Meet the Brightspace Faculty Champions! Brightspace is generating a lot of interest with almost 60 faculty volunteering to pilot courses in Brightspace this fall. Due to the nature of our phased implementation, LIT could support approximately 20 (we wish everyone could support everyone!). Pilot faculty were selected from volunteers with input from the Senate Academic […]
Continue reading →We invite you to use explore course resources and leverage lessons learned from Spring remote teaching to prepare your summer courses to maximize student success! Explore WIT Online Learning Hub Faculty Resources, WIT Online Webinars and Podcasts, WIT Online Faculty Toolkit Self-Paced Course, the LIT Academic Technology Toolkit create a consistent and engaging student experience […]
Continue reading →We’ve seen significant use of Respondus Lockdown Browser in the past few terms. If you use this tool to increase exam integrity in your courses you should be aware that new versions of the browser have been released. What does this mean for you and your students? Your students should install the newest version of […]
Continue reading →Many users have reported a recent increase in the number of emails received reporting changes in Blackboard. Last term we worked with a user who was not receiving critical emails from an instructor sent from Blackboard. In the process of fixing that user’s problem, we had to restart the notifications system which sends messages. Apparently […]
Continue reading →What’s next for learning the management system? Wentworth faculty, students, and staff turned out this fall to provide feedback on three learning management systems (Brightspace, Canvas, and Blackboard Ultra) to replace our current Blackboard Learn LMS. Feedback was gathered and testing of these products against use cases is underway. The LMS Selection and Rollout Steering […]
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