Workshops and Consultations

The presenter for this session is Mr. Mark Picco, Instructor and Technical Communications Coordinator, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Roughly a year ago, the pedagogical landscape was transformed by widespread accessibility to generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The mere existence of such tools was polarizing: some instructors wanted to readily accept whatever AI had ... Read more

The Assignments tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. Instructors can also evaluate and return student submissions directly in Brightspace. The Assignments tool has a built-in annotation tool, a range of grading features (e.g., rubrics, audio/video feedback), and can be linked to the grade book for an efficient transfer ... Read more

If you are an instructor at Memorial and would like to: Know more about anything related to Brightspace Explore other educational technologies used at Memorial (Video Assignments, peerScholar etc.) Set up your grade book to allow students to track their progress Create group assignments in Brightspace Learn more about different ways of providing feedback to ... Read more

LIMITED REGISTRATION EVENT CITL is pleased to have Dr. Rob Power host of the Fall 2023 Teaching and Learning Book Study group. Dr. Power teaches in the Masters of Education (Educational Technology) program, through the collaborative partnership Memorial University has with Cape Breton University, where he is an Assistant Professor of Education. He specializes in ... Read more

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

Presenting each student in your course with a slightly different version of the same quiz deters academic dishonesty and thus increases the integrity of the assessment. The Quizzes tool in Brightspace allows instructors to configure quizzes in a way that will present each student with a different version of the same quiz. In this session, ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Dr. Paul De Decker, Associate Professor, Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences & Ms. Lauren Mills, Student This session will introduce course instructors to the concept of re-usable assignments. Participants will learn what a re-usable assignment is and how they can implement them in their own courses. A ... Read more

Event description to come. The session will be hosted in person in the Teaching and Learning Exchange TLX (ED 1001). Registration is required.

The presenter for this session is Dr. Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education Rubrics can help communicate your expectations for student work and facilitate fair marking. Creating clear criteria for success supports students' learning in the discipline and allows them to critically prepare and reflect on their work. In this session, Dr. Sinclair explains ... Read more

Brightspace offers a range of tools that allow instructors to monitor student activity in a course such as their engagement with the course material or participation in discussions. Brightspace also allows instructors to identify students who may be at risk (and those who are succeeding), and send those students automated yet personalized emails to help ... Read more