With a new academic year beginning, many readers have already done various tasks to manage the course materials on their NYU Brightspace course site. These tasks might include: Carefully managing these tasks will help you effectively complete the setup work required each semester for building your course site. With this in mind, it is important […]
Brightspace Course Management – How to Use Template Sites
Thoughtful course design in the Learning Management System, in our case Brightspace, can ensure a smooth student experience and empower student learning. While we may be tempted to think that this is key to student success only for online courses, as per the guidance in the OLC’s Online Scorecard Quality Checklist, the design and management […]
Empowering Students to Succeed – Clear Communication in Brightspace
You may have seen our post about using Due Dates in Brightspace to support student learning. Another effective strategy is to use the student communication tools in your Brightspace course. It can be difficult to provide regular outreach to your students, especially for large format courses. However, through targeted bulk emails and scheduled announcements in […]
Empowering Students to Succeed – Due Dates in Brightspace
We all have our preferences when it comes to communicating our expectations to students. At a minimum, designing a clear and detailed syllabus that includes weekly topics, assignments, and key due dates provides students with a roadmap for the course. However, Brightspace enables multiple communication strategies and with a few minor adjustments to learning materials, […]