Changing Course Banner Text

This Tech tip shows you how to change the text in your course homepage banner. This can serve as a tool for engaging students’ attention whenever they log in to the course. Changing the text of the homepage banner will not affect the title of the course since the title...

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CTL Faculty Resource Bulletin

Faculty Resource Bulletin  Highlights of this week’s bulletin include:  Formalities  Opportunities for Faculty Support and Development  Faculty and Student Resources  Potpourri  Minnesota State Events and Development Opportunities  National and Vendor-Sponsored Events and Development Opportunities  Formalities  A Note from Fran Kennedy   Hi everyone! What a whirlwind the last few weeks have...

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Tech Tip: Restore a Deleted Quiz

This tech tip shows how to restore a quiz that was deleted from a course in D2L Brightspace. From your course homepage navigation bar: 1. Click Assessments > from the dropdown menu select Quizzes 2. Ensure Manage Quizzes is selected: 3. Click More Actions, then select Restore 4. From the...

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Faculty Resource Bulletin

Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: Course Design Institute: June 6-23 Course Design Resources CTL Open Labs and Consultations Digital Learning Labs Call for Proposals: MnLC Learning and Technology Summit Career and Technical Education: The Heart of Minnesota's Workforce Open Education Conference Call for Proposals Minnesota State Summer Educational Development...

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Tech Tip: Evaluating Student Work with Rubrics

Rubrics are an efficient way to use scoring criteria as you grade a student’s assignment. They also provide students with guidelines for obtaining each grade level.  D2L Brightspace offers two types of rubrics: Analytic and Holistic.  An analytic rubric allows you to evaluate certain criteria in the assignment, whereas a holistic...

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Faculty Resource Bulletin

Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include: Innovative Teaching Fellowships Upcoming CTL Trainings and Events Calendar The 6th Annual Equity Book Group Teach Together Minnesota! Minnesota State Spring Educational Development Minnesota State highlight: Universal Design for Learning: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences – February 10 Vendor highlight: QM Research Online...

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Faculty Resource Bulletin

Highlights of this week’s Bulletin include:  Upcoming trainings and CTL Events Calendar   Editing Zoom Recordings with Camtasia  Innovative Teaching Fellowships  New TILT Course in D2L Brightspace  Minnesota State Spring Educational Development  Other opportunities: Minnesota State highlight: Universal Design for Learning: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences – January 25  Vendor...

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