Folio
What is Folio?
Folio is Georgia Southern University’s branded version of the D2L Brightspace learning management system (LMS). A Folio course shell is created for all courses, regardless of the modality. By using Folio, faculty can conveniently share resources, collect assignments, provide feedback, and make grades transparent for ALL students. In addition, Folio is the platform used to administer fully online courses. However, it can be used by all modalities to enhance your teaching.
Folio for Online Instruction
Folio provides a comprehensive platform for designing and delivering online courses. Folio contains a flexible suite of tools for creating custom content for online delivery. Instructors can promote student engagement and successful learning outcomes through the utilization of the many tools and features. Organize content units of instruction (modules) of all related materials and learning activities. Folio features allow you to design and deliver content for a transformative environment for teaching and learning.
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Folio for Face-to-Face Instruction
How does Folio work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?
Folio provides tools to supplement face-to-face (F2F) instruction by providing additional online information. Students can access content for courses they are enrolled in through Folio. Georgia Southern provides Folio course sites for all course modalities automatically.
Folio modules allow you to organize units of related materials that students can access from any device with an internet connection. You can use Folio’s features to help manage your courses, such as Gradebook and Assignments. Organized content in modules makes great stand-alone resources to review materials, videos, images, and self-paced activities such as practice quizzes). You can also use the Quizzes feature to provide online practice quizzes. Folio also allows you to try new teaching practices such as flipped classroom models.
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Folio Navigation:
This video will help you with the navigation and tools used in the Folio (Brightspace) environment.
Folio Tech Support
Technical support for Folio is provided by the Learning Technologies Support (LTS) team.
Last updated: 5/2/2024