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Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring learning outcomes based on student interaction with content. Improving content as needed to facilitate learner outcomes. By the end of this three week course you will... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
3 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Description Create great looking, responsive, and accessible content topic pages using the page layouts provided in the attached template package. The included instructor-friendly layouts are designed to be edited using... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
2 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
3 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Join Us Please register/RSVP and join us at https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/6181652382 for a guided tour of Zoom by from Minnesota State staff. Details about the Zoom Service Who can use Zoom? All... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
2 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
1 event,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
1 event,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
4 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Description Monday April 6 at 11:00 am Attend this webinar to see a hands on overview of how to get started using the Gradebook in Brightspace. If you've never used... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Current Changes and Challenges in our Work Our work has changed a lot recently, but know that you are not alone. Grab a cup of coffee (or beverage of your choice) and... Continue Reading →
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2 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
4 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Description Wednesday April 8 at 10:00 am Attend this webinar to see a hands on overview of utilizing the Groups tool in D2L Brightspace to facilitate online group discussions and... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Topic: Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets Recorded Presenter: Melissa Green, University of Arizona, Technology Accessibility This recorded webinar covers how to create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that are accessible to people with disabilities: finding and using accessible Excel templates; using the Accessibility Checker to identify and fix potential accessibility issues; accessible formatting and labeling of tables, charts,... Continue Reading →
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2 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
2 events,Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
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Description We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.20.04, the April release that you'll see in... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading → |
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Description Wednesday, April 15 at 11:00 am There are two ways to check student activity in Brightspace. Individual student progress is visible through the Class Progress tool. Activity related to... Continue Reading →
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Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access. Come... Continue Reading →
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Description Dive into some of the topics featured in the Minnesota State three week short course “Designing Your Course for Student Learning” beginning on May 18, 2020. Preview some of... Continue Reading →
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Monday, April 20 at 12:00 pm Description Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and how calculations are performed? Want to learn the options for the Students’... Continue Reading →
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Wednesday, April 22 at 9:00 am Description Rubrics in D2L Brightspace can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves faculty time evaluating... Continue Reading →
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Topic: Including People with Disabilities in Your Project Design, Development, and Testing Process Recorded Presenter: Robert Jolly, Technology Director, Knowbility, Inc. Understand the benefits of, as well as different approaches... Continue Reading →
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The Minnesota State XR Community of Practice invites faculty and staff from Minnesota State campuses to the event Teaching Using Social Virtual Reality Share the flyer with colleagues The COVID-19... Continue Reading → |
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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... Continue Reading →
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Description The Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize... Continue Reading →
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Please register/RSVP below for a guided tour of Zoom by from Minnesota State staff. Click here to join the webinar Details about the Zoom Service Who can use Zoom? All... Continue Reading →
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