Faculty are welcome to self-enroll in these CTL courses:
Modules for Teaching Online and Learning Brightspace from the Student Perspective.

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Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)

Microsoft Teams

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

Free

Metacognitive Strategies to Improve Student Learning

Microsoft Teams

During this session, we'll share strategies that you can use in your teaching to support metacognitive development for all your students, thereby creating equitable learning environments. Many interventions are small (they may take 5 minutes of class time); other strategies may inspire you to rethink aspects of your curriculum design.

Free

Equity Minded Syllabus

A well-designed syllabus thoughtfully connects course goals with assignments, activities, and assessments and uses an inclusion and equity lens to frame student support. During this workshop, we’ll look at how the language and content of your own syllabus demystifies your course, welcomes students, connects them to resources, and sets you up for more effective and efficient grading. Bring a copy of your syllabus and leave with a plan for final revisions that better serve you and your students.  

Free

Brightspace – Course Design

Microsoft Teams

Brightspace offers a flexible, intuitive interface for organizing and delivering course content. Thus, the move to Brightspace presents an opportunity to shift how we think about course design. During this workshop, we will highlight different approaches to structuring course materials in the Content area. We will cover some Content fundamentals as well as provide tips to guide you as you think about optimal ways to structure your course materials to create a cohesive experience for your students. 

Free

Brightspace – Course Design

Microsoft Teams

Brightspace offers a flexible, intuitive interface for organizing and delivering course content. Thus, the move to Brightspace presents an opportunity to shift how we think about course design. During this workshop, we will highlight different approaches to structuring course materials in the Content area. We will cover some Content fundamentals as well as provide tips to guide you as you think about optimal ways to structure your course materials to create a cohesive experience for your students. 

Free

Brightspace Grading: Setting up the Grade Book

Microsoft Teams

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.

Free

Equity Minded Syllabus

A well-designed syllabus thoughtfully connects course goals with assignments, activities, and assessments and uses an inclusion and equity lens to frame student support. During this workshop, we’ll look at how the language and content of your own syllabus demystifies your course, welcomes students, connects them to resources, and sets you up for more effective and efficient grading. Bring a copy of your syllabus and leave with a plan for final revisions that better serve you and your students.  

Free

The Power of Clear Assignment Instructions

Microsoft Teams

Would you like your students to better understand your assignment instructions? This workshop provides an overview of Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (TILT), a research-supported framework focused on clearly communicating an assignment's purpose, task, & criteria. This framework has been shown to positively affect student learning, motivation, and confidence, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color. During this session, we’ll share examples of this framework in practice and start the groundwork to “TILT” two of your own assignments.

Free

Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)

Microsoft Teams

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

Free

Brightspace Discussions

Microsoft Teams

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.

Free

Brightspace Assignments

Microsoft Teams

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

Free

The Power of Clear Assignment Instructions

Microsoft Teams

Would you like your students to better understand your assignment instructions? This workshop provides an overview of Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (TILT), a research-supported framework focused on clearly communicating an assignment's purpose, task, & criteria. This framework has been shown to positively affect student learning, motivation, and confidence, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color. During this session, we’ll share examples of this framework in practice and start the groundwork to “TILT” two of your own assignments.

Free

Metacognitive Strategies to Improve Student Learning

Microsoft Teams

During this session, we'll share strategies that you can use in your teaching to support metacognitive development for all your students, thereby creating equitable learning environments. Many interventions are small (they may take 5 minutes of class time); other strategies may inspire you to rethink aspects of your curriculum design.

Free

Brightspace Quick Start

Microsoft Teams

This workshop covers a number of Brightspace basics for beginners, including creating announcements, adding a syllabus and a module, and setting up and grading assignments. We’ll demonstrate the useful student view account and how to make your course available to students.

Free

Brightspace Assignments

Microsoft Teams

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

Free

LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Microsoft Teams

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use. 

Free

Brightspace Tools & Workflows for Grading & Feedback

Microsoft Teams

This workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics),  different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace’s automated feedback tool – Intelligent Agents. We’ll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if you are interested in learning how to set up your Grade Book, please view “Brightspace Grades.”

Free

Writing Assignment Design from the Ground Up

Microsoft Teams

This workshop addresses assignment design from the very beginning, including strategies for deciding how many and what kinds of writing assignments to offer, connecting assignments to course goals, and principles for selecting and scaffolding effective tasks. Let’s talk about how you can get started with designing effective and purposeful writing assignments for your course.

Free

Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)

Microsoft Teams

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

Free