Workshops and Consultations

Our students come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and remote learning poses more barriers for some students than others. In a remote environment, how do we ensure that we are teaching for ALL students?  Join this coffee-break conversation to share your ideas for how to create an equitable, accessible remote classroom that welcomes students in ... Read more

The Brightspace Quiz tool has a variety of settings to help you ensure academic integrity and provide accommodations to students with approved accommodation requests. It is important to understand how the various settings work so that you don’t inadvertently create a barrier to access a quiz.  This session will review Quiz settings and new features ... Read more

High-impact practices (HIPs) have been widely tested and shown to positively benefit student engagement, learning, and success; however, research also shows that many students do not have opportunities to engage in a host of these activities as they progress through their post-secondary education. This session will introduce several HIPs and explore ways that they can ... 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

In this session, participants will explore how to document their teaching in a teaching dossier which describes and provides evidence of an individual’s teaching philosophy, approaches, accomplishments, and effectiveness. Participants will be introduced to a suggested content and organizational framework for their teaching dossier and will receive advice on how to get started. This session ... Read more

In this session, participants will consider the integration of teamwork and other collaborative approaches into courses. Both formal, and informal collaborative strategies will be discussed, including team-based teaching, group projects, in-class group activities, peer-review, and student communities of practice. Participants will explore best practices for group composition, community standards, communication, conflict resolution, peer review and ... Read more

This webinar will introduce you to the different course modalities (location and timing of interactions) available at Memorial so that you can best prepare your course for the 2021 academic year. It will focus on designing/structuring your course to include mixed learning environments to teach and maintain continuity during times of disruption. This session will ... Read more

Do you have any question about setting up a quiz in Brightspace? Instead of contacting the CITL Support Centre, join this drop-in session where CITL’s client support staff will be available to answer any questions you may have about the quiz tool, ranging from quiz settings, best practices for applying them, using a variety of ... Read more

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

Do you have any issues with or questions about transferring your grades from Brightspace to Banner using the Grades2Banner tool? Instead of calling the CITL Support Centre, you can drop in and ask your question(s) in this session. CITL’s client support staff will be available to answer any questions you may have about transferring grades. ... Read more