Most (if not all) students reflect and focus on their grades in each of their courses. There are a number of ways that instructors can keep students informed about the progress they’re making in a class. Here are 5 reasons to use the Brightspace Grades tool to keep students informed about their grades. Transparency First […]
Empowering Students to Succeed – Release Conditions in Brightspace
To facilitate student learning, instructors must consider many factors during their course design process. In addition to discipline specific pedagogy, the modality of the learning environment, the makeup of the student cohort, and their institutional context, instructors must design their learning materials with the student experience in mind. Whether teaching online or in-person, the quality […]
Teaching Innovation Awards
We’re happy to announce that the office is currently accepting proposals for this year’s Teaching Innovation Awards. We’re excited to celebrate the high impact work of A&S faculty, especially as it relates to enriching student learning. Further, we fully support faculty work as each award contributes $1,000 to an instructor’s research account. Past year’s winners […]
Making Accessible Video Content
Do you use video content in your courses? Many instructors do! Videos can make for invaluable resources to recap important concepts/terms from a lecture, cultivate additional student engagement, and facilitate active learning. Research on active learning in particular has shown to not only enable students to achieve learning goals, but also contributes to an increased […]
Faculty Development Opportunity – Getting Started with Generative AI Course
Generative AI continues to fill headlines and occupy conference agendas and, although the landscape of education continuously evolves, the impact of generative AI seems to be causing a particular shock for institutions. In an effort to provide faculty with the foundational knowledge they need to begin exploring the limitations and possibilities of such tools in […]
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 […]
We Presented at EDUCAUSE!
Liz Melleby Welch and Shaina Dymond had the privilege of presenting at the EDUCAUSE 2023 online conference last month. It was an exciting experience as it was a simulive session where we pre-recorded our presentation and then actively engaged with participants in chat while the recording was played. We used PowToon to create this dynamic […]
Adding Poll Everywhere Activities to Brightspace
Did you know that you could add Poll Everywhere activities to the Brightspace Content tool? Poll Everywhere is NYU’s licensed polling tool and can more traditionally be used to create polls for both in-person and remote events and classes. To keep conversations around course content going beyond class meetings though, Poll Everywhere activities can be […]
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, […]
Document Your Teaching: Wei Zhao’s Presentation
Since Fall 2022, the A&S Office of EdTech has partnered with GSAS to offer a 3-week asynchronous course called Teaching to Engage. This course offers novice and aspiring instructors the opportunity to use various educational technologies with a keen focus on the pedagogical rationale behind using these tools. We’re very excited to share that one […]