Workshops and Consultations

Whether you are new to teaching in Brightspace or just need a refresher, the Brightspace Essentials 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, ... Read more

Do you have any question about your course preparation? Come to this drop-in session where CITL’s instructional staff will be available to discuss and assist you with any issues related to your course design. Feel free to ask us about: the use of Brightspace and other learning tools hosting effective synchronous sessions preparing and sharing recordings ... Read more

Using the Grades Tool in Brightspace allows instructors 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 (assignments, quizzes, discussion topics, and group projects) directly to the grade book, and at the end of the course have all the ... Read more

Whether you are new to teaching in Brightspace or just need a refresher, the Brightspace Essentials 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, ... Read more

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, and other ... Read more

The Assignments Tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a consistent location to collect student work. It also allows instructors to evaluate and return student submissions directly in the Brightspace environment. The Assignments Tool has a built-in annotation tool, a range of grading features (e.g., rubrics, audio/video feedback), and can be linked to the grade book ... 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

Have you ever wondered if your course material (handouts, charts, and other documents) are accessible to all students?  Have you thought about how the visual presentation of these documents may present barriers to student learning? In honour of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and in collaboration with Accessibility Services (Blundon Centre), CITL’s Learning Technology Coaches would ... Read more

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

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

Using the grade book in Brightspace throughout the semester allows instructors to keep all course grades in one place, and it gives students the opportunity to keep track of their performance. During this coffee break, instructional design staff and the Learning Technology Coaches will be available to help instructors set up their Brightspace grade books. ... Read more

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

The presenter for this session is Dr. Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education. Rubrics are a widely used method for communicating expectations and feedback to students. How can we maximize rubrics for effective feedback/feedforward? In this session, we discuss how rubric-based assessment can build collaboration, inclusivity, and student ownership of learning. We will also ... Read more