20PM | Brightspace Best Practices for Data Quality |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 1:25–1:45PM | Introducing Self-Serve Analytics: Your New Superhero |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 2–2:45PM | Data Superhero Showcase |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 3–3:20PM | Gathering Data From Brightspace: Transitioning From SFTP to Data Sets Using the API |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 3:25–3:45PM | Predictive Early Alert for At-Risk Students: Exploring the Data Hub |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Hero Hangout: Practicing Positivity |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | The Transforming Information-Scape / The Stories Our Data Tells / What the Heck Is an IntelliBoard? |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Bongo, Bayfield Design and Intelliboard |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2020 | 4:25–4:45PM | Xitracs: Assessment, Planning and Accreditation Software for Higher Education |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Data Analytics Open Lab: Breakout Q&A |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: TurnItIn, Intelliboard and Concord |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 12–12:45PM | Women in Leadership Network Welcome and Panel Discussion |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | Women in Leadership Group Discussion- Topic 1 |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | Women in Leadership Group Discussion- Topic 2 |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | Women in Leadership Group Discussion- Topic 3 |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 2–2:20PM | Gamification Network Meet and Greet |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 2:25–2:45PM | It's CLEAR: Challenge Learning Through "Engage, Achieve, Reward" |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 3–3:20PM | Using D2L Brightspace Awards to Build a Microcredentialing Environment: Lessons Learned |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 3:25–3:45PM | Overview of D2L's Game-Based Learning (GBL) Tool |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Superpower Spotlight |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Transform Grading into Learning: How Gradescope Has Enhanced Assessment at Purdue University |
| Wed, Aug 12, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Intelliboard, Concord and CodeGrade |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: CourseMerchant and Bongo |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 12–12:20PM | Instructional Technology Network Meet and Greet |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 12:25–12:45PM | Utilizing Virtual Classroom in Clinical Experiences |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 1–1:45PM | MAKAR 101: Creating Your Own Augmented and Virtual Reality Application for Free |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 2–2:45PM | Creating and Embedding Interactive Content in Online Courses with H5P |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 3–3:45PM | Online Testing and Remote Proctoring: Problems and Solutions |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Empower Math and STEM Questions with Wiris Quizzes |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Unicheck and Harmonize by 42 Lines |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 | 4:25–4:45PM | Engaging Students with Automatic and Qualitative Personal Feedback in ICT Education |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | D2L TAM Office Hours |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Partner Office Hours: Bongo, WIRIS, and Unicheck |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 12–12:20PM | Welcome to the 2020 Fusion Virtual Extensibility Lab |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 12:25–12:45PM | Peer Assessment of Group Grades Through Brightspace |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 1–1:20PM | Call the Plumber! The Holding Tank Is Clogged! (Transitioning to Brightspace API) |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 1:25–1:45PM | From Application to Achievement: SIS Integration With Brightspace |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 2–2:20PM | How to Achieve Interoperability in Your Digital Learning Environment |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 2:25–2:45PM | Hey, Mr. Postman (What's an API?) |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 3–3:45PM | Brightspace API and Postman |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 4–4:20PM | Empowering Educational Superheroes with a Plagiarism Detection Utility Belt |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 4–4:45PM | Partner Office Hours: Bongo, WIRIS, TurnItIn, Respondus and Vital Source |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2020 | 4:25–4:45PM | The Challenge of Assessing Integrity in Remote Learning |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2020 | 11–11:45AM | Extensibility Open Lab |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2020 | 12–4PM | Future Skills |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2020 | 3:45–4PM | Superpower Spotlight |
| Mon, Oct 19, 2020 | 12–4PM | Various K-12, Higher Ed, and Corporate Sessions |
| Tue, Oct 20, 2020 | 12–4PM | Various K-12, Higher Ed, and Corporate Sessions |
| Wed, Oct 21, 2020 | 12–4PM | Various K-12, Higher Ed, and Corporate Sessions |
| Mon, Nov 16, 2020 | 12–4PM | Instruction and Design Track Sessions; Digital Learning Design Network and Sessions |
| Tue, Nov 17, 2020 | 12–4PM | Technical and Development Track Sessions; Course Quality Improvement Network and Sessions |
| Wed, Nov 18, 2020 | 12–4PM | Leadership and Strategy Track Sessions |
| Mon, Dec 07, 2020 | 12–4PM | Community Colleges Network and Sessions; Corporate Training Network and Sessions |
| Tue, Dec 08, 2020 | 12–4PM | D2L Site Admins Network and Sessions |
| Wed, Dec 09, 2020 | 12–4PM | Knowledge Central Lab and Community Sessions; Closing Keynote Speaker |
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All session times reflected in Eastern Time (EST/EDT)
schedule subject to change
October, November, and December sessions to come
Time Zones
Building your Fusion schedule is easy. Just take the session times above and then add or subtract the number of hours for your time zone below to personalize your adventure.
| City | Time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA (PDT) | -3 hours |
| São Paulo, BR (BRT) | +1 hour |
| London, UK (BST) | +5 hours |
| Amsterdam, NL (CEST) | +6 hours |
| New Delhi, IN (IST) | +9.5 hours |
| Singapore, SG (SGT) | +12 hours |
| Melbourne, AUS (AEST) | +14 hours |
| Wellington, NZ (NZST) | +16 hours |