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Brightspace Training Sessions

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

All sessions will be conducted via Zoom. No registration is required—simply click the Zoom link at the scheduled session time.

SessionOverview Timing & Zoom link
Drop-in Sessions Bring any Brightspace questions you have and the team will answer them on a first come, first serve basis.

Mon 17 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Wed 19 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Thur 20 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Mon 24 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Wed 26 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Thur 27 Feb 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Create & Adapt How to create new subjects in Brightspace. How to check and improve existing subjects in Brightspace. TBA
Prepare Steps you need to take to finalise Brightspace site for teaching. TBA
Engage – Assessment Submission, grading and feedback. Cohort management, extensions. Academic integrity workflow (Turnitin similarity). Panopto and more. TBA
Engage – Communication Updating the subject home page. Creating Announcements. Subject Activity Feed and more. TBA
Engage - Delivery Subject Outline Tool: Readings and Resources (Leganto). Online (Zoom) LTI set up and more. TBA

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

CREATE TRAINING (2hrs)

23 Oct 2023
08 Nov 2023
28 Nov 2023

ENGAGE

Enhancing student engagement in Brightspace

ENGAGE TRAINING  SESSIONS

DROP-IN SESSIONS.

Bring your questions!

Drop-in session (1hr/session)

14 Feb 2024, 11.00-12.00 PM
21 Feb 2024, 11.00-12.00 PM
27 Feb 2024, 11.00-12.00 PM
28 Feb 2024, 11.00-12.00 PM
29 Feb 2024, 11.00-12.00 PM