During Black History month, we honor the legacy of the Black feminist scholar, writer, and teacher bell hooks who passed away at her home in Kentucky on December 15, 2021. We share her belief that it is impossible to separate joy and learning. In this recent Chronicle of Higher Education…
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The Overview Page is an opportunity to make an impactful first impression on your incoming students. Furthermore, it could be a continued resource as the semester progresses. Here are 5 inspirational ways to set up your Overview Page. ONE: How to Get Started and Where to Find Various Course Components…
Leave a CommentUse Brightspace to communicate clear expectations and keys to success. The following may not be included in your syllabus, but you may want to add them to your Brightspace Overview page, or in a Brightspace Module like “Syllabus and Course Information”. Make the expectations crystal clear so that students understand…
Leave a CommentIn this blog post, we promote Release Conditions as a strategy to ensure students actually read the syllabus or other important course content. When you set a release condition in Brightspace, the course material is locked until a student completes the defined requirements. Examples: You could hide a content item…
Leave a CommentSuper Courses The TLC team just finished reading Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning (2021) for inspiration on how to improve learning experiences for our Wentworth students. In this book, Ken Bain presents alternatives to the traditional classroom activities, distinctive because they view learners as participants not just…
Leave a CommentIn the spirit of New Year’s Eve, here are resolutions that use technology to enhance courses (👩🏫), improve workflow efficiency (📇), or connect to others (🤩). Aim for Accessibility Fortunately for us, Wentworth has Ally accessibility. “Ally works supplementary with Brightspace to gauge additional accessibility conditions of course content. Additionally,…
Leave a CommentInstructors can request course copies and course merges. These requests are quite different. Learn more about these processes so you can make the correct request.
Leave a CommentSpringing Forward Before you pack your bags and head off into holiday bliss, let’s wrap up your course and get them ready for your return in the spring semester. This is the ideal time for course and self reflection. This checklist focuses on your course content, your course mechanics and…
Leave a CommentWhat are the benefits of Respondus? Respondus is a great tool to use for creating exams for your courses and allows you to save them to build an exam library. It will transfer your questions/pools to Brightspace and it can tie to publisher content. Exams can be also be created…
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