Workshops and Consultations

Teaching online for the first time or need a refresher? This session will cover the basics to help get you started, including: Introduction to CITL Support Staff, including your course maintenance assistant; Logging into Brightspace and accessing your course site; Using course mail and announcements to contact your students; Monitoring discussion forums; Grading submissions and ... Read more

Increasing Instructor Presence in Brightspace Looking for strategies to communicate and build a connection with your students online? Brightspace has a variety of tools to help you do this.    This introductory session will provide an overview of these tools with some strategies you can put to use right away. Announcements Intelligent Agents Video Note Online ... Read more

CITL offers a variety of support services for faculty.  Attend our drop in sessions for just-in time support.  Feel free to use the technology available in the TLX or to bring your own device.  Here’s a sample of some questions asked during past start-up sessions: How do I activate my Brightspace site so students can ... Read more

Open Access Week is being celebrated internationally from October 21-27, 2019. To coincide with this global event, CITL is hosting a Maker-Session for those interested in creating their own interactive content using H5P. The session will start with an overview of what the tool can do, and provide plenty of time for you to get ... Read more

Want to give students a way to track their grades during your course, while having the info you need to transfer grades to Banner at the end of the course? The Brightspace gradebook allows you to do this. Bring your own laptop, or use the computers available in the TLX (ED1001) to set-up your gradebook ... Read more

Using Brightspace to support your on-campus course? CITL staff will be available to provide information about: Logging into Brightspace and accessing your course site Copying content from a previous site and uploading new material Setting up a discussion forum Creating an assignment, including an online submission folder Using course mail to contact your students Setting ... Read more

CITL offers a variety of support services for faculty. Attend our drop in sessions for just-in time support. Feel free to use the technology available in the TLX or to bring your own device. Here’s a sample of some questions asked during past start-up sessions: How do I activate my Brightspace site so students can ... Read more

CITL has set-up a hosted version of H5P! What is H5P? It’s an open source tool that provides access to templates you can customize to build interactive content such as question sets, timelines, drag and drop exercises, hot-spot diagrams and so much more. https://blog.citl.mun.ca/technologyresources/other-edtech/h5p-interactive-content/ In honour of Open Education Week, CITL is hosting another H5P ... Read more

Whether you are new to Brightspace or just need a refresher? The Getting Started session is designed to walk you through the basics for preparing your course site for the start of term. An opportunity will be provided to respond to specific questions about remote instruction in Brightspace. Topics include: Overview of CITL’s Support team ... Read more

Online rooms is a “web-conferencing” application that is accessible within each Brightspace course site. This tool allows you to schedule and host synchronous sessions with your students in the learning environment. Some examples of ways to use this tool include hosting online office hours, review sessions prior to an exam, guest speaker presentations or allow ... Read more