Workshops and Consultations

The Assignments 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 grade book for an efficient way to return work and share student grades on their assignments. This session will walk you through the steps of setting up your ... Read more

This session takes a deep dive into the options available for assessing student learning using the Quiz Tool within Brightspace. Brightspace quizzes enable you to ask a variety of questions of learners, and they are easy to set up, administer, and grade. Topics covered in this session include: Creating a quiz Due dates, availability dates, ... Read more

Regular check-ins are an important part of making connections with your students, especially when teaching in an online or a remote environment. The Surveys 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 ... Read more

The Brightspace Quiz tool offers a variety of features that help instructors ensure the academic integrity of assessments. On the other hand, the tool also offers settings that make quizzes more accessible to students with approved accommodation requests. This session will review advanced features of the Quiz tool, highlight best practices for applying quiz settings, ... Read more

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 ... 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

Flexible instructional opportunities are changing the landscape of learning. Some students naturally thrive in this environment, while others may need more direct support to stay engaged. During this interactive session, we will discuss and demonstrate strategies that foster student engagement and motivation across flexible teaching modes. This session will be hosted in Webex. Registration is ... Read more

Whether you are teaching in-person or online, there are many ways the library can help you make the teaching materials you need accessible to your students. In this session, we want to empower you to know what you can do in the classroom (including the virtual classroom), protecting your own copyright, and how we can ... Read more

We teach a diverse range of students, but how do we teach in a way that is welcoming to all our learners? In this introductory, interactive session, we will discuss: how our own biases and privilege shape our teaching in ways we might not be aware of; how to provide a variety of content from ... Read more

In this second session focused on Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion, we will focus on the learning environment itself.  In this interactive session, we will build on the introductory January session to discuss how we: provide opportunities for students to reflect on their values, biases, and privilege; reflect on the equity, accessibility and inclusiveness of the learning ... Read more