Center for Teaching & Learning

Wondering what you can expect students who've completed the Catamount Core’s WIL1 requirement to have learned?  This session will provide a brief overview of the WIL1 requirement (formerly known as FWIL) followed by a discussion of how instructors can build on WIL1 outcomes in other courses. 

This workshop covers the details of using the Discussion tool in Brightspace. We will demonstrate where to set up both whole class and group discussions, and how link them to your Table of Contents. We'll look at how to clean up Discussions migrated from Blackboard and cover the differences between Forums and Topics in Brightspace.

This workshop, designed for people who are teaching this fall and just starting to learn Brightspace now, will focus on two small and meaningful ways to use Brightspace this fall.  By welcoming students to the course, and then choosing one additional way to use a Brightspace tool, instructors will lay a foundation for success.  This workshop will highlight one foundational use of Brightspace (creating a welcoming space with a syllabus and welcome message), and offer a menu of 3 additional options for using Brightspace.  The foundation plus one menu choice will create a course that serves basic needs clearly, and we will end with an overview of what later learning in Brightspace can make possible.  This workshop will enable those beginning to learn Brightspace in the week before classes start to create a simple course space that communicates important course matters to students. 

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work

Wondering what you can expect students who've completed the Catamount Core’s WIL1 requirement to have learned?  This session will provide a brief overview of the WIL1 requirement (formerly known as FWIL) followed by a discussion of how instructors can build on WIL1 outcomes in other courses. 

How can I begin to integrate community-engaged components into my teaching? There are many small steps that faculty can take in current courses to move towards service learning in future semesters. Learn about the "spectrum of engagement" and identify easy ways to incorporate a community focus now to build for later.

This workshop covers how to set up and manage the Grade Book in your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate the best ways to organize the Grade Book and the best ways to enter grades. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create their Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard, and this session will help you decide which option is best for your course.

This workshop covers how to set up and manage the Grade Book in your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate the best ways to organize the Grade Book and the best ways to enter grades. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create their Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard, and this session will help you decide which option is best for your course.

How can I begin to integrate community-engaged components into my teaching? There are many small steps that faculty can take in current courses to move towards service learning in future semesters. Learn about the "spectrum of engagement" and identify easy ways to incorporate a community focus now to build for later.

In this session we’ll focus on:

How content is added and organized in Brightspace (modules and topics)
Adding content and powerful tools like Video Note and the Accessibility Checker
Content settings (visibility, date restrictions)
Tips for using the HTML editor
Linking to course activities

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work

In Brightspace, the Quiz tool is used for both quizzes and tests.  In this session we’ll show the workflow for creating quizzes, including:

Creating questions and question types
Creating a question library
Building a Quiz
Grading a Quiz
Quiz statistics and logs

How do students' community-engaged experiences relate to future, post-UVM opportunities and employment? Help students recognize the applied and integrative skills they are gaining through community-engaged learning. Learn how to foreground these transferable skills in your community-engaged course, and help students showcase their service learning experiences in resumes and professional settings.

Join us on Friday, September 22, 2023 for for an Inclusive Teaching Workshop with Drs. Kelly Hogan and Dr. Viji Sathy. The session will offer remote options that highlight the need for high course structure and model techniques designed to elicit equity in the classroom. This event is open to University of Vermont faculty, teaching staff, predoctoral students and postdocs.

This session will cover Teaching strategies that emphasize structured active learning can create more equitable classrooms and improve learning for all students. As an introduction to inclusive teaching techniques, Professors Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy of the University of North Carolina will ask participants to reflect on inequities and diversity in their classrooms through interactive, hands-on activities. After providing a framework for inclusive design and their own research results, Hogan and Sathy will lead participants through active learning exercises and case studies that explore inclusive techniques. Drawing upon their own teaching experiences and educational research, they will model approaches that can be readily implemented with any discipline or class size to help all students achieve to their potentials.

Join us on Friday, September 22, 2023 for for an Inclusive Teaching Workshop with Drs. Kelly Hogan and Dr. Viji Sathy. The session will offer remote options that highlight the need for high course structure and model techniques designed to elicit equity in the classroom. This event is open to University of Vermont faculty, teaching staff, predoctoral students and postdocs.

This session will cover Teaching strategies that emphasize structured active learning can create more equitable classrooms and improve learning for all students. As an introduction to inclusive teaching techniques, Professors Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy of the University of North Carolina will ask participants to reflect on inequities and diversity in their classrooms through interactive, hands-on activities. After providing a framework for inclusive design and their own research results, Hogan and Sathy will lead participants through active learning exercises and case studies that explore inclusive techniques. Drawing upon their own teaching experiences and educational research, they will model approaches that can be readily implemented with any discipline or class size to help all students achieve to their potentials.

This workshop covers how to set up and manage the Grade Book in your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate the best ways to organize the Grade Book and the best ways to enter grades. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create their Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard, and this session will help you decide which option is best for your course.

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work