The March update of the software on our system brought a few changes to note: Better integration of Turnitin into the New Assignment Experience Pulse App has notifications for upcoming quizzes and assignments Quiz Copy workflow has been updated to function more like the new assignment workflow Improved workflow for multi-select quiz questions Improved rubrics […]

Overview Over the fall we piloted courses in  Brightspace and began learning the workings of the system. We invited faculty to teach in Brightspace this spring and provided some guidance in migrating content. We worked with independent instructional design contractors to migrate part-time courses and received some valuable feedback. As we move off Blackboard entirely, […]

Our vendor partners at Voice Thread have been busy enhancing the assignment experience in their multimedia discussion tool. You can turn on the new assignment workflow now on a course by course basis or wait until the summer when we will turn it on as the default for all courses. So what is new about […]

If you have students who require time accommodations for tests and quizzes and you use the quiz tool in Brightspace some new functionality will be welcomed. In the February update to Brightspace, you’ll be able to specify specific rules about how much time a student is allowed for all quizzes through the class list. Instead of […]

As part of our contract with  D2L/Brightspace, we have an option to bulk convert courses using an automated workflow. LIT will be testing this process on sample courses to fine-tune the process for our needs. Once this process is finalized, we’ll be asking faculty to identify which courses need to be migrated to Brightspace from […]