Workshops and Consultations

Whether you are new to Brightspace or just need a refresher, the Brightspace Basics 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 ... 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

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 ... Read more

Whether you are new to Brightspace or just need a refresher, the Brightspace Basics 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 ... Read more

Online Rooms is a “web-conferencing” application accessible within each Brightspace course site. This tool allows instructors to schedule and host synchronous sessions with students, and the sessions can be recorded for review. Some ways to use this tool include hosting online office hours, review sessions prior to an exam, and guest speaker or student presentations. ... 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 share student grades on their assignments. This session will walk you through the steps of setting up your assignments, ... Read more

Using the Brightspace Grades Tool, including the grade book, 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 transfer ... Read more

Relationships are the very basis of teaching and learning.  Whether we teach in-person, virtually, or completely online, how can we help build community within our courses? Join this coffee-break conversation to share your ideas about how to further students’ learning by helping them connect to one another and with you. This session will be hosted ... Read more

The Brightspace Quiz tool has a variety of settings to help you ensure academic integrity and also to ensure that the quiz is accessible to students with approved accommodation requests. This session will review advanced features of the Quiz tool, highlight best practices for applying Quiz settings, and discuss considerations when using a variety of ... 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