Brightspace Essentials
2025-01-06 10:00 - 12:00 (America/St_Johns) | 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 the CITL support team
Logging in to Brightspace and accessing your course site
Adding course content, 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 discussions
Creating assignments and quizzes

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.
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Grading Student Work in Brightspace
2025-01-08 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:

Places in Brightspace where you can assign grades and leave feedback for students (assignments, discussion topics, grade items in the grade book etc.)
Handling non-graded items
Setting up and 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.
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Using the Assignments Tool in Brightspace
2025-01-09 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The Assignments tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. Instructors can also evaluate and return student submissions directly in Brightspace. 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 to students who need to submit work after a due date, as well as using the grading features.
This session will be hosted in Webex. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time. We recommend that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
Registration is required for this event.
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Using Brightspace to Support On-Campus Course Delivery
2025-01-10 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Join us for this webinar to discover how Brightspace can support your on-campus teaching and create a seamless learning experience for your students. Whether you are new to Brightspace or looking for fresh ideas, this session will provide ideas on how to use Brightspace tools to complement face-to-face instruction, improve organization, and engage your students both inside and outside the classroom.
In this session, we will demonstrate how to:

Organize and share course materials in Brightspace.
Streamline grading and feedback using Brightspace assessment tools.
Enhance communication with students through announcements and personalized feedback.
Monitor and support student progress with Brightspace analytics and reports.

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.
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Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site (Session 1: Content)
2025-01-14 11:00 - 12:00 | ED-1001 (TLX), G. A. Hickman Building, Memorial University
Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site is a three-part, in-person, interactive series of sessions designed to help Memorial instructors enhance their teaching practice through effective use of the Brightspace learning management system. Each session will focus on frequently asked questions, covering the Content tool in the first session, Discussions in the second, and the Gradebook in the final session.
These sessions are intended for academic staff members, contractual instructors, postdoctoral fellows, instructional staff, and per course instructors who want to maximize the potential of Brightspace to create dynamic and effective learning experience.
NOTE: The series consists of three sessions: January 14 and 28; and February 11 (11:00am – 12:00pm) and will be held in ED 1001 (TLX).
To register for this series, use the “Register” button on this page. Registration will close once the program’s capacity of 15 participants has been met.

Introduction to Brightspace Quizzes
2025-01-15 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

Ways of creating a different version of a quiz for each student (shuffling, using question pools or sections, etc.) will also be 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.
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Video Assignment as an Alternative Assessment Tool
2025-01-16 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The Video Assignment tool, developed by Bongo and available in Brightspace, allows instructors to implement video-based assessments that evaluate students on speeches, presentations, and more. Apart from individual and group presentations, instructors can also create question- and-answer assessments where students need to respond to questions that appear on the screen in real time. An added bonus is that the video assessments can be created and graded directly in Brightspace.
In this session, we will review the types of assessments that can be created through the video assignment tool and go over the process of creating them in Brightspace.
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.
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Mapping the operative moment of generative AI (CITL Instructor Series)
2025-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
The presenter for this session is Dr. Aaron Tucker, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of English.
Gaining a clear understanding of how generative AI functions is critical to making informed decisions on how it can impact you and your teaching practice.
In this introductory-level workshop, Dr. Tucker will explore with participants the basics of artificial neural networks and provide an overview of contemporary machine learning techniques. Participants will then map the basics of how text-based and image-based Generative AI, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, operate. From this, participants will reflect on how this enhanced literacy can be incorporated into their own pedagogy, through assignment design, lecture materials, and discussions of academic integrity.
This is a hybrid session (offered online and in-person) and it will be recorded.
If attending online, it is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers:  Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time.
If attending in-person, the session will be held in the TLX (ED 1001).
Registration is required for this event.
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Using Rubrics in Brightspace
2025-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Rubrics are a scoring tool that outlines specific criteria for evaluating student work. Articulating evaluation criteria helps learners prepare more thoughtful submissions that are aligned with instructor expectations. Once students submit or present their work, rubrics also provide an efficient, objective, and systematic method for grading.
The Rubrics tool in Brightspace offers easy-to-modify templates to meet your specific assessment needs. Once created, the rubrics can be shared with students and used to evaluate submissions to Assignments, Discussions and more.
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.
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Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site (Session 2: Discussions)
2025-01-28 11:00 - 12:00 | ED-1001 (TLX), G. A. Hickman Building, Memorial University
This is session 2 of the Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site series.
For more information please visit Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site.

Supporting Student Progress Through Lesser Known Brightspace Tools
2025-01-29 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
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 stay motivated.
This session will focus on using the Class Progress tool to monitor student activity in Brightspace and using Intelligent Agents to help 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.
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Promoting Student Engagement in Brightspace
2025-01-30 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
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 group activities to encourage collaboration.
Utilizing analytics to monitor engagement and adjust your approach if needed.
Providing personalized feedback to students using Intelligent Agents.

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.
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The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program)-Week 1
2025-01-30 10:30 - 12:00 | ED2030B
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, instructional staff, and per course instructors.
NOTE: This program consists of eight sessions: January 30; February 6, 13, and 20; March 6, 13, 20, and 27 (10:30am – 12:00pm)
To register for the Winter 2025 offering of the TSEP for Educators, please complete the below Qualtrics form. Registration will close once the program’s capacity of 20 participants has been meet.
**Registration closed**
To be added to the waitlist, please email educatordev@mun.ca.

