Workshops and Consultations

Using the Grades Tool, including the grade book, within Brightspace allows you 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 directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the grades ready to ... Read more

Regular check-ins are an important part of making connections with your students in the remote learning environment. The Survey Tool in Brightspace allows you to construct simple surveys to learn about how your students are doing while creating a supportive and encouraging learning environment. This session will introduce you to the features of the tool, ... Read more

Relationships are the very basis of teaching and learning, but without face-to-face connection, how can we help build community within our courses? Join this coffee-break conversation to share your ideas about helping students connect to one another and with you through remote teaching. This session will be hosted in Webex: https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=m29ee89be4435d61c809d0aa5d6b02649 You can enter the room ... Read more

The Assignment Tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. The tool has built in grading features, and can be linked to the gradebook for an efficient way to return work and advise students of grades. This session will walk you through the steps of setting up your assignments, submission ... Read more

Join this coffee-break discussion to share your ideas around balancing workload while maintaining instructor presence in your course. The facilitators will share some upfront strategies to build into your course design and Brightspace tools to consider without overwhelming your instructional workload. This session will be hosted in Webex. Registration for this event is required; please ... Read more

During this session participants will explore various active learning strategies and learn how to choose and adapt an activity for a specific learning need. Special consideration will be given to adapting an activity for remote teaching. The session will focus on active learning to motivate and engage students, promote deep learning, and provide opportunities to ... Read more

One of the most common communication tools used in online courses is the discussion board – but rarely are they used in an effective manner. This session will challenge participants to think about discussion activities that go beyond the traditional approach of “make an original post and respond to two classmates”. During this session we ... Read more

This session will explore the principles of student motivation and engagement. We will discuss the social conditions and drivers that foster motivation and engagement, and offer some practical strategies to enhance them in your course. In the last part of the session, participants will be invited to ask questions, share their experiences in motivating students, ... Read more

Rubrics are an effective and efficient way to authentically assess student learning. Articulating specific criteria by which students will be assessed helps them 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 offers a variety of rubric ... Read more

This session is designed for instructors who are both new and experienced in incorporating high impact practices in their teaching. During the session, we will be joined by two faculty members who have implemented high impact practices into their courses. Participants will have an opportunity to learn from these faculty members, share their experiences of ... Read more