D2L Brightspace, faculty development events next week

Want to learn how to enhance your use of D2L Brightspace and your students’ learning experience? Looking for opportunities to network with fellow educators and faculty development leaders statewide? Want to learn about innovative ideas that were funded in 2016 and listen to innovator pitches for 2017? The following events are coming up next week, each hosted in Bloomington, MN. 

D2L Brightspace tentatively unavailable June 2-3, 2017

D2L Brightspace is tentatively scheduled to be unavailable Friday-Saturday, June 2-3, 2017 for maintenance and upgrade to version 10.7.0. The specific time and duration of the downtime on June 2-3 is yet to be determined and will be communicated in the coming weeks. Visit the ITS Blog (http://collaborate.mnstate.edu/public/blogs/itsblog/d2l-brightspace-10-7-0-update/) for more details.

Request your Summer 2017 D2L Brightspace course shells

Beginning Wednesday, March 15 instructors can request their Summer 2017 course shells using the D2L Brightspace Request Form (https://my.mnstate.edu/ITS/Forms/RequestD2LShell). IMPORTANT DATES: Summer 17 shells can be requested March 15-April 27. On April 28, all unrequested summer sections will be created as single section course shells. Fall 17 shells can be requested April 28-August 1. On August 2, all unrequested fall […]

Quality Matters (QM) Workshops – Spring 2017

Quality Matters is an international organization recognized as a leader in quality assurance for online education. MSUM is a subscribing member through the Minnesota Online Quality Initiative. The mission of QM is to promote and improve the quality of online education and student learning through: Development of current, research-supported, and practice-based quality standards. Fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Providing professional […]