Workshops and Consultations

The Quiz Tool in Brightspace

WebEx (Webinar)

This session takes a deep dive into the options available for assessing student learning using the Quizzes tool within Brightspace. Brightspace quizzes enable asking various types of questions of students, 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

Quizzes in Brightspace: Randomizing Your Quiz

WebEx (Webinar)

Presenting each student in your course with a slightly different version of the same quiz increases the integrity of the assessment, as students are less likely to turn to academic dishonesty. The Brightspace Quizzes tool allows instructors to configure quizzes in a such a way that each student will get a different version of the ... Read more

CITL Winter Book Study – “Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document that Changes Everything”

WebEx (Webinar)

LIMITED REGISTRATION EVENT CITL is proud to have the 2020 President’s Award winner for Outstanding Teaching, Dr. Janna Rosales, host the Winter 2023 Teaching and Learning Book Study Group. Dr. Rosales, Associate Professor (Teaching) with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, is calling all educators who want to delve deeper with effective teaching to ... Read more

Using Brightspace Tools to Support Student Progress

WebEx (Webinar)

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 in Brightspace

WebEx (Webinar)

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

Teaching in Large Classes (part of CITL Instructor Series)

WebEx (Webinar)

The presenter for this session is Dr. Kelly Shorlin, Visiting Professor, Physics and Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Science. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Even though we’ve had some enormous changes in the last three years, we are still facing many of the same challenges, including keeping our students motivated and ... Read more