Workshops and Consultations

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

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

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

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

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

The Assignments 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 grade book 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 ... 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

Regular check-ins are an important part of making connections with your students, especially when teaching in an online or a remote environment. The Surveys 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 ... Read more

The Brightspace Quiz tool offers a variety of features that help instructors ensure the academic integrity of assessments. On the other hand, the tool also offers settings that make quizzes more accessible to students with approved accommodation requests. This session will review advanced features of the Quiz tool, highlight best practices for applying quiz settings, ... Read more

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 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

Flexible instructional opportunities are changing the landscape of learning. Some students naturally thrive in this environment, while others may need more direct support to stay engaged. During this interactive session, we will discuss and demonstrate strategies that foster student engagement and motivation across flexible teaching modes. This session will be hosted in Webex. Registration is ... Read more

Whether you are teaching in-person or online, there are many ways the library can help you make the teaching materials you need accessible to your students. In this session, we want to empower you to know what you can do in the classroom (including the virtual classroom), protecting your own copyright, and how we can ... Read more