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Ten D2L Retention Strategies By Max Macias 2/2014 Email the class their assignments for the week via D2L email every Monday to make sure everyone is kept abreast of where they are supposed to be and the time frames for the class. Create a Google Calendar and share it with the class.  Either embedd it, or send it to your students via email.  Have all the class assignments on entered on the calendar and the due dates clearly stated.   Embed your Google Class Calendar in your news feed with the D2L embed tool.  Tell your students they can click on events in the calendar and directly copy them to their own personal calendars. Give clear feedback that lets the student know what they are doing well, and what they need to work on to get the outcomes for the class.    Make comments on the student’s documents with the “insert comment” tool.   Contact Students via Dropbox list, when dropbox assignments...

Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship Review by Max Macias Last fall I had the honor of being asked to review the much anticipated Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship; edited by John L. Ayala and Salvador Güereña.   This book is a collection of essays by Latino Librarian/Advocates on Latino Librarianship.   It is part of a series called Latinos and Libraries Series, published by Libraries Unlimited.   I do not have time to write about every essay in the book--there are 12 chapters and 17 pieces written by some of the leaders of the Latino Library Movement.    Chapter one is by Dr. Sergio Chaparro and is entitled: Common Denominators in the Development of Latino Library Leadership.   This chapter was far too short and underdeveloped.   It was surfacy and generally vague without references to the diversity within the “Latino” label.   It was supposed to outline and disc...