Now that we are back from Thanksgiving break, finals are looming and our students, hopefully, will already have a study plan in place. This is likely not the case for plenty of our students and we know from our own experiences that prioritizing tasks and following an effective time management strategy is difficult. We can […]
Get to Know Your Students – Mid-Semester Surveys
It’s that time of the semester when faculty, students, all of us are feeling the pressure of our workloads. We look at our syllabi, wondering if we still have time to cover everything, we look at the stacks of ungraded student assignments and wonder how we’re going to make the sprint to Thanksgiving break. Certainly, […]
Classroom Activity: Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a classroom activity that involves students working in small groups. You might want to consider using a Jigsaw in learning situations where you wish to integrate multiple pieces of information into group deliberations, such as getting students to practice playing roles in a new process or understanding multiple factors that can shape a […]
Coding & STEM Instruction Innovation Fest Resources
Instructors in courses with STEM and coding content often need to supplement Brightspace with specialized tools that can render scientific notation and allow for runnable code. These instructors are joined by their colleagues in the increasing number of courses outside of computer and data science that include elements of coding instruction in needing independent development […]
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 […]
Digital Literacy Resources For Students
As faculty we are faced with the difficult task of facilitating learning for heterogeneous student populations in an ever changing learning environment all while tools and technology continue to evolve at a breathtaking pace. While many of our students arrive at our institution as “digital natives”, their comfortability with technology does not necessarily translate to […]
Ed Discussions: An enhanced online discussions tool for Brightspace
If you are using online discussion forums in your courses you may be interested in a new tool called Ed Discussions. Ed Discussions has been integrated into Brightspace so your students do not need to create and manage a secondary account to login. Creating, managing, and monitoring discussions in Ed is streamlined and intuitive. Importantly, […]