Workshops and Consultations

Brightspace offers a range of tools that allow instructors to monitor student activity in a course, such as their engagement with course material or participation in discussions. Other Brightspace tools let you identify students who may be at risk (and those who are succeeding) and send those students automated yet personalized emails to help them ... Read more

Boosting student engagement is key to creating meaningful and impactful learning experiences. This webinar is designed to give instructors insight into how Brightspace can be utilized to foster engagement and promote active participation in the learning environment. This session will focus on: Designing interactive and engaging course content using Brightspace features. Incorporating discussions, surveys, and ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Melanie Doyle, Educator Developer, CITL The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators is an 8-week program designed for Memorial instructors interested in deepening their knowledge of postsecondary teaching and exploring instructional strategies for various learning environments. The program is intended for academic staff members, contractual instructors, postdoctoral fellows, ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Alison Ambi MSc MLIS | Analytics & Data Librarian Collection Strategies, Memorial University Libraries. General Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT do not provide sources to support their output, and are notoriously bad at generating accurate citations. However, there are AI-powered discovery tools that take advantage of LLM functionality ... Read more

Presenting each student in your course with a slightly different version of the same quiz deters academic dishonesty and thus increases the integrity of the assessment. The Quizzes tool in Brightspace allows instructors to configure quizzes in a way that will present each student with a different version of the same quiz. In this session, ... Read more

This is week 2 of an 8 week series.  For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

This is session 3 of the Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site series. For more information please visit Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site.

This is week 3 of an 8 week series.  For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

The presenter for this session is Dr. Kevin Power, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Human Kinetics and Recreation. Allowing students to demonstrate their understanding of course content in a manner that is relevant to them not only aides in the retention of knowledge, but increases student engagement. In this session Dr. Kevin Power will ... Read more

This is week 4 of an 8 week series.  For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.