Getting Started with Brightspace (D2L) - for Online Course Instructors
2019-08-19 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | ED 1001/Webex, ED 1001, Education Building, Memorial University, St.John's, Canada
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 providing student feedback in the Quiz and Assignment tools;
Setting up the Gradebook to track and return grades to students.
Introduction to exam administration

Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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Administrative Staff: Introduction to using Brightspace for Promotion and Tenure
2019-08-20 14:00 - 15:30, 2019-08-22 10:30 - 12:00
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This workshop is designed for administrative staff who support the Promotion and Tenure process within an academic unit. The workshop will highlight what you need to know about Brightsapce to add and organize content being presented for review, as well as how to copy content from an existing site. While it is an introductory workshop, experienced staff may wish to attend to share their experiences and/or get a refresher.

Getting Started with Brightspace (D2L) – Supporting your on-campus course
2019-08-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2019-08-26 14:00 - 16:00
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Using Brightspace to support your on-campus course? This session will cover the basics to get you started, including:

Introduction to CITL Support team
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 up the Gradebook to track and return grades to students
Activating your site

Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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Increasing Instructor Presence in Brightspace
2019-08-21 14:00 - 16:00
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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 Office Hours using Online Rooms
Discussions
Personalized Feedback
Surveys
Syllabus Quiz

Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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Start-up Drop-in Sessions (no registration needed)
2019-08-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2019-08-29 14:00 - 16:00
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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 see the content I have there?
I am reconsidering the evaluation scheme used my course. Can someone provide guidance with this?
How can I better engage your students in my class?
I am not using a text but will be bringing in other sources of content for my students (i.e. YouTube, journal articles, online images, etc.). How can I do this in a copyright compliant way?
How do I connect my own device to the podium in my classroom?

Using Online Rooms
2019-08-27 14:00 - 16:00
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Online rooms is a “web-conferencing” application that is built right into Brightspace. It allows you to host synchronous sessions with your students, like online office hours, Q&A sessions prior to an exam, online presentations and more. The tool also features a recording functionality, so share the activity with the class afterwards or use it to create video content to share with your students later. This session will provide an overview of how the tool works and how you can set one up in your course site.
Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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Getting Started with Brightspace (D2L) - for Online Course Instructors
2019-08-28 10:00 - 12:00
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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 providing student feedback in the Quiz and Assignment tools;
Setting up the Gradebook to track and return grades to students.
Introduction to exam administration

Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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Using Gradebook
2019-08-29 10:00 - 12:00
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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 and link your gradebook to assessments and evaluations set-up in your course site.
Duration: 2 hours (1 hour session; 1 hour Q&A/drop-in)
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