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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 →

Description Release conditions enable the instructor to guide the path for student learning by releasing items to students in a prescribed order, encouraging the student to attain mastery of skills and knowledge before moving on to new concepts. Release conditions can be used almost anywhere in Brightspace, so the world is at your fingertips. Attend... Continue Reading →

Description Is the HTML editor a mystery to you? Learn to use it in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) view with all its bells and whistles, or pick up some tips for editing HTML source to make your Announcements and Content more vibrant and visually attractive. Attend this webinar to watch... Continue Reading →

Well-written learning objectives establish the foundation upon which courses are designed and delivered.  They form the basis for the instructional materials and assessments that are included in the course. They serve as an implied contract between the instructor and student by defining what is to be taught and what is to be learned, so communicating... Continue Reading →

Humanizing your Course Facilitation November 7, 2019  |  11:00-11:50am Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course coming in December 2019. Instructor Amy Jo Swing and Coach Consultant Ken Graetz will preview some strategies to make your online teaching more human and more engaging. Based on Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s work on instructor presence... Continue Reading →

Description Learn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. Attend... Continue Reading →

Topic: Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPoint Files – Part 1 Recorded Presenter: Jonathan Whiting, Director of Training & Evaluation, WebAIM In this hands-on workshop, learn to evaluate and repair common accessibility issues in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Additional information available at the Evaluating and Repairing Word and Power Point Files – Part 1 breakout... Continue Reading →

Description Want to encourage your students to interact more and share ideas and perspectives? Leverage the discussion tool to its greatest potential to enable students to enage in meaningful conversations that can take place over a period of time, allowing for reflection and thoughtful interaction. Attend this webinar to watch an overview of how to... Continue Reading →

Find and listen to episodes on SoundCloud In 2018, Robert Jersak (Century College) and Dave Engen (Minnesota State University, Mankato) received a Minnesota State Shark Tank Open Innovation grant (log in using your StarID@minnstate.edu) to create a podcast series for mentoring and supporting first-year and first-generation college students. The podcast features six student producers sharing their insights... Continue Reading →

Description This webinar will showcase the new features and improvements available to users of Kaltura services.  This webinar will focus on the updates you'll see starting in Kaltura on Thursday, November 21. New Provider of Machine Captioning Services Although you still order "machine" captions, under the Actions button, you'll the ording process looks just a... Continue Reading →