The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
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Events
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the October 2021 release (version 20.21.10) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, October 21. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: October 2021
OnlineDescription Topic: Guiding difficult conversations Teaching controversial topics and concepts is part of many courses and disciplines. Topics like race, culture, gender, and/or sexual orientation are inherent discussions in many fields, and any course dealing with current events presents an opportunity for socially-challenging topics to arise purposely and spontaneously in class discussions. Guiding those discussions... Continue Reading →
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Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends emails to students based on preset conditions. Faculty can create and schedule Intelligent Agents using site login, course login, or release conditions. Using Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace can help make learners more accountable and engage them when... Continue Reading →
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Demystifying the Gradebook
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and display settings? Want to learn the options to adjust how your students see one or more grades? We’ll cover: Student Grade View—understanding how faculty determine what students will see and when they’ll see it (final grades, points, letter grade, etc.) Enabling Students to... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Online Course: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen... Continue Reading →
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Calculating Grades in the Gradebook in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and how calculations are performed? Want to learn the options for the Students’ view of grades? We’ll cover: Differences between Adjusted Final Grade and Calculated Final Grade Dropping Lowest Score Formula Grades Exempting Students from Graded Items Previewing an Individual Student’s Gradebook View RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Universal Design for Learning: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences 2
OnlineDescription Design accessibility, access, and equity in your courses – Universal Design for Learning is a framework that can help us address every students’ unique learning needs! This webinar is an overview of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines plus some simple ways to apply UDL in your online teaching and learning experiences. Outcomes:... Continue Reading →
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New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with a proactive effort toward making this as smooth a transition as possible. This webinar will be repeated in November and December, please register for one... Continue Reading →
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Awards and Certificates in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription Provide your students with Awards (Badges) or Certificates after they successfully complete activities within your D2L Brightspace course. These awards can serve as incentives and proof of achievements to motivate students. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you,... Continue Reading →
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Create materials with HTML and HTML Content templates
OnlineDescription Get a jump-start on creating your course Content in D2L Brightspace by making use of some pre-built HTML template files available to you when building your online course materials. This webinar will walk through the steps of selecting and revising the templates to make your class shine. Dress up your class and save time... Continue Reading →
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Data Literacy and Equity Strategies
OnlineIn partnership with the Office of Equity and Inclusion Description How comfortable are you with using data to improve equity? The terms, “evidence base”, “data informed” and “data literacy” have become quite common in higher education discussions, particularly in the context of improving student success and equity. Many of us continue to seek a better... Continue Reading →
