Personalize and Power-Up Your Course with Automation using PLD
The Personalized learning Designer (PLD) is an automation system used to tailor (personalize)
the learning experience to individual users (students or students). The automation is
accomplished through “rules” that are triggered by “events” that activate “actions”.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- How do I access PLD in my course?
- The three components of every PLD Rule
- How do I add a rule to PLD?
- PLD Tips/Tricks
- Course Tokens: You can use course tokens to personalize messages sent to students.
- Example PLD Rules
How do I access PLD in my course?
- At the top of your course select Open LMS
- Then select Personalized Learning Designer. Or to try the new tool, select New PLD (Beta)
The three components of every PLD Rule:
1) Event : What triggers the rule and causes it to run.
2) Condition (optional): What determines any additional requirements for an event to
trigger. If there are no conditions, the action happens automatically and every time.
3) Action : What happens when the conditions and events are met.
Combining events, conditions, and actions in the PLD creates a PLD rule. There can be multiple
rules active in a single course, which can make testing more complicated.
How do I add a rule to PLD?
Select Add a Rule
- Name your rule (i.e. Student not logged in week email)
Step 1: Events
Events are what tells the PLD to start working. You can have one event or a combination of events that trigger a specific PLD rule.
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***To learn more about each Event type select the question mark icon next to the Add button.
Select your event type and then select add (i.e. Course entered).
Step 2: Conditions
What conditions need to be met for this PLD rule to work? Set one, all, or a combination of conditions needed for the rule to work.
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***To learn more about each Condition type select the question mark icon next to the Add button. 
Select your event type and then select add (i.e. Course login).
Step 3: Actions
If the above event(s) and condition(s) are met, what should happen?
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***To learn more about each Action select the question mark icon next to the Add button.
Select your event type and then select add (i.e. Send email).
PLD Tips/Tricks
Course Tokens: You can use course tokens to personalize messages sent to students.
- Disabling a rule will stop the rule from taking place.
- Every time the PLD runs you can see the history.
- On emails you can CC or BCC yourself, giving you a notification each time the PLD sends an email.
Example PLD Rules
A student has not logged into the course in the previous x days. | Event: Recurring Event (daily) Actions: Send email (**be sure to check box to exclude suspended users**) |
Quiz or assignment not submitted (this rule uses course completion settings) | Event: Quiz or assignment submitted Conditions: Activity completed Actions: Send email (**be sure to check box to exclude suspended users**) |
Students with 69% and below at half way through the semester EMAIL | Event: Specific date and time Conditions: Course grade range Actions: Send email (**be sure to check box to exclude suspended users**) |
Send students to the syllabus when the FIRST enter the course | Event: Course start date Conditions: Course login (NOT logged in / 30 days) Actions: Go to activity |
Other ideas:
- Send students your welcome email to students who add your course late (after you originally sent the welcome email).
- Email students who are successful with a course grade above __% and send them enrichment activities to further challenge them.
- Automatically email tutoring and support to at-risk students.
Additional Resources:
- Personalized Learning Designer - Workshop by Open LMS (Link Opens Youtube Video)