Pronouns may now be set to appear on user profile cards in Discussions and Assignment Submissions. Personal pronouns do not appear in other Brightspace tools, such as the Classlist or Grades. When you or your students want to communicate with other member of the class, you will now know how...
Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: From Your Colleagues: Creating Release Conditions Based on Attendance TILT Community of Practice 2021 Course Design Institute Self-Registration Engineering and Engineering Technology STEM Educator Workshop CTL Works Conference Network for Educational Development Fall Short Courses More Events and Development Opportunities Minnesota State highlight: Equity...
Creating an Instructor Bio widget on your D2L Brightspace homepage is an easy way to connect with your students. This allows your students to know how to contact you right away when they log in to your course homepage. In the widget, you can include your picture as well as...
Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: Center for Teaching and Learning Fall Hours OWL Cameras and Training CTL Events Calendar TILT Community of Practice Engineering and Engineering Technology STEM Educator Workshop Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom More Events and Development Opportunities Minnesota State highlight: Securing Your Online Zoom Session |...
This smartphone app keeps students informed of course events by providing them with notifications about their courses. Your course materials should include end dates or due dates so the information appears in the Pulse App. When students log in to the Pulse App, they will see a graph like the...
The Broken Link Finder tool identifies broken links within your course that need to be removed and replaced. When a link is broken in your course, students may receive a user "Not Authorized" message, preventing them from engaging with content. The following steps will identify broken links in your course:...
Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: New Semester Checklist Brightspace and Beyond Week Book Your Course Design Consultation Course Design Institute Archive Course Design Template CTL Open Lab and DCTC Faculty Teaching Online Engineering and Engineering Technology STEM Educator Workshop More Events and Development Opportunities Minnesota State highlight: Humanizing Plus:...
Intelligent Agents Intelligent Agents can monitor login activity, course activity of a student, and release conditions in a course. Things to consider when creating an intelligent agent are: • What the agent looks for • How often the agent acts • What to include in the notification to the student...
There will be a new course purge schedule that will start immediately. Courses will now be preserved for 5 academic years. This change is due to the fact that some courses were only being offered every 4 years and the system office wanted to give those courses a chance not...
Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: Book Your Consultation Brightspace and Beyond Week DCTC and IHCC Course Design Institute Archive Distance Teaching & Learning 2021 Conference More Events and Development Opportunities Minnesota State highlight: Summer Calendar (there are MANY opportunities here) Book Your Consultation Summer is a great time for...
