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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Week of Events
Monday, October 18, 2021
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October 18, 2021 -What’s New in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
What’s New in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
Description 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 →
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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October 19, 2021 -Conversations with Colleagues: October 2021
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October 19, 2021 -Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
Conversations with Colleagues: October 2021
Description 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 →
Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
Description 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 →
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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October 20, 2021 -Demystifying the Gradebook
Demystifying the Gradebook
Description 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 →
Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Friday, October 22, 2021
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