Workshops and Consultations

This session will introduce the principles of Universal Design for learning. It is intended for instructors who are new to Universal Design and are interested in learning how to design and teach their courses in a more accessible and equitable manner. In this session, we will present the principles of Universal Design and offer practical ... Read more

Do you have questions about your course syllabus? Are you wondering how to clearly communicate course expectations, procedures, policies, and available supports to students? Join this session where CITL’s instructional staff will be available to discuss your own course syllabus, share suggestions, and troubleshoot areas of challenge. No registration is required for this event. Simply ... Read more

The Brightspace course setup kit has been designed to provide a starting point to creating a Brightspace course site. The kit includes pre-formatted pages that you can easily download, edit, and adapt to your specific course needs. This workshop will walk you through the template pages and demonstrate how to customize the various components of ... Read more

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

Knowing when and what to include when talking to your students about academic integrity can, for some, be daunting. This session will cover the pertinent university regulations; the resources available at the university for faculty, staff and students; the INTG 1000 undergraduate course; the role of information literacy and assignment design in promoting integrity; and ... Read more

Do you have questions about your course syllabus? Are you wondering how to clearly communicate course expectations, procedures, policies, and available supports to students? Join this session where CITL’s instructional staff will be available to discuss your own course syllabus, share suggestions, and troubleshoot areas of challenge. No registration is required for this event. Simply ... Read more

You don’t have to start from scratch when preparing your Brightspace course site for a new term. Brightspace has a feature that allows you to copy a complete course (less student data, of course) or just the components you want to reuse. This session will cover how to copy, update due dates, update or hide ... Read more

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

Online Rooms is a “web-conferencing” application accessible within each Brightspace course site. This tool allows instructors to schedule and host synchronous sessions with students, and the sessions can be recorded for review. Some ways to use this tool include hosting online office hours, review sessions prior to an exam, and guest speaker or student presentations. ... Read more

This session will cover scheduling and hosting a session using Webex, including how to integrate Webex into your Brightspace course site. Demonstrations of content sharing, collaboration tools such as annotation and polls, and ways to leverage the chat tool will also be provided. As this tool is being used to record both synchronous and asynchronous ... Read more

Using the Brightspace Grades Tool, including the grade book, allows you to keep all course grades in one place and gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. You can link your Brightspace assessments directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the grades ready to transfer ... Read more

The Assignment Tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. The tool has built-in grading features, and can be linked to the gradebook for an efficient way to return work and share student grades on their assignments. This session will walk you through the steps of setting up your assignments, ... Read more

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

This session takes a deep dive into the options available for assessing student learning using the Quiz Tool within Brightspace. Brightspace quizzes enable you to ask a variety of questions of learners, 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

This session will cover scheduling and hosting a session using Webex, including how to integrate Webex into your Brightspace course site. Demonstrations of content sharing, collaboration tools such as annotation and polls, and ways to leverage the chat tool will also be provided. As this tool is being used to record both synchronous and asynchronous ... Read more

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

Online Rooms is a “web-conferencing” application accessible within each Brightspace course site. This tool allows instructors to schedule and host synchronous sessions with students, and the sessions can be recorded for review. Some ways to use this tool include hosting online office hours, review sessions prior to an exam, and guest speaker or student presentations. ... Read more

The Assignment Tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. The tool has built-in grading features, and can be linked to the gradebook for an efficient way to return work and share student grades on their assignments. This session will walk you through the steps of setting up your assignments, ... Read more

Using the Brightspace Grades Tool, including the grade book, allows you to keep all course grades in one place and gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. You can link your Brightspace assessments directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the grades ready to transfer ... Read more

Relationships are the very basis of teaching and learning.  Whether we teach in-person, virtually, or completely online, how can we help build community within our courses? Join this coffee-break conversation to share your ideas about how to further students’ learning by helping them connect to one another and with you. This session will be hosted ... Read more

The Brightspace Quiz tool has a variety of settings to help you ensure academic integrity and also to ensure that the quiz is accessible to students with approved accommodation requests. This session will review advanced features of the Quiz tool, highlight best practices for applying Quiz settings, and discuss considerations when using a variety of ... Read more

Regular check-ins are an important part of making connections with your students in the remote learning environment. The Survey Tool in Brightspace allows you to construct simple surveys to learn about how your students are doing while creating a supportive and encouraging learning environment. This session will introduce you to the features of the tool, ... Read more

This second session of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework series builds upon the first session, Embedding the Principles of Universal Design for learning into your Courses. It  explores UDL through the lens of inclusive and culturally responsive teaching with the goal of  helping participants identify pedagogical methods, techniques, and approaches that consider the ... 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