Using AI to navigate academic literature (CITL Instructor Series)
2025-02-04 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
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 to lead researchers to relevant academic literature (for example Scite Assistant, Consensus, and Keenious). We are also beginning to see AI tools incorporated in library databases and indexes like Scopus and Web of Science.
In this session, Alison Ambi, from Memorial Libraries will demonstrate some of these tools and discuss their pros and cons for students and researchers searching for books and articles.
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.
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Creating Secure Assessments with Advanced Quiz Settings
2025-02-05 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
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, 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 function 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.
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The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 2
2025-02-06 10:30 - 12:00 | ED2030B
This is week 2 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

Making the Most of Your Brightspace Site (Session 3: Gradebook)
2025-02-11 11:00 - 12:00 | ED-1001 (TLX), G. A. Hickman Building, Memorial University
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.

The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 3
2025-02-13 08:00 - 17:00 | ED2030B
This is week 3 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 4
2025-02-20 10:30 - 12:00 | ED2030B
This is week 4 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

Allowing space for creativity in the classroom (CITL Instructor Series)
2025-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
The presenter for this session is Dr. Kevin Power, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies, School 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 share his thoughts and experiences on allowing students to use their creativity to demonstrate learning, and how it can be more effective than other traditional approaches. There will be an opportunity to learn about specific activities and assessments used, including the critical considerations to ensure successful implementation. In this collaborative session, participants are invited to share their comparable experiences as well.
This is a hybrid session (offered online and in-person) and it will be recorded.
If attending online, it is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers:  Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time.
If attending in-person, the session will be held in the TLX (ED 1001).
Registration is required for this event.
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The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 5
2025-03-06 10:30 - 12:00 | ED2030B
This is week 5 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

Unlock Knowledge: Open Access & Free Educational Resources
2025-03-06 11:00 - 12:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenter for this session is Crystal Rose, Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Libraries Grenfell Library
Open Education is a movement that promotes accessible and freely available educational opportunities for all.
In this session, Ms. Rose will explore ways you can make your research more freely accessible, like library support available for Open Access publishing. Additionally, she discusses ways you can make course materials free for students through Open Educational Resources.
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.
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Podcasting as an assessment approach (CITL Instructor Series)
2025-03-11 14:00 - 15:00 | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
The presenter for this session is Dr. Rachel Prowse, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine.
Podcasting can be a dynamic assessment approach that engages students creatively while offering an alternative to traditional assessments. In this session, Dr. Rachel Prowse from Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine will share how she implemented this type of assessment in her graduate level Professional Practice course in an effort to enhance critical thinking, communication skills, and subject mastery. There will be an opportunity to hear about Dr. Prowse’s strategy for designing the podcast-based assessment, and learn from the feedback offered by students about their experience. This presentation aims to provide participants with information to help them assess whether this approach would be appropriate in their own course(s).
This is a hybrid session (offered online and in-person) and it will be recorded.
If attending online, it is recommended that you attend this session using one of the following internet browsers:  Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Firefox. You can join the session 10 minutes before the start time.
If attending in-person, the session will be held in the TLX (ED 1001).
Registration is required for this event.
*CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*

The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 6
2025-03-13 10:30 - 12:00 | ED2030B
This is week 6 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 7
2025-03-20 08:00 - 17:00 | ED2030B
This is week 7 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

Critical AI literacy: Talking to students about generative AI (CITL Instructor Series)
2025-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
The presenter for this session is Dr. Cecile Badenhorst, Professor, Faculty of Education.
How can we help students navigate the challenges of generative AI? How can we develop practical ethical principles that students can use in their decision-making, particularly in relation to reading and writing? In a context of rapidly changing technologies where each new tool produces something promising to be more robust than the last, how do we help students make choices that enhance their learning? In this workshop, we will focus on developing critical AI literacies that can be included in our classroom practice.
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.
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The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program for Educators (CITL Program) - Week 8
2025-03-27 10:00 - 12:00 | ED2030B
This is week 8 of an 8 week series. For more information please visit The Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators.

Brightspace Grades & Grades2Banner
2025-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 | WebEx (Webinar)
Using the Grades tool in Brightspace allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place and allows to keep track of their performance. Instructors can link 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.
In this session, we will also go over the process of transferring final grades from Brightspace to Banner. 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.
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Teaching and Learning Conference
2025-04-30 08:00 - 17:00 | CSF 3201
Inspiring Learning, Innovating Teaching
Memorial University has 100 years of sector-leading experience in evolving and adapting our teaching methods, strategies and tools to serve our students’ needs and enhance their learning experiences. Over the next century, we will need to apply our history of innovation in teaching and learning to new challenges and opportunities.
Today, Memorial’s instructors manage the diverse and changing needs of their learners, maneuver a dynamic educational landscape, combat digital distractions and thoughtfully consider new technologies. They adopt inclusive content, develop effective assessment methods and strike a balance between content delivery and student engagement. This is not just teaching—this is navigating the everyday while charting a course towards Inspiring Learning, Innovating Teaching.
This year’s conference will be held in person at Memorial’s St. John’s campus. Our keynotes and some conference sessions will be available online for remote participants who are unable to attend in person.
We invite educators to join us at Memorial’s Teaching and Learning Conference 2025 (#MUNTLC25) to share, connect and explore your everyday. Together, let’s investigate teaching strategies, discover interactive environments, explore cutting-edge tools and embrace innovative practices that engage students, cultivate curiosity and inspire learning.
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Teaching and Learning Conference - Day 2
2025-05-01 08:00 - 17:00 | CSF 3201
This is day 2 of CITL’s Teaching and Learning Conference. For more information visit Teaching and Learning Conference.
