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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Read more