Brightspace Essentials
2023-05-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-05-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/St_Johns) | WebEx (Webinar)
Whether you are new to teaching in Brightspace or just need a refresher, the Brightspace Essentials session will walk you through the basic steps of preparing your course site for the start of the term. Topics include:

Overview of CITL’s support team
Logging into Brightspace and accessing your course site
Adding content to a site, including the Brightspace Course Setup Kit
Setting up the grade book to track and return grades to students
Using course mail and announcements to contact your students
Setting up a discussion forum
Creating assignments and quizzes
Introducing Online Rooms

Instructors are encouraged to bring forward issues or challenges they may have experienced when teaching with Brightspace, and the facilitator will aim to provide suggestions to address them.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Drop-in Clinic: Questions About Your Course Prep?
2023-05-04 10:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Do you have any question about your course preparation? Come to this drop-in session where CITL’s instructional staff will be available to discuss and assist you with any issues related to your course design. Feel free to ask us about:

the use of Brightspace and other learning tools
hosting effective synchronous sessions
preparing and sharing recordings
creating effective assessments in Brightspace
instructional strategies
and more…

No registration is required for this event. Simply drop in and get the answers you need at any point during this two-hour session.
This session will be hosted in Webex. CLICK HERE to join the session and chat with CITL staff. The password for this event is DROPIN.

Grading Student Work in Brightspace
2023-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Using the Grades Tool in Brightspace allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place and gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. You can link your Brightspace assessments (assignments, quizzes, discussion topics, and group projects) directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the grades ready for a transfer to Banner.
This session will introduce you to the various features of the Grades tool and demonstrate how to set up the Brightspace grade book and link different types of assessments to it.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Introduction to Brightspace Quizzes
2023-05-10 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
This session takes a deep dive into the options available for assessing student learning using the Quizzes tool within Brightspace. Brightspace quizzes enable asking various types of questions of students, and they are easy to set up, administer, and grade. Topics covered in this session include:

Creating a quiz
Due dates, availability dates, and other restrictions
Appropriate security settings
Providing special access for select students
Accessing and grading student submissions
…and more

This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Assignments & Video Assignments in Brightspace
2023-05-11 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The Assignments Tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. It also allows instructors to evaluate and return student submissions directly in the Brightspace environment. The Assignments Tool has a built-in annotation tool, a range of grading features (e.g., rubrics, audio/video feedback), and can be linked to the grade book for an efficient transfer of student grades.
This session will walk you through the steps of creating your assignments folders, setting restrictions, granting special access, as well as using the grading features. Special attention will be given to the Video Assignment Tool.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Mending and Making: Community Engagement Perspective in Practice (CITL Instructor Series)
2023-05-16 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenter for this session is Ivan J White, Mi’kmaw from Bay St. George, Indigenous Education Specialist with Memorial University.
In this conversation, Ivan J White, Mi’kmaw from Flat Bay and Indigenous Education Specialist with Memorial University will speak to Mending and Making in the context of working with community. We make and mend relationships by telling our stories. This recognizes that both academics and community members have their own truth of experience and motivations when working together. Together, these shared stories can add to the creation of a deeper learning experience for students and be mutually beneficial for the instructor and community.
From Ivan J’s perspective we can all share in creating a better world through understanding and authentic practice of the following two principles: Msit No’kmaq (all my relations) helps to contextualize that everything is connected, with this connection being unbreakable, and Etuaptmumk (two-eyed seeing) to give us a path to work together for the mutual benefit of all.
The goal of this conversation is to share the two concepts in an authentic way so to allow participants to start the journey of reflection on how to engage community through inclusion, collaboration and sharing.
This is an online session and it will be recorded. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Webex Essentials
2023-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
This session will cover scheduling and hosting a session using Webex, including how to integrate Webex into your Brightspace course site. Demonstrations of content sharing, collaboration tools such as annotation and polls, and ways to leverage the chat tool will also be provided. As this tool is being used to record both synchronous and asynchronous content, participants will be taken through the process of creating and publishing recordings in Webex, while being mindful of best practices and privacy considerations. This session will also provide time for Q&A.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Global Accessibility Awareness Day
2023-05-18
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Thursday, May 18, 2023 is the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.
Check out their events website for details on specific events happening around the world on this important day!

Document Review Support: Accessibility
2023-05-18 10:00 - 16:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
Have you ever wondered if your course material (handouts, charts, and other documents) are accessible to all students? Have you thought about how the visual presentation of these documents may present barriers to student learning?
In honour of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and in collaboration with Accessibility Services (Blundon Centre), CITL’s Learning Technology Coaches would like to invite Memorial’s instructional staff to participate in an accessibility document review process.
Using best practices as outlined by WebAIM, coaches will use accessibility checklists for Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents to review documents and highlight items that can be adjusted to make it more accessible. These checklists focus on the accessible use of headings, appropriate inclusion of tables, images and other formatting features.
If you would like to have any of your learning material reviewed against these checklists, you are invited to drop by the Teaching and Learning Exchange (ED 1001) between 10am and 4pm OR you can send your document(s) to ltc_citl@mun.ca and we will conduct the review and return a findings report along with recommendations on how to improve the document.

