Monday, March 21st 1:00-2:00 pm via Zoom Crash Course in Backward Design Backward Design is a method of instructional design in which you anchor the development of a course in clarification of measurable learning objectives and deliberately work backward from there. The intention is that if you ultimately know what you want students to take away from your course, you […]
On March 17th a new integration between ISRS and Brightspace will be implemented. This new integration provides several benefits over the current integration: Courses are created immediately within Brightspace, including courses in upcoming semesters. Enrollment changes appear within Brightspace faster (15 minutes, rather than several hours). Cancelled courses will be removed automatically from Brightspace. Courses will have course end dates […]
D2L Brightspace is updated monthly and many of the changes in these updates are not disruptive. To reduce the number of announcements and subsequent notifications we will no longer post a monthly update announcement. Don’t worry, we will still post announcements when there are disruptive changes or problems that will affect you! If you would still like to be notified […]
Thursday, March 10th 11:00 am – Noon via Zoom Collaborative Projects Using Microsoft 365 Tools Learn how a variety of Microsoft 365 tools can be used to create an interactive and collaborative online learning experience. Either alone or combined with Zoom, these tools can provide collaborative workspaces for brainstorming, discussing, or creating. Many of these tools can also be used […]
Online Learning Workshop: Authenticity in the Classroom: Authentic Learning Wednesday, March 2nd 10:00-11:00 am via Zoom Authenticity in the Classroom: Authentic Learning The benefits of Authentic Learning are well established, but the challenges to providing students with authentic learning experiences remain. What’s more, these challenges can look very different depending on your students, your subject matter, instructional mode, teaching style, […]