Description What in the world is an Intelligent Agent?  The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends automated emails to students when they need a reminder to complete a specific task in your course or perhaps deserve a message of support for completing a task.  The Intelligent Agent tool can promotes learners to be accountable... Continue Reading →

Description With a few changes in your discussion settings, you can create private discussions in your D2L Brightspace course.  In this private discussion space you can communicate with individual students one-on-one.  This allows you to keep track of student-to-instructor communication without messages getting lost in your email. Faculty members have also found this strategy is... Continue Reading →

Creating a sense of community and instructor presence is important in all courses. In an online or blended course, it can come with some challenges. This session will provide strategies for using D2L tools such as Announcements, Content, Email/Classlist, Intelligent Agents, Personalized Notifications, and Discussion Boards to build your instructor presence. Examples will be showcased.... Continue Reading →

Background Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, Minnesota State Educational Innovations, and Minneapolis College present Out from the Shadows Workshop Series. Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis: Power, Pride, and Perseverance at a Northern Community College is an open anthology of stories and memoirs written by students, staff, and faculty from Minneapolis College. They... Continue Reading →

Description The Quick Eval tool in D2L Brightspace provides you a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all your Brightspace courses.  You can sort, filter and search to prioritize which items you want to assess first. Become acquainted with the Quick Eval tool so you can save in your... Continue Reading →

Description Using the Annotation tool n to D2L Brightspace , you can quickly complete your evaluation and feedback work directly from the Assignments tool, without the need to use any external tools or applications.  You can use built-in annotation tools to markup submissions using highlighting, free hand drawing, shapes, and associated commenting. Attend this webinar... Continue Reading →

Description We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.19.10, the October release that you'll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, October 17. RSVP Requested Using the RSVP below allows us to send you reminders about this event and share important information... Continue Reading →

Topic: DIY Digital Accessibility: Building the Foundation for Accessible Course Content at the University of Maryland Recorded Presenter: Sue Johnson, Instructional Designer UMD’s commitment to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive educational environment for people of all abilities means that creators of web-based information must have the skills and abilities necessary to ensure it... Continue Reading →

Think Your Way Out of the Problem Thursday, October 17, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT Presented by: Pamela McGee, Denise Gorsline, Joshua Behl, Minnesota State University, Moorhead To successfully navigate today's challenges in education, regardless of the level, we need to find a way to create a culture of innovation and collaboration. Using practices... Continue Reading →

Description The Start, End, and Due dates from most tools can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and opening each individual item to change dates, you can use Manage Dates to view all dates at once, with filtering, sorting and searching options. Discover... Continue Reading →

Description Want students to give a presentation or demonstrate a skill through video? Video Assignment could be a great fit. Learners record or upload a video presenting on a topic or demonstrating a specific skill. You can grade video assessments and add time-stamped feedback, showing learners exactly where they need to improve. Attend this webinar... Continue Reading →

Topic: We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT (Digital/Web Information) Accessible! Recorded Presenter: Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington In this session the speaker will engage with attendees on promising practices for making the most of limited resources toward a more accessible campus environment. Topics will include such things as... Continue Reading →

Description Interested in exploring how to save time when creating quizzes? You can learn how to shuffle questions, randomize them, draw from a set of questions, and more! The formerly cumbersome nature of creating quiz questions. Participants will walk away with skills they can use to save time when creating questions. Attend this webinar to... Continue Reading →

Description Grading isn't just about giving your students a numerical score. It's also about providing formative feedback to help students improve their learning. During this session we will review some techniques to provide meaningful feedback without overwhelming the instructor. Learning Objectives Define formative feedback Describe 2-3 methods for providing quick feedback Identify a resource for... Continue Reading →

Have you always wanted to find the most efficient way to set up your gradebook in Brightspace?  Have specific questions you’d like answered?  Join us for the Gradebook workshop where we will spend one hour reviewing the features and functions of the tool, and then an hour working on your own gradebook in one of... Continue Reading →

Do you want to provide consistent feedback to students in a timely manner?  Do you get bogged down in the process of evaluating and commenting on student work?  Learn how the Rubrics tool in Brightspace can save you time, provide students with meaningful feedback, and encourage growth in students’ abilities.  We will spend one hour... Continue Reading →