Maintaining Test Integrity with Advanced Quiz Settings
2023-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Presenting each student in your course with a slightly different version of the same quiz increases the integrity of the assessment, as students are less likely to turn to academic dishonesty.
The Brightspace Quizzes tool allows instructors to configure quizzes in a such a way that each student will get a different version of the same quiz. In this session, various methods of randomizing a Brightspace quiz will be illustrated such as shuffling questions and answer choices; creating a question pool and populating a quiz (or a section within it) with a random selection of questions from the pool; and more. The role of the ‘Question Library’ will also be discussed.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Using the Class Progress Tool to Support Students
2023-05-23 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The Brightspace environment offers a range of tools that allow instructors to monitor student engagement with the course material and their overall progress in the course. It also has features that help identify students who may be at risk (and those who are succeeding), and send those students automated yet personalized emails to help them stay motivated. This session will focus on the types of student learning data available in Brightspace and on using Intelligent Agents to contact students to help them stay on the right track in their learning journey.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Coffee break in the TLX: Let us set up your grade book!
2023-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
Using the grade book in Brightspace throughout the semester allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place, and it gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance.
During this coffee break, instructional design staff and the Learning Technology Coaches will be available to help instructors set up their Brightspace grade books. Feel free to bring your own device or use the devices available in the TLX, and let the friendly support of your CITL team help you with this task.

This Coffee Break will be hosted in the Teaching and Learning Exchange TLX (ED 1001); light refreshments will be served. Don’t forget to bring your own cup!
Registration for this event is encouraged, but not required.

Rubrics in Brightspace
2023-05-25 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Rubrics are an effective and efficient way to authentically assess student learning. Articulating specific criteria by which students will be assessed helps learners to prepare more thoughtful submissions that are aligned with your expectations. As an added bonus, rubrics provide an objective and systematic method for grading work. Brightspace Rubrics tool offers a variety of rubric types and easy-to-modify templates to meet your specific assessment needs.
This session will provide an overview of the benefits and best practices in designing rubrics, an introduction to rubrics in Brightspace, along with step-by-step guidance on how to create and add a rubric to your assessment.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Can rubrics help democratize our classrooms? (CITL Instructor Series)
2023-05-30 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenter for this session is Dr. Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education.

Rubrics are a widely used method for communicating expectations and feedback to students. How can we maximize rubrics for effective feedback/feedforward? In this session, we discuss how rubric-based assessment can build collaboration, inclusivity, and student ownership of learning. We will also focus on using rubrics to generate higher-order thinking (i.e., critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity). Dr. Sinclair focus the session on meaningful and pragmatic rubric use, and attendees are encouraged to bring their own rubrics to the session to share and exchange ideas.
This is an online session and it will be recorded. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Peer Review: An Assessment Approach (CITL Instructor Series)
2023-06-06 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenter for this session is Dr. Jillian Gould, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies.
Using Peer Review as an assessment strategy presents many benefits to the students and the instructor. While instructor feedback is valuable, asking students to respond to each other’s work provides additional opportunities for feedback without increasing the instructor’s workload. Peer review fosters students’ awareness of their own and others’ learning, while encouraging the development of skills like critical thinking and providing constructive feedback and helps to develop critical thinking skills.
In this session, Dr. Gould will explain the rationale for adding this form of assessment to her undergraduate Folklore course, and speak to the challenges and opportunities presented through its implementation.
This is an online session and it will be recorded. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Social Media Use in the Classroom (CITL Instructor Series)
2023-06-13 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenters for this session are Adrienne Peters, PhD (she/her), Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Director of Criminology, Department of Sociology; and Laura Squires (M.A.), Project Coordinator at fasdNL.
Limited research suggests that social media is a tool that can positively impact student engagement in the online classroom, which is especially relevant in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic and learning formats transitioning online. Dr. Adrienne Peters and Laura Squires explore how social media tools could provide a platform and an opportunity for engagement between students and the instructor outside of the traditional, formal classroom setting.
In this session, Dr. Peters and Ms. Squires will explain how they integrated twitter into their teaching as a course evaluation requirement and share findings and experiences when using the tool to improve interaction, engagement and connectedness. You can read their full article here.
This is an online session and it will be recorded. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Brightspace Grades & Grades2Banner
2023-06-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-08-10 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Using the Grades Tool within Brightspace allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place and gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. You can link your Brightspace assessments (assignments, quizzes, discussion topics, and group projects) directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the grades ready for a transfer to Banner.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Drop-in Clinic: Questions About Grades or Grades2Banner?
2023-08-16 10:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Do you have any issues with or questions about transferring your grades from Brightspace to Banner using the Grades2Banner tool? Instead of calling the CITL Support Centre, you can join this session and get the answers you need.
No registration is required for this event. Simply drop in and get the answers you need at any point during this two-hour session.
This session will be hosted in Webex. CLICK HERE to join the session and chat with CITL staff. The password for this event is DROPIN.

