Yellowdig Set-up Step by Step

From your Blackboard course, navigate to the Yellowdig Discussions content area, then select Yellowdig.

• If it is your first time accessing Yellowdig, change the default username to your Drexel username (abc123)
• Change your default email address from first.middle.last@drexel.edu to your abc123@drexel.edu email address. You will receive an email from Yellowdig requesting that you confirm your new email address. Complete the confirmation process outlined in that email after you finish setting up your Yellowdig community.
• Click Submit to proceed

From the New Community page, scroll down to Community Organization then select LeBow College of Business if you are teaching at LeBow

Leave the defaults for Community Title and Community Permission Level as-is, then click Submit

You will be taken to your Yellowdig community’s homepage, where a Getting Started wizard will guide you through the following prompts:

• Set Start & End Dates: This setting will indicate when your class discussion should begin and end for the term. Most instructors will set the start-date to the Monday of Week 1 and the end-date to the Monday of Finals Week. Click Continue when finished.
• Edit Topics: Using your syllabus as a guide, create new topics in Yellowdig based on the key concepts you will be covering in each week of class.
  • Enter a topic into the “Add a new topic” field, then click Submit to add it to the list of available topics. New topics will appear at the bottom of the list by default but can be reordered by dragging and dropping to the desired part of the topics list.
  • We recommend keeping the Topics are required setting as-is. Requiring topics helps ensure that students’ conversations remain relevant to the course.
  • Click Continue when all topics settings have been finalized. If you need to make any changes to your topics list, you will be able to return to this page at any point in the term.
• Design & Manage for Success: The instructor-facing videos included in this section outline recommended practices for community set-up and management. Click Continue to proceed.
• Communicate your expectations: Watch the embedded, student-facing video, and review the resources provided by Yellowdig. Click Done to exit the wizard.

Once you have finished the steps above, you will return to your Yellowdig community feed. If you would like to access the Getting Started wizard in the future, select Getting Started from the left-hand navigation bar in your Yellowdig community. You can access additional options for making changes to your community in the Settings section of the left-hand navigation bar.