Welcome to the Brightspace Training Workshop page

Here you will find a new streamlined approach to attending LMS training sessions. We’re working with Eventbrite, an online events management platform to make booking even easier. Simply select the training you would like to attend below and follow the steps on the event page to register and sync with your calendar.

  • Click each heading below to see available session times
  • Each event booking page includes more details on what you will learn

Brightspace Training Sessions

Our training is grouped in several categories to equip you on your Brightspace journey:

SessionOverview Who should attend? Suggested Timing
Q&A Drop-in Sessions Bring any Brightspace questions you have and the team will answer them on a first come, first serve basis. Any interested staff. Anytime
Create How to create new subjects in Brightspace. Nominated convenors* creating new subject sites from scratch No more live sessions are scheduled. Catch up with recordings in your own time.
Adapt Checking and improving subjects in Brightspace. Nominated convenors* working on migrated subject sites
Prepare Steps you need to take to finalise Brightspace site for teaching. All staff nominated for this process*
Engage – Assessment Submission, grading and feedback. Cohort management, extensions. Academic integrity workflow (Turnitin similarity). Panopto and more. All teaching staff
Engage – Communication Updating the subject home page. Creating Announcements. Subject Activity Feed and more.
Engage - Delivery Subject Outline Tool: Readings and Resources (Leganto). Online (Zoom) LTI set up and more.

Registering for a session:

  1. Click the module you would like to attend. The Eventbrite page will open.
  2. Select “Reserve a Spot” on the Eventbrite page
  3. Follow the prompts to complete your registration

CREATE

How to create new subjects in Brightspace.

ADAPT

Checking and improving subjects in Brightspace.

PREPARE

Gradebook preparation.

What will you learn?

Context:

  • Familiarisation with the Brightspace interface.
  • Understanding the structural differences (old vs new).

Create:

  • Establishing your learning material structure.
  • Adjusting/tweaking your content

Prepare:

  • Creating your Assessment and Discussion structures

What will you learn?

Context:

  • Familiarisation with the Brightspace interface.
  • Understanding the Migration | Optimisation process.

Proof:

  • Validating your migrated learning materials
  • Adjusting/tweaking your content

Prepare:

  • Creating your Assessment and Discussion structures

What will you learn?

Session Site administration::

  • Understanding 'sections' and their relationship to the Subject Outline and Gradebook
  • Connecting your Master Site assessment 'shells' with their Session Site Gradebook columns.
  • User management

Suggested timing

Once your subject site ‘shell’ is ready to create content in

Suggested timing

Once your subject is migrated from Interact2 (see migration schedule)

Suggested timing

Once the session site provisioned

ENGAGE

Enhancing student engagement in Brightspace

ENGAGE TRAINING  SESSIONS

DROP-IN SESSIONS.

Bring your questions!