Recycle Your Course in Brightspace
2023-08-22 11:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
***Due to a low number of registrations, this session has been cancelled. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at tlx@mun.ca.***
You do not have to start from scratch when preparing your course site for the next semester. Brightspace has a feature that allows you to copy a complete course (without student data, of course) or just the components you want to reuse. This session will cover how to copy a previous course offering (the entire course or only some components), adjust due dates, update or hide old content and more.
Participants are encouraged to share issues or challenges they experienced when preparing and/or presenting content within the Brightspace learning environment. The facilitator will aim to provide suggestions to address the particular situations presented.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Give Your Brightspace Course a ‘Facelift’ with Easy-to-Use Templates
2023-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Have you ever wondered how to make your Brightspace course look more polished and visually appealing? In this workshop, we will provide some tips on how to achieve that – all without any knowledge of HMTL.
We will introduce two sources of templates that you can import into Brightspace and modify: the ‘Brightspace Course Setup Kit’ and D2L’s HTML Templates. We will walk you through the template pages and demonstrate how to customize them according to your instructional needs. We will also focus on using various page components (tables, images, headings, accordion items, etc.) and show you how to effectively incorporate them into your Brightspace pages.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Let's Talk: AI in your classroom by Melanie Doyle and Carolyn Best (Coffee Break)
2023-08-31 11:00 - 12:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are changing the way instructors assign and assess writing in university classrooms. Whether you’re concerned how generative AI may impact students’ learning or excited by the possibility of streamlining your lesson planning, ChatGPT and similar tools will likely influence your teaching in the coming semesters.
Join CITL staff and the Writing Centre for a casual coffee break to ask questions and discuss generative AI in your classroom. You may be wondering how to address ChatGPT on your syllabus, or perhaps you want to delve into a conversation on authentic assessment, academic integrity, writing pedagogy, and student support. This coffee break is intended to spark discussion and share ideas.
This coffee break will be hosted in the Teaching and Learning Exchange TLX (ED 1001), St. John’s campus or you can participate remotely using Webex. Light refreshments will be served on-site. Don’t forget to bring your own cup!
Registration is required for this event. If participating remotely, you will receive the access link prior to the event.
Please contact LTC_CITL@mun.ca with any accessibility questions or accommodation requests.

Drop-in Clinic: Questions About Your Course Prep?
2023-09-05 10:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Do you have any question about your course preparation? Come to this drop-in session where CITL’s instructional staff will be available to discuss and assist you with any issues related to your course design. Feel free to ask us about:

the use of Brightspace and other learning tools
hosting effective synchronous sessions
preparing and sharing recordings
creating effective assessments in Brightspace
instructional strategies
and more…

No registration is required for this event. Simply drop in and get the answers you need at any point during this two-hour session.
This session will be hosted in Webex. To join and chat with CITL staff, CLICK HERE and enter the password DROPIN.

Brightspace Essentials
2023-09-05 14:00 - 16:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Whether you are new to teaching in Brightspace or just need a refresher, this session will walk you through the most commonly used features of the Brightspace environment. The topics include:

Overview of CITL’s support team
Logging into Brightspace and accessing your course site
Adding content to a site, including the Brightspace Course Setup Kit
Setting up the grade book to track and return grades to students
Using course mail and announcements to contact your students
Setting up a Discussion Forum
Creating Assignments and Quizzes
Introducing Online Rooms

Instructors are encouraged to bring forward issues or challenges they may have experienced when teaching with Brightspace, and we will aim to provide suggestions to address them.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Grading Student Work in Brightspace
2023-09-12 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
If you are an instructor curious about using Brightspace for grading student work, this webinar is for you. The Brightspace Grades tool allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place and gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. In this session, we will focus on setting up your grade book and linking your course assessments to it. We will also go over:

all the places where you can grade and leave feedback for students (assignments, discussion topics, grade items in the grade book etc.)
handling non-graded items
grading group projects
controlling what students can and cannot see
managing exemptions
transferring final grades to Banner at the end of the term
and more.

Finally, we will discuss important university regulations around releasing final grades to students.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

Using Brightspace for Promotion and Tenure for Administrative Staff
2023-09-14 10:00 - 11:00 | ED-1001 (TLX), G. A. Hickman Building, Memorial University
This workshop is designed for administrative staff who support the Promotion and Tenure process within an academic unit.
The workshop will highlight what you need to know about Brightspace to add and organize content being presented for review, as well as how to copy content from an existing site. While it is an introductory workshop, experienced staff may wish to attend to share their experiences and/or get a refresher.
This workshop will take place in person in the Education Building, ED-1001 (Teaching and Learning Exchange).
Registration is required for this event.

Introduction to Brightspace Quizzes
2023-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
This session will focus on the options available for assessing student learning using the Quizzes tool in Brightspace. Brightspace quizzes enable asking various types of questions of students, and they are easy to set up, administer, and grade. Topics covered in this session include:

Creating a quiz
Due dates, availability dates, and other restrictions
Appropriate security settings
Providing special access for select students
Accessing and grading student submissions
…and more

This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. It is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event. *